It’s a common practice for a smartphone company to pay for 3rd party bundled apps and licensing apps for their devices, but usually developers will flock to a popular platform to make apps for it. In an interview with the founders of CitySourced, a new mobile app, TechCrunch interviewer Sarah Lacy learns that developers are being paid by Palm to bring webOS version of their apps to market. Is this a way for Palm to boost sales by bringing popular apps to their webOS platform, or are they showing a hint of desperation because popular app developers are not confident enough in sales to invest in developing their apps for webOS? What do you think? Take a look at the video to see for yourself:

source: Palm Infocenter