Palm just announced that they are now accepting WebOS apps, for a mid-September rollout. For commercial apps, they will also do a 70/30 thing similar to the App Store.

Here are their criteria for accepting apps (short but sweet):

• Apps should be useful and engaging to users.
• They need to have an appealing design and user interface aligned with Palm UI guidelines.
• They are written specifically for webOS and not delivered through the browser.
• They leverage webOS platform and device capabilities, for example, notifications, multitasking/background processing, location services, accelerometer.
• They have acceptable performance and response time on the device; apps with slow UI response or sluggish performance will be rejected.
• Applications that consume excessive power on the device will also be rejected.