Motricity to Power PalmOne Software Connection
Motricity, the premier provider of mobile content to consumers, today announced it will power palmOne, Inc.'s Software Connection storefront, providing palmOne customers with an enhanced user experience and broad content catalog for palmOne devices such as Treo smartphones and Tungsten and Zire handhelds.
palmOne's Software Connection is a leading eCommerce storefront where palmOne mobile device owners access additional value-added software and digital media titles to maximize their device experience. The storefront offers thousands of software and digital media titles from categories such as personal productivity, wireless e-mail solutions, interactive gaming, media and MP3 players, health, finance, travel, enterprise and more which customers can add to their device to create an individualized mobile experience.
"We selected Motricity because of its proven eCommerce and mCommerce expertise in marketing, merchandising and delivering an excellent mobile user experience. We value their commitment and depth of knowledge about each individual customer," said John Hartnett, senior vice president - Americas at palmOne, Inc. "Motricity's strength in delivering consumer-focused experiences through a solid, scalable platform will help enable palmOne to expand aggressively in mCommerce and mobile marketing."
Supporting all major device types, manufacturers and content types, Motricity's Fuel platform helps deliver the right content to the right mobile device at the right time. Using Motricity's Fuel platform, palmOne plans to more efficiently personalize, segment and target mobile content to its customers while providing a superior end-user experience.
Improved benefits for palmOne Software Connection customers include:
-- A more robust customer account feature which will enable users to create and view wish lists or watch lists for freeware and shareware software, review their purchase and free software trial history, manage gift certificates and customize their palmOne Software Connection profile.
-- Enhanced recommendation tools that enable customers to shop related software titles such as, "Customers who bought this also bought..."
-- Improved search and sort benefits to give customers faster and easier access to the software they need.
-- A solution built on a carrier-grade platform to provide higher-level service availability.
"We are extremely honored to be palmOne's choice for powering its Software Connection and supporting its future mCommerce strategy. palmOne is a leader in developing innovative mobile devices such as Treo smartphones and Tungsten and Zire handhelds, and we are excited to deliver a full, robust experience to its customers through the software and accessories that create an individual's mobile lifestyle," said Ryan Wuerch, chairman and chief executive officer at Motricity. "By delivering exceptional eCommerce and mCommerce experiences to palmOne mobile customers, Motricity will be showcasing once again the strength of its Fuel platform and services."
This announcement underscores Motricity's leadership in the mobile content delivery market. Motricity now powers consumer storefronts for the three largest Palm OS focused portals in the industry; palmOne; PalmSource, provider of the Palm OS platform; and PalmGear.com, the largest Palm OS based consumer site with more than 25,000 Palm OS downloadable software titles. PalmInfocenter's software store is also powered by the Motricity engine.
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RE: Part 2
buy from the developers directly and avoid handango and palmgear.
Boycott PalmGear!
PalmGear illustrates the worst features of a monopoly: Greed, Sloth, Arrogance, Indifference and Ineptitude all rolled into a single useless site. Fabulous.
Boycott PalmGear now!
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RE: Part 2
http://applications.palmsource.com/Software/index.asp
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RE: Part 2
So, if what you guys are saying is true about the almost unbelievable 40-50% fees, then why doesn't PIC or another site put forth a neutral list of the best programs. This would be very helpful for many new users. This is the function pocketpcmag serves for PPC users.
RE: Part 2
The problem is achieving a consensus. Say I (or 10 people) create a listing of the "Top 100 Palm Apps" (actually already did that, by the way). In each category there are several possible choices that are all equally as "good". It all boils down to personal choice. For example, I swear by Launcher III and Launcher X as replacement launchers. But others love ZLauncher or a dozen other launchers I could name. Which is best? You really have to try them all out to know which is the best one for you. I think DateBk5 is the best PalmOS app available - period - and I'm amazed that some cretins choose Agendus over it, but again, there's no accounting for taste. Which app sells the most also often has little bearing on quality.
The Palm "Expert Guides" are an attempt to compensate for reviewer bias that encourage users to experiment on their own. But this is too much info spread out too wide to be useful for newbies to absorb. If we create a 5 page "Top 200" list arranged by category, with a one line blurb including app name, features and download site, that would probably be the best compromise. If Ryan is interested, I'm sure a few of the Palm veterans here could give him a listing of the "Top 200 Palm Apps" in, say, 20 or so overall categories (Datebook replacement, Launcher replacement, Word processor, MP3 player, Video player, Backup application, Security app, Memo pad replacement, To do list replacement, Address book replacement, Database/list application, File manager, Email app, Photo manager, Spreadsheet, Hack manager, Financial manager, Calculator replacement, Web browser, VPN application, Game, Clock, etc., etc.) Spoon feeding is the only way to eat™.
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RE: Part 2
User click on the "Buy Now" button on palmdomain product page will link to developer own ecommerce store directly.
Check it out.
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Tony
It's absolutely true
There's a massive problem - consumers don't care (or at least don't know) about what's happening to developers. They just want a fast easy, secure service, and Motricity delivers on that.
There are in fact smaller sites out there that charge more reasonable fees, eg: http://www.mobihand.com/ but sites like these are going to really struggle for market space. Sure, developers can put products up elsewhere but unless customers (and lots of them) will find their wares, it's a useless exercise.
I think it will take a company with a massive budget who can afford to advertise on TV and radio to truly start taking some market share back.
RE: It's absolutely true
And opening up nearly any kind of competing site is very difficult if you consider the security implications, bandwidth, STAFF (accountants, webmasters, support, and mgmt), and marketing.
Developers hosting their own payment options?
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Part 2
If you're still buying software off of these sites, now would be a good time to consider switching. Take the extra minute to Google for the developer's own site, and place your order there instead of on PalmGear or Handango.