As a company well-known for its attempts to nickel and dime consumers through the implementation of extra fees and particularly enveloping provider commitments, Palm saw its webOS suffer as developers proved that they were not particularly eager to create apps for a platform that would force them to pay to submit.

Palm (ne, HP) is making new attempts to woo developers by not only dropping the $50 submission fee associated with App Catalog software but actually refunding the 2,684 apps that were forced to pay it. At a total of $134,200 USD, the offered refund follows up on the waiving of the fee and review process for open-source apps initiated last October.

Exactly what direction Palm and its webOS will take now that HP has purchased the company has yet to be seen but this is certainly a welcome start.