{"id":436812,"date":"2010-03-16T21:18:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T01:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"15147 at http:\/\/www.precentral.net"},"modified":"2010-03-16T21:18:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T01:18:43","slug":"update-to-palm-com-puts-emphasis-on-apps-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/436812","title":{"rendered":"Update to Palm.com puts emphasis on apps, social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Palm’s US website<\/a> has received an update that, while not hugely different from a structural standpoint, shifts the website’s focus to something that we’ve said time and time again is the new standard for judging a mobile platform: apps. First and foremost is the replacement of the tried and true Pre standing on a table image (still visible as of this writing on international versions of Palm.com)<\/a> with a sweet 3D icon collage putting emphasis on the multitude of social networking\/media apps available for webOS. And we’re not just talking official solutions like Palm’s Facebook app<\/a> – the website features apps like Twee<\/a> and LJ for WebOS<\/a> from third party developers.<\/p>\n

A scrolling column on the right provides highlights of more apps, special promotions, updates, and bits about webOS. The bottom bar has also seen an overhaul, with links now pointing to the Pixi “family,”<\/a> Pre “family,”<\/a> accessories, and apps.<\/p>\n

Overall, the update has made Palm.com a much more accessible website for current and prospective Pre or Pixi owners. By highlighting certain apps front and center and giving them prominent placement in both cycled items and permanent navigation, Palm is acknowledging what is important to users and giving much-needed exposure to third-party apps and developers.<\/p>\n

Now all we need is an easy way to explain what makes webOS unique and why you should buy a Pre or Pixi. Remember ten years ago and the problem we had explaining why you should want a TiVo over a VCR<\/a>? Yeah.<\/p>\n

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Palm’s US website has received an update that, while not hugely different from a structural standpoint, shifts the website’s focus to something that we’ve said time and time again is the new standard for judging a mobile platform: apps. First and foremost is the replacement of the tried and true Pre standing on a table […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}