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Like a desktop computer, you can't do much with PDA or smartphone, beyond the basics, without third-party software. As a result, a lucrative market has developed around the application needs of mobile users. Although there are a number of ways to purchase mobile software, two of the most popular sources are Handango, the leading online store for wireless applications, and eReader.com (owned by Handango competitor Motricity), the bestselling source for eBooks. These two destinations compile monthly statistics to chart what mobile users are doing with their devices. In Handango's October chart, the Yardstick, for the first time two software developers and their applications made the best-seller's lists across three different mobile platforms each. MobiMate and Makayama are the creators of the WorldMate series and the various editions of DVD to Mobile, respectively. Their applications were best sellers in the Symbian OS, Palm OS, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile categories. The best-selling fiction eBook in eReader.com's monthly chart is Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code , while The Templar Revelation took the honors in the nonfiction category.
Java
1. Panda Mania
Symbian OS
1. eZiTap FEP
Palm OS
1. WorldMate Standard Edition
Windows Mobile-based Smartphone
1. DVD to Smartphone
Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC
BlackBerry
1. WebViewer
The Top 10 Fiction eBooks by Unit Sales for October 2004:
eList Subject
Rank Title Author Publisher Price Category
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Dan Suspense &
1 The Da Vinci Code Brown Doubleday $14.95 Thrillers
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Dan Suspense &
2 Angels & Demons Brown Pocket Books $7.99 Thrillers
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James Suspense &
3 The Big Bad Wolf Patterson Time Warner $5.95 Thrillers
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David Suspense &
4 Split Second Baldacci Time Warner $7.99 Thrillers
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Darwin's Radio/ Greg Science
5 Darwin's Children Bear Del Rey $7.50 Fiction
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Dan St. Martin's Suspense &
6 Digital Fortress Brown Press $5.99 Thrillers
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David Suspense &
7 Hour Game Baldacci Time Warner $16.95 Thrillers
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Robin Berkley Suspense &
8 Seizure Cook Books $7.95 Thrillers
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James Suspense &
9 Ice Hunt Rollins HarperCollins $8.95 Thrillers
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Deception Dan Suspense &
10 Point Brown Pocket Books $6.99 Thrillers
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The Top 10 Nonfiction eBooks by Unit Sales for October 2004:
eList Subject
Rank Title Author Publisher Price Category
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The Templar Lynn Picknett,
1 Revelation Clive Prince Touchstone $8.99 Religion
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How to Talk Current
to a Liberal Ann Events &
2 (If You Must) Coulter Random House $17.95 Politics
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Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate
Dictionary, Merriam- Dictionaries
3 Eleventh Ed. Webster Merriam-Webster $23.95 & Thesauri
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4 NIV Holy Bible Zondervan Zondervan $14.99 Religion
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Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Merriam- Dictionaries
5 Thesaurus Webster Merriam-Webster $23.95 & Thesauri
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Jeff Science &
6 On Intelligence Hawkins Henry Holt $18.95 Nature
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National
Commission
The 9/11 on Current
Commission Terrorist Events &
7 Report Attacks eReader.com $4.95 Politics
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Current
America's George Events &
8 Secret War Friedman Doubleday $17.95 Politics
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When Will
Jesus Bring George
9 the Pork Chops? Carlin Hyperion $16.95 Humor
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Benjamin Walter Simon & Biography
10 Franklin Isaacson Schuster $8.95 & Memoir
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