In the “good old times” of mobile, the ESD Handango provided analysts with a “Yardstick” report in somewhat frequent intervals. As the importance of said ESD has diminished significantly, they stopped reporting – instead, various app analytics houses fill the void.

One of them (called Distimo) has now sent us its monthly report, which happened to contain lists of top-selling products for various stores. First up is Palm’s:
palm paid Distimo   top sellers in November 2010

For comparison, here the top free apps in the Palm webOS store:
palm free Distimo   top sellers in November 2010

Next up is the Nokia Ovi. Paid apps look as following:
ovi free Distimo   top sellers in November 2010

Free apps always were strong on Ovi:
ovi free Distimo   top sellers in November 2010

After that, it’s time for a look at Microsoft Marketplace for Mobile’s paid bestsellers:
wm paid Distimo   top sellers in November 2010

And the most downloads:
wm free Distimo   top sellers in November 2010

Finally, a look at paid apps for the BlackBerry:
bb paid Distimo   top sellers in November 2010

And their free counterparts:
bb free Distimo   top sellers in November 2010

Further information can be found via the URL below:
http://www.distimo.com/report/download-latest

It once again is talking season for yours truly – this time, /me is hosted by the T-Dose conference team in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

The talks are scheduled as following:
tam hanna tdose Meet /me at T Dose in Eindhoven

Unfortunately, my stay in Eindhoven ends immediately after the second talk. Nevertheless, chocolate can be hearned – /me hopes to see many of you there!

Find out more via the URL below:
http://www.t-dose.org/t-dose/2010/schedule

Palm’s Pre 2 will also be distributed via HP’s existing sales channels – this should not be too surprising.

PreCentral now spotted the following on HP’s Facebook site. As it has since been pulled, this can be considered confirmed:
pre 2 pre orders Palm Pre 2   preorders start November 8th

Will you order your box on the 8th?

When it comes to mobile phone sales data, the best way to get meaningful data is to cover as much as possible, and get a weighted average afterwards. The next morsel of data comes from IDC; who have analyzed phone sales in Q3 2010.

According to them, the data looks as following:
icd sellers IDC on Q3 2010 cellphone sales

Regarding Sony Ericsson, IDC adds the following:

SonyEricsson, which shipped 10.4 million units in 3Q10, fell off the Top 5 list for the first time since the Tracker was conceived in 2004.

For me, this is unsurprising – keep in mind that it also includes dumbphones…

Long-term followers of this site know that yours truly is a fan of Krusell‘s data – the Swedish case is invisible offline, but has a retail presence which is stronger than Proporta.

Once a month, the Swedes announce which device sold the most accessories. For October 2010, the data looks as following (number in brackets: last month):

1. (3) Apple iPhone 4
2. (2) Nokia 3720 Classic
3. (1) Samsung I9000 Galaxy S
4. (6) Nokia C5
5. (-) Nokia 2730 Classic
6. (-) Nokia 6303 Classic
7. (4) HTC HD2
8. (9) Nokia E52
9. (10) Nokia 6700 Classic
10. (5) HTC Desire
() = Last month’s position.

Apple is back with iPhone 4 at the top position on Krusell’s Top Seller List for October. The reason for iPhone 4’s third place in September is probably based on Apples failure in meeting the demand for the device. In October the supply has improved both from Apple and from Krusell, says Ulf Sandberg Managing Director at Krusell. Moreover it is of interest to point out that even if media and the industry is disparages Nokia, they still have six out of the ten positions on our list. They are still, by far the biggest player in the mobile device industry, he ends.

Not much to add here – thanks to Krusell for providing the data…

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