Developers, God Bless em.  I’m not going to rip into any developers product because one, they do something that I can’t do, and two, they provide an invaluable service to fans of any platform.  But as days and weeks go by without anything significant happening in the world of Palm, there’s been a trend that I’ve come to notice.  A trend that is beginning to get out of hand.

Like most platforms, be it laptops or mobile phones, you’re bound to find a thousand listings for one type of software that delivers a needed function.  Take “Backup” for example, there have been over a dozen new titles that have popped up in the last month.  All of them backup your Palms info onto the memory card.  

There are three top tier developers who have been ruling that market for a few years now.  One could throw a tiny stone in any direction and hit a agenda/task title, again, there are three top developers in this arena. I’m not trying to kill the free market and or competition, nope I’m simply wondering why they aren’t spending their time developing apps that stand far above the rest.

Like where’s the next Xiino, the web browser that put Blazer to shame.  Where’s the app that better handles true push without background interference, and delivers your mail in rich full HTML?  how about the app or code that makes Google Apps work on your Palm the way Google intended them to? 

I think what I am getting at is seeing a whole new brand of applications that take up where Palm has left off.  We don’t need another “solitaire” app or MP3 player.  With all that is happening with Palms competition, it seems to me that this would be the perfect time to intro some “NEW” apps that just might end up on Palms newest devices.  

I know it’s looking grim out there for Palm, but I’m asking developers to handle that void and wow us with something completely new.