7:10 AM We know what apps you data hogs are using, but what about the rest of us?

Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms

June 29, 2010

2 Min Read
Mobile Apps for the Other 98%

7:10 AM -- Data-heavy, battery-draining applications are what will continue to steal most of the attention in the wireless world, but AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) wasn’t off base when it said that only 2 percent or so of its subscribers are the guilty data hogs. (See 5 Mobile Apps That Bust Data Caps and Mobile’s Top 5 Battery Killers.)

According to Distimo -- which tracks mobile app downloads by popularity, a measure of total downloads, ranking, and other factors -- users are primarily downloading relatively low-bandwidth (although battery taxing) games and productivity apps on the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android phones.

Table 1: App Stores' Top Selling Paid Apps

Apple App Store for iPhone

Android Marketplace

BlackBerry App World

Doodle Jump (Lima Sky)

Beautiful Widgets (LevelUp Studio)

Upgrade your homescreen to Sky2 LiveScreen (DreamTheme)

RedLaser (Occipital)

MyBackup Pro (rerware.com)

MemoryBooster - RAM Optimizer (S4BB)

The Simpsons Arcade (Electronic Arts)

ServiceTIME (TPC Solutions)

BeBuzz - LED Colors and Audible Reminders (Bellshare)

Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com)

Weather & Toggle Widget (Android Apps)

Tranquil Garden (Magmic)

ZombieSmash (gamedoctors)

NewsRob Pro (Mariano Kamp)

Personal Assistant Premium (Pageonce)

Source: Distimo, April 2010





Distimo’s latest numbers are coming out at the end of this week, so we'll see how the tides have changed. Going forward, the iPhone 4 and Android’s slew of highly capable Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea: SEC) phones could also change the game as developers tap their native video capabilities and users discover the extent of what their smartphones can do. (See Samsung Gets Epic With WiMax Smarty for Sprint and Apple Outdoes Itself with iPhone 4.)— Sarah Reedy, Senior Reporter, Light Reading Mobile

About the Author(s)

Sarah Thomas

Director, Women in Comms

Sarah Thomas's love affair with communications began in 2003 when she bought her first cellphone, a pink RAZR, which she duly "bedazzled" with the help of superglue and her dad.

She joined the editorial staff at Light Reading in 2010 and has been covering mobile technologies ever since. Sarah got her start covering telecom in 2007 at Telephony, later Connected Planet, may it rest in peace. Her non-telecom work experience includes a brief foray into public relations at Fleishman-Hillard (her cussin' upset the clients) and a hodge-podge of internships, including spells at Ingram's (Kansas City's business magazine), American Spa magazine (where she was Chief Hot-Tub Correspondent), and the tweens' quiz bible, QuizFest, in NYC.

As Editorial Operations Director, a role she took on in January 2015, Sarah is responsible for the day-to-day management of the non-news content elements on Light Reading.

Sarah received her Bachelor's in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She lives in Chicago with her 3DTV, her iPad and a drawer full of smartphone cords.

Away from the world of telecom journalism, Sarah likes to dabble in monster truck racing, becoming part of Team Bigfoot in 2009.

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