Handango, the leading mobile downloads provider, has released the September 2004 edition of the Handango Yardstick, its monthly report on what people are downloading and purchasing for their smartphones, mobile phones, and PDAs.

In September, the average selling price of mobile applications rose for the third month in a row to $17.92, up from $17.14 last month. Handango customer searches have begun to skew strongly toward multimedia content with "MP3/music" topping the search words list followed closely by "ringtones". Together, these two terms accounted for more than 17 percent of the top searches, indicating strong and growing demand for multimedia content.

Ten best-selling applications by operating system:

Java
1. Panda Mania
2. Labyrinth
3. Cave In!
4. LangToLang English Spanish Dictionary
5. AccuWeather.com Premium
6. Cuddles Mobile Java Pet
7. Mobile Checkbook
8. Cocktail Mixer
9. Worms
10. Solitaire

Palm OS
1. Agendus Professional Edition
2. Bubble Pop
3. Backgammon
4. Aces Texas Hold'em - No Limit
5. AOL
6. CLOCK
7. Agendus Standard Edition
8. WorldMate Desktop Companion
9. SplashID
10. Crossword Puzzles

Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC
1. Spb Pocket Plus
2. Pocket Informant
3. DVD to Pocket PC
4. Battery Pack Pro
5. S & W T
6. Microsoft Voice Command
7. PocketBreeze
8. Agenda Fusion
9. PIToday
10. Journal Bar

Symbian OS
1. Quickoffice Premier
2. WorldMate Standard Edition
3. WebViewer
4. eZiTap FEP
5. Handy Tools
6. Handy Day
7. Remote
8. DateMate
9. SplashID
10. HandySafe

Windows Mobile-based Smartphone
1. Pocket Streets
2. ClearVue Suite
3. DVD to Smartphone
4. SmartphoneNotes
5. Power Calendar
6. Power Tasks
7. eWallet
8. SoundZ Cool
9. Photo Contacts
10. Jeyo Mobile Companion

BlackBerry
1. WebViewer
2. Aces Texas Hold'em - No Limit
3. Reqwireless Value Bundle
4. Sol Mania
5. MyFlashlight
6. EmailViewer
7. ImageWallet
8. CryptMagic
9. English Dictionary
10. ExpenseLog Pro