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Symbian OS application statistics revealed for January-October 2005
To date there are 6,050 applications available for Symbian OS phones through Handango and its more than 100 distribution partners, a 46.24% increase since January 2005. By Handango distribution partners is meant any and all Handango mobile software partners that offer their content catalog to customers. Examples of Handango's Symbian OS partners include Sony Ericsson and its Application Shop, the My-Symbian.com Online Shop and the AllAboutSymbian online shop.
Since the beginning of 2005, there are 127 new Symbian OS developers distributing content through Handango's network, which denotes the third highest number of newcomers across all platforms.
To date, Handango statistics show that Symbian OS smartphone customers during 2005 downloaded more applications per visit than other smartphone customers, i.e. for handhelds on other smartphone OS's.
Top 10 Sales by Category for Symbian OS for 2005:
| 1. Productivity | 19.07% |
| 2. Business & Professional | 14.40% |
| 3. Utilities | 13.53% |
| 4. Games | 9.70% |
| 5. Communications | 8.13% |
| 6. Travel | 7.30% |
| 7. Multimedia | 6.50% |
| 8. Entertainment | 4.83% |
| 9. Reference | 3.75% |
| 10. Document management | 3.62% |
Find the whole article and more figues on the Sony Ericsson web site
