166w ago - It's been both
rumored and in
development for quite some time, and now
Develop-Online.net has confirmed that Sony's PS3 and PSP are indeed getting a 'skinny' PSN applications store.
Dubbed skinny, the SDK tool is a simple yet effective means for content holders to put their intellectual property on the PlayStation platforms without software development.
Skinny consists of an authoring tool and a native client runtime for PS3 and PSP developers.
To quote: "Skinny is "ideal" for "strategy guides, game maps, cheats, training manuals, episodic videos, eBooks and eMagazines" and consists of a web-based editor/authouring tool and a software client for both the PS3 and PSP.
The user creations still require submission to Sony for approval, but this will quickly pave the way for lots of mini-apps on the PlayStation Store."
Hmm I might buy the ac3 ultimate edition...
i do not believe powerpoint or any m$ program files will be accessible through skinny. from what i understand it is for simple, low power apps made with a web programming protocol. and having the app approved by sony is no different than apple approving all the apps on their store. this is done to make sure that no "questionable" content is released and that the apps will not harm any system due to malicious programming or that the programmers will not put in any code to steal psn ids and passwords. i approve of sony approving apps. i just hope that it is actually feasible for users to generate their own apps to release.