Intel AppUp Center and Atom Developer Program
by Vivek Gowri on March 26, 2010 3:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Apple's iTunes-based App Store represented a major shift in the distribution model for mobile applications, creating a single storefront where various developers could showcase their apps for the iPhone/iPod touch devices. Since then, the app store model has become the accepted and preferred software distribution method for most mobile platforms, with Microsoft, Google, RIM, and Palm all boasting their own app stores. Intel joined that list earlier this year with their Atom Developer Program and the AppUp Center (Beta) for Windows.
Intel is now releasing their AppUp Center (Beta) for the Moblin v2.1 operating system, the Atom-specific Linux distribution started by Intel in 2007. Intel is also announcing the availability of the AppUp Center in 27 European countries on March 31st. The AppUp Center is a new ecosystem for delivering consumer-centric applications to Atom-based systems, including netbooks, slates, and tablets. It offers a number of different apps, with multimedia, casual gaming, basic productivity, education, and web-apps specifically optimized for the smaller screen sizes and increased portability of netbook and tablet devices.
Netbooks and MID-style slate tablets have always been caught in between smartphones and laptops, both size-wise and feature-wise. While the Atom-based devices do run Windows, they are not as capable as fully powered Windows machines, making the user experience somewhat fragmented and not as cohesive as on a mobile platform with device specific development. With the AppUp Center, Intel hopes to change that, with applications developed specifically for the Atom device platforms, like mapping applications for slates and a Boxee client for netbooks. With applications developed with content consumption in mind and delivered in a consumer-friendly app store, the AppUp Center serves to bridge the netbook user experience between smartphones and notebooks.
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Stuart21 - Monday, March 29, 2010 - link
INVENTORS - DO NOT TRUST INTELI invented a CPU cooler - 3 times better than best - better than water. Intel have major CPU cooling problems - "Intel's microprocessors were generating so much heat that they were melting" (iht.com) - try to talk to them - they send my communications to my competitor & will not talk to me.
Winners of major 'Corporate Social Responsibility' awardS!!!
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When did RICO get repealed?"
INVENTORS - DO NOT TRUST INTEL!!!
BTW, I have the evidence - my competitor gave it to me.
BBTW, I am prepared to apologise to Intel if;
• They can show that the actions were those of a single individual in the company, acting outside corporate policy, and:
• They gain redress on my behalf.
ratbert1 - Friday, March 26, 2010 - link
anything running this OS that you need an app for?JarredWalton - Saturday, March 27, 2010 - link
You can install Moblin on any Atom-based netbook I would think:http://moblin.org/downloads">http://moblin.org/downloads