Less than a month after the Pre’s launch, the number of apps being downloaded is slowing:
Palm’s App Catalog has seen roughly 666,000 app downloads in its first 12 days, according to the mobile analytics firm Medialets. And what’s worse is that the download momentum is slightly slowing down since the initial launch. So don’t be too surprised if one month after the launch, the App Catalog downloads are near 1 million. Yes, 1/60th of what the App Store was doing last year.
If the Pre wants to catch up to the iPhone, it needs the success of an App store to propel it.