As we all wait with bated breath for the App Catalog to emerge victorious from it’s beta status, we must get by on a limited number of developers and the steady trickle of new apps and app updates. Once again, here is a list of new apps and app updates to be had in Palm’s App Catalog. Just head over on your Pre or Pixi to the App Catalog and give them a try.
New apps: Arlen Ness ($0.99) by Djit – wallpaper gallery of designer-extraordinaire Arlen Ness motorcycles; Stopwatch (Free) by Red Fenix – measuring time in milliseconds with lap counts and email archiving.
Updated Apps: Blocks Lite (Free), Chess for webOS (Free), CL USB Sync (Free), Diet Control ($2.99), Esperanto – English Dictionary ($14.99), Knot Guide ($3.99), Pack ‘n’ Track ($7.99), photoWALL (Free), Radio Hibiki ($1.89), Snake (Free), TealShopper ($4.95), and twoCalcFree (Free).
It’s a common practice for a smartphone company to pay for 3rd party bundled apps and licensing apps for their devices, but usually developers will flock to a popular platform to make apps for it. In an interview with the founders of CitySourced, a new mobile app, TechCrunch interviewer Sarah Lacy learns that developers are being paid by Palm to bring webOS version of their apps to market. Is this a way for Palm to boost sales by bringing popular apps to their webOS platform, or are they showing a hint of desperation because popular app developers are not confident enough in sales to invest in developing their apps for webOS? What do you think? Take a look at the video to see for yourself:
It is estimated that about 150,000 Palm Pre units have been sold to date, as we said yesterday. However, it looks like these guys just can’t help but install new applications on their webOS-powered smartphones. According to New York-based mobile analytics company Medialets, the users have already downloaded a total of one million apps from Palm’s App Catalog. That figure really sounds like a lot, especially having in mind there are only 30 apps currently available on the storefront (all of which are free). That said, we certainly hope to see more and more mobile programs surface on App Catalog soon enough.
As we all wait with bated breath for the App Catalog to emerge victorious from it’s beta status, we must get by on a limited number of developers and the steady trickle of new apps and app updates. Once again, here is a list of new apps and app updates to be had in Palm’s App Catalog. Just head over on your Pre or Pixi to the App Catalog and give them a try.
