T-Mobile to Launch App Store?

BAAAAAAA ha ha ha ha ha..no stop it you're killing me...... Oh gosh can't breathe, T-mobile you trouble makers....... side hurting from laughing.

Really though, not sure how this will work out since I can not think of a phone with decent graphics. I could be wrong.

Why do I see this not succeeding?

So developers are expected to support multiple defferent operating systems accross multiple sets of hardware from multiple vendors with no common agreed standard other than the numberic pad, whic with touchscreen and qwerty keyboards isn't really a standard anymore...
Sounds like an uphill struggle to me, I forsee some quality apps...

How is this any different than the Qualcomm run store that Verizon and Sprint use across their product line? CDMA driven WAP store and music etc?

Whoopee - when they get the integration, UI and a real phone then we'll look.

As much of a chuckle as i got out of this, i quickly reminded myself that this is only a good thing even if this store does better than the Apple App Store, because it means Apple will improve and make it better to make up for it, the customer wins even more :D .

Amazes me how Apple always seems to push things forward in technology.

Hopefully T-Mobile will come up with something great and Apple will have to counter with something even better for us iPhone users. Heres to hoping! :D

Dunno about T-Mobile specifically, but any network provider that tried this would be bound to screw it up.

The combination of...
[LIST][*]too many platforms (and too many handset models within each platform);
[*]too many mechanisms for installing & managing applications;
[*]an over obsession with squeezing profit out of the value chain;
[*]the knee-jerk rush-to-market;
[*]the lack of Apple's design flair.
[/LIST]
...will be its downfall.

The iPhone has proved that the network providers are nothing more than a bit-pipe between the device and the Internet, plus voice, voicemail and text messaging. They've been trying, and failing, to be more than this for years.

SL

Uhh...What apps are gonna run on the numerous Sidekicks, BlackBerrys, RAZRs, and WinMo phones without requiring separate development? If they require separate development, what's the point in the first place? This rumor sounds a little... fake. :D

That's actually a good idea. Pricing the cut based on how much network the app uses will encourage developers (especially ones coming from the desktop world) to not be piggy with resources.

The App store was a big deal, but that’s one phone. This is an entire carrier.”

Comedy. Just comedy.

Sounds like a win mo or palm dev to me.
:p

I actually hope they make a good consumer-friendly system that works well, but it seems like the technical details of making apps that work on multiple different phone operating system is just way too difficult to wind up with a good result.