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Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.
On June 6, the Palm Pre was released to the public with a small app store. In fact, the app store was so small it only contained 18 apps at the time. As of today, it contains 30 apps, which is still not a fantastic number, especially when compared to Apple’s vast App Store. Part of the problem is the fact that the WebOS SDK has not been released to the public, meaning many developers haven’t been able to start creating apps for the new platform. As a result, only a few companies have been able to create apps for the Pre yielding 30 apps total.
However, the most interesting thing about the apps is how many times they have been downloaded. Collectively, the apps have been downloaded 666,511 times as of June 17. It has most likely surpassed that number and is well into the 700,000s within the first two weeks of launch. Of course, such success can be attributed to the fact that the App Catalog was launched and ready to go when the Pre was ready to go. The only other platform that had its app store ready at launch was the Android Marketplace. Either way, it’s quite a number to be proud of if you are Palm and Sprint. Another positive note to take away from this is, despite only 30 apps being available, the total amount downloaded has been rising day-by-day. Just take a look at the above graph.
When the SDK is released, and all those stupid apps are released, you can bet the number to rise even more significantly.
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