Palm mimics iPhone App Store

Palm late yesterday signaled the surprise launch of the Palm Software Store, its own take on OS-native stores such as Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market. electronista reports.

The launch is also atypical in the use of third-party firm PocketGear to manage the store instead of complete operation by Palm. Allowing the outside company to run the service, however, is said to have helped the company offer over 5,000 apps on launch from approximately 1,500 developers. About 1,000 of those are free, Palm says.

Apple's own store offers over 10,000 apps but is helped by having launched five months earlier.

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