Palm Pre's app store is moving forward, slowly but steadily. Palm has started accepting applications from developers who wish to charge for their apps in its app store.
Palm's App Catalog e-commerce beta program will begin in mid-September and the full program will be launched in fall. So far, all the apps in the Pre app store have been free.
Palm launched the Pre June 6 on exclusively on Sprint's wireless network. But its app store known as the App Catalog got off to a slow start. About a week after the device's launch, the store has just 30 apps.
Palm said the low number of apps initially were because it had been offering its Software Developers Kit (SDK) called Mojo only to a few select developers. On July 16, the company made its Mojo SDK available to all.
Now with the App Catalog e-commerce beta program, Palm has taken the next step towards having a complete app store. Developers will receive 70 percent of the revenue from their apps, with Palm collecting the rest 30 percent. The split is similar to what Apple charges for iPhone apps. Pre users will be able to purchase apps using Visa and MasterCard credit cards, said Palm.
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