The Apple App Store has passed 1.5 billion downloads, Apple announced July 14. Google, Nokia, Microsoft, Palm and BlackBerry are all racing to build their app inventories, but none come close to Apples success. “Its going to be very hard for others to catch up,” said Steve Jobs in a statement.
– Apple has announced that, in just one year, customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications from its App Store. According to Apple, the App Store currently has more than 65,000 apps and more than 100,000 developers in the iPhone Developer Program.

“The App Store is like nothing the…