It was not all that long ago when we were celebrating the App Catalog reaching 700,000 downloads and now it has reached that magical one million mark. Of course, as our own JG Mason asked the other day, “Just 7 apps per Palm Pre downloaded is impressive?”

Despite all of the recent hype surrounding the recently released iPhone 3G S, the Palm Pre has also had its share of news. In addition to the recent news about the App Market hitting almost 700,000 downloads already, we have recently seen an update to webOS, an update to Tweed as well as learned the slightly disappointing news about the webOS SDK release.

webOS updated to version 1.0.3

First up in this little Palm Pre bits post is the recent update to webOS, which was updated to version 1.0.3. The update which is coming over-the-air measure in at 13MB and offers a few nice perks such as improvements with Google contacts, the Clock, as well as the Calendar. Below is a full change list;

The Palm Pre continues to be a the highlight on the Internet. Here we have another day that brought a bunch of good news for potential Pre users. In the form of a press release, Palm has offered up a few details about what we can expect in terms of syncing, the App Catalog and even announced the integration of Twitter.

First things first though, Palm has confirmed the ability to sync with iTunes, which, in itself, is pretty nice. The syncing will be called Palm Media Sync and according to the release it is a “feature of webOS.” Of course, as you would expect this syncing will only work with DRM-free tracks. Additionally, you will also be able to sync photos and videos using the Palm Media Sync functionality. This also means the Pre is the “first non-Apple device that syncs directly with iTunes without the use of third-party software.” In addition to syncing with iTunes via the Media Sync functionality, the Pre will also act as a mass storage device and allow you to drag and drop content including music, photos and videos.

Moving on, the App Catalog, which is one area that could sink the Pre despite how good or bad the handset may be. I would venture a guess that potential Pre customers are well aware of the Apple App Store and have become used to doing just about everything on their smartphone, the App Catalog for the Pre is going to need to be full of a wide variety of apps. Just recently during the D7 Conference, a beta version of the App Catalog was shown off and it offered a look a some of the available apps. So far it looks like users will have a few goodies such as Pandora, AP News, Fandango and uLocate. However in this case it is not all just about the apps, it is about how the apps integrate with the Pre itself. Take the Fandango app for example, in this case it is much more than just buying a ticket. The app will let you watch movie trailers and then use the built-in location based services on the Pre to find your local theater. Once the theater is found, you can then buy a ticket. Sounds pretty standard so far, however the app will also add a calendar entry based on your ticket purchase as well as give you directions (if needed) on how to get to the theater. Other apps, such as Pandora will also have a nice feature — the ability to run in the background as well as using the notification bar to show you the current song and offer basic controls without having to go back into the app. So far, the App Catalog, and perhaps more important, the ability for apps to take full advantage of webOS sounds great.

Finally, it would seem that Palm believes that Twitter is a valuable source of information. They announced that the Twitter search will be integrated into the Universal Search on the Pre, which means that it will join others such as Google, Google Maps and Wikipedia. One nice perk of this addition is that anyone can search Twitter, meaning you do not need a Twitter account to take advantage of the search functionality. That said, the results may be enough to convince so current non-Twitter users to sign up for the service.

Keep reading to check out the full press release…