Most Popular Apps

Nielsen recently released a list of the most popular apps on various smartphone platforms for a 30-day period in May and June. The analysis shows the leading apps across all platforms (iPhone, Blackberry and Android) as well as the most popular categories. Here's the list of top 5 app categories for that period:

Games - 65%

News/Weather - 56%

Maps/Navigation - 55%

Social Networking - 54%

Music - 46%

You can read the rest of the list here <http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/the-state-of-mobile-apps> .