New Apps Available in Palm App Catalog

Palm today has included a number of new applications in the Palm App Catalog. All of the applications are currently available for free. Many expected yesterday might mark the release of webOS 1.2, offering the capability for owners to enter their credit card information and for developers to start charging for apps. Today’s new apps include:

• m:Vampire
• m:Mafia
• GolfPinFinder Demo
• Guitarist’s Reference
• YPmobile For Palm Pre
• Greeting Card Messages
• bWeather
• SNAKE
• Go To Tool Lite
• Tic Tac Toe for WebOS
• FreeWeather
• Photo Fun - Spot The Missing Pieces (Free)
• Photo Fun - Spot The Difference (Free)
• TMaps - Philly

Palm Pre going for a nice, round $100 on contract at Amazon

This isn't the first time we've seen a Pre for $100, but coming from Amazon, the legitimacy level is at an all-time high. If you're up for a contract renewal, it begs the question why you wouldn't do this over... oh, pretty much anywhere else where you're still paying the recently-reduced $149 rate -- and it also makes you wonder just how much price pressure's going to be on the Pixi's diminutive shoulders by the time it launches.

Palm Pre NOT going to Verizon?

We heard rumors that Verizon might get the Palm Pre but it looks like other rumors to the contrary are swirling. On the heels of various sites reporting that Verizon will get the iPhone, TheStreet says that Verizon has shelved the idea of offering the Palm Pre. Verizon's Lowell McAdam previously told investors the Pre was coming in six months. It looks like the company has had a change of heart. This news, if true, would not be welcome news for Verizon or Palm. Verizon has a large network but offers the lamest phones on the market. Offering the Palm Pre would give Verizon users the latest and greatest (besides the iPhone). Palm needs all the partners it can get if it plans to gain ground on the iPhone so a partnership with Verizon makes a lot of sense. According to TheStreet there are several reasons why Verizon had a change of heart. Although sales of the Palm Pre have been okay, they haven't been the "blockbuster" type of sales that people were counting on.