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Acer to launch app store, will pre-load on PCs
It'll be called Alive, and you can't really blame Acer for the move -- they're a top-3 manufacturer selling millions of laptops and desktops every year. The opportunity to glean a few percentage points in commission for selling an app or album could amount to a significant revenue stream. Plus, there's the 'we're providing a convenience for our customers' angle. To the average computer user, finding, downloading, and installing quality apps remains a bit of a mystery. A curated store, of course, offers a solution that just about everyone is familiar with in 2010.
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Subscribe to commentsSilverWaveNov 23rd 2010 5:14PM
Actually this is a great idea and could help windows users with one of the biggest security problems they have... downloading trusted application from a secure repository.
Of course the temptation to sell out and fill it with crap is something they will have to avoid :-D
If they follow the Apple model, on price and having a good selection of free apps they could be on to a huge winner here, oh and of course checking that there are safe.