Digital Home Thoughts: Intel Launches App Store

"We need app stores for everything, right?! Intel thinks so. Chipzilla has finally just launched the Atom app store in beta, which will not only come pre-installed on Atom netbooks from Samsung, ASUS and Acer, but will also be available for download for Windows and Linux. Intel's been working with over 3,000 devs, but there should be even more apps on the way."

Sure, the Internet is the biggest app store out there, with tons of great stuff available for free. But, to paraphrase Forest Gump, it is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. I think an app store sponsored by a known brand, selling vetted apps could do pretty well. As Apple has demonstrated, people are willing to pay for apps, they'll even pay for some pretty stupid ones if they are in a known store. I personally know a lot of people who will buy apps that are in the couple dollar range from the iPhone app store without giving it a second thought, but most would not submit their credit card info to some random developer for the same application.