The August 2004 edition of the Handango Yardstick, a monthly compendium of statistics on the mobile downloads economy is now available as a Adobe Acrobat Reader file.

The August 2004 Handango Yardstick reports the top mobile devices adding software, sales by category, average selling price, best-selling applications and much more. This month, the Sony Ericsson P800/P900 was the top phone and the palmOne Tungsten T Series was the top handheld adding mobile content. In the software sales by category section, personal productivity ranked as the leading category. The average selling price of mobile applications rose for the second month in a row to US$17.14, up from US$16.79 last month.

The August Yardstick includes a list of the ten best-selling ringtones and applications by operating system. All these titles are available through our Geekzone Software Store, powered by Handango.

Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC
1. Spb Pocket Plus
2. Pocket Informant
3. Battery Pack Pro
4. DVD to Pocket PC
5. S & W T
6. Pocket Earth
7. FlexWallet
8. Agenda Fusion
9. WebIS Money
10.Mastersoft Money

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

Symbian OS
1. WorldMate Standard Edition
2. WebViewer
3. Handy Day
4. Quickoffice
5. DateMate
6. Handy Tools
7. Handy Explorer
8. Handy Safe
9. StatusLight
10.Remote

Palm OS
1. Agendus Professional Edition
2. Backgammon
3. Aces Texas Hold'em
4. SplashID
5. Agendus Standard Edition
6. AOL
7. MAHJONG
8. CLOCK
9. Diet & Exercise Assistant
10.WebSphere Micro Environment