Apple has had a lot of success with its iPhone app store. Not only it has given developers another avenue to make money and get famous, it has enhanced the functionality of its devices through all those apps. Apple is not the only company interested in expanding its market through apps. Intel hopes to achieve just that with its netbooks. The company has been working towards introducing its own App store for a while now, and we may see it go live in early 2010. Here is Scott Apeland, director of Intel’s Developer Network, had to say about Intel’s app store:

We have a lot of developers right now jumping all over this and writing apps and getting them ready… We’re working with OEM partners (PC makers) now to get this ready and preinstalled on systems. So, when a user purchases it, he just runs the app store.

Netbook apps give developers yet another chance to make money and earn a better living from their skills. But can netbook apps be as effective as iPhone apps when it comes to enhancing their platform? Let’s face it. Netbooks are not iPhone, so the nature of these apps will be a bit different. At the same time, there are a lot of ways for developers to help netbook users get more done on the road in a more productive fashion. So if I had to guess, social networking, chat, and productivity apps will be a hit on netbooks. It’s tough to say whether Intel can succeed with this ambitious strategy, but it’s certainly worth trying.