Top Apps on iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Palm, Nokia & Windows Phone (Q3 2010)

Mobile analytics firm Distimo has released its September report detailing the most popular mobile applications of Q3 2010. The report covers the top apps, both free and paid, for the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Nokia (Ovi), Palm's webOS and Windows Phone platforms.

Below are the findings.

Keep in mind that the lists below aren't ranking the top applications overall for these platforms - it's a look at what's most popular right now, for Q3 2010.

The Most Popular Free Applications

• iBooks (iPad)
• Type n' Talk (iPhone)
• Blackberry Messenger (Blackberry App World)
• Pandora Radio (Google Android Market)
• ZumZum (Nokia Ovi Store)
• Facebook (Palm App Catalog)
• Microsoft My Phone (Windows Marketplace for Mobile)

The Most Popular Paid Applications

• Pages (iPad)
• Angry Birds (iPhone)
• BeBuzz - LED Colors and Audible Reminders (Blackberry App World)
• Beautiful Widgets (Google Android Market)
• ToonWarz (Nokia Ovi Store)
• mCraig - Mobile Craigslist Browser (Palm App Catalog)
• Meon (Windows Marketplace for Mobile)

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LG Says Android is Not Tablet-Ready...Yet

Electronics manufacturer LG has scrapped plans for its upcoming Android-based tablet computer, saying that the current version of the Google Android mobile operating system (version 2.2, code-named "Froyo") isn't ready for tablets.

According to a Reuters report, an unnamed LG exec said "we plan to introduce a tablet that runs on the most reliable Android version...and that is not Froyo 2.2."

The report notes that the delay may cause a setback for the company whose mobile handset division is already suffering - its smartphone sales have yet to reach the 1 million unit mark as of yet. LG hopes the introduction of Android smartphones will help it recover in this area.

Meanwhile, competitor Samsung, makers of the popular Galaxy S Android smartphones, plans to launch its own Android 2.2-based tablet called the "Galaxy Tab" next month.

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Apps for Google TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDeX_oIfEeQ&feature=player_embedded

Google TV Will "Change the Way People Live their Lives"

It's Google TV week, with major announcements coming from early application development and media partners and the unveiling of Google TV hardware from Logitech on Wednesday.

How big a deal is Google TV? Mike Hudack, the respected CEO of free video publishing platform Blip.tv, wrote today that Google TV is the real deal - a technology that will knock down the walls between traditional broadcast studio TV and the long-tail of open video content produced by consumers, producing free choice and competition. It will bring new and previously marginalized voices to the world's stage. Steve Jobs said in his latest Apple TV unveiling that consumers "don't want amateur hour" on their TVs. Google vs Apple will once again be the Open Web vs. the Curated Web, this time on TV.

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