Intel’s Appstore
By Simon Bisson & Mary Branscombe in Editorial
Posted in Developer, Intel, Mobile on
Intel has just launched its first appstore - in the shape of appdeveloper.intel.com.
Targeted at Netbooks, appdeveloper.intel.com is more than just another Apple-style appstore. It’s also a set of tools to help developers build applications that run on Atom. Integrating into common IDEs, Intel’s Atom SDK contains tools to help manage your applications, as well as integrating with Intel’s ecommerce platform for licensing and for handling delivery of additional content.
There’s a lot in appdeveloper.intel.com, and more to come. IDE support is a ways off, and it’ll be interesting to see how Intel handles integration with Eclipse and Visual Studio (and how it intends to deliver support to Flash Builder and Aptana). Sign ups are already open, and are free for now ($99 in the future), and there’s plenty of content on the site, so developers can get started quickly.
One big difference from other appstores is the developer catalog - where you’ll find components you can use in your own applications. Intel’s planning on building a developer ecosystem with its Atom offering, and getting tools out there is important. Software components and component stores were one of the drivers that contributed to the success of Visual Basic, and it’s good to see that Intel has learnt that part of the developer ecosystem lesson… The first batch of components is up already, and includes power and network management tools as well as video capture libraries.
There’s also a cross-platform bent to the site that’s refreshing. Developers can use the site to work with two operating systems - the Intel-sponsored Moblin Linux and Windows 7 - and two run times - Java and Adobe’s AIR. Moblin is becoming increasingly important to Intel (and we wouldn’t be surprised to see a tie up between it and Google’s ChromeOS in the future), and this year’s IDF will also see it get a new release and a whole new UI.
However the big winner here is Adobe. AIR’s still a relatively new arrival on the application development scene, but one that’s quickly picked up some very significant mindshare. With netbook’s relative low power, and near ubiquitous connectivity, there’s a lot of synergy between the hardware and Adobe’s rich internet application vision.
Yet Another Appstore it may be, but appdeveloper.intel.com looks set to be an important tool for developers who want to work with the growing netbook segment - and who want to turn them into devices that are actually useful rather than glorified Gmail appliances.
–S
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