Palm said the company’s Palm App Catalog hit a million downloads since owners of its new Pre smartphone are eager to attain applications though the company may be slow in improving the digital offerings in its mobile application store.
By estimate, Palm has shipped around 150,000 Pre devices since the smartphone went on sale June 6, which is equal to an average of six or more applications downloaded per device. The number is rather impressive, considering that currently there are about 30 applications, all free, currently available through Palm’s platform.
Still, the limited possibilities could be a trouble because Sprint users are hungry for smartphones and applications, but chances are they have all probably downloaded the same kinds of apps, so the question is, are they satisfied with what they have and what is there further than those offerings?
It has been often said that, these days, the new fresh aspect for smartphones are the apps. Palm has taken the primary steps towards remedying the bare shelves of its application store. Last week, the company announced it would begin opening its software development kit, the min set of tools needed to write apps, to more of the thousands of developers enthusiastic to write programs for the Pre.
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