HURST, Texas, Nov. 11 - Handango, the leading mobile downloads provider, today released the October 2004 edition of the Handango Yardstick, a monthly report on the state of the mobile downloads economy.

For the first time, two software developers and their applications made the best-seller's lists across three different phone 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(TM), Palm OS(R), BlackBerry(TM) and Windows Mobile(TM) categories, indicating perhaps the emergence of two non-gaming application franchises.

In October, the Sony Ericsson P910 made its debut on the list of top phones adding content after launching in September 2004. The appearance of the Sony Ericsson P910 to the list continues the trend of high demand for Symbian OS applications.

The October 2004 Handango Yardstick also reports average selling price by category, number of new mobile applications, average selling price of digital media and much more. Lastly, the October edition features the ten best- selling applications by operating system.

 Java(TM)                               Symbian OS
   1. Panda Mania         
                1. e<a id='auto-Zi-1' href="http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/1608/">Zi</a>Tap FEP
   2. Labyrinth                           2. Quickoffice 
Premier
   3. Cave In!                            3. <a id='auto-WorldMate-2' href="http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/236/">WorldMate</a> Standard Edition
 
  4. EXOR                                4. <a id='auto-WorldMate-3' href="http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/236/">WorldMate</a> Professional Edition
  
 
5. Solitaire                           5. WebViewer
   6. LangToLang English 
Spanish 
         6. Handy Day
      Dictionary                          7. DVD 
to Mobile
 
  7. Norbsoft nCard                      8. DateMate
   8. Mobile 
Checkbook   
                 9. Remote
   9. Cocktail Mixer                  
    10. SKY FORCE
 
  10. Cuddles Mobile Java Pet
 
   Palm OS                 
               Windows 
Mobile-based Smartphone
   1. <a id='auto-WorldMate-4' href="http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/236/">WorldMate</a> Standard Edition 
         1. DVD to Smartphone
 
  2. Agendus Professional Edition        2. SmartphoneNotes
 
  3. AOL         
                        3. ClearVue Suite
   4. CLOCK       
                  
      4. Pocket Streets
   5. Diet & Exercise Assistant 
          5. Power 
Calendar
   6. Backgammon                          6. eWallet
 
  7. SplashID  
                          7. Power Tasks
   8. Agendus Standard 
Edition       
     8. SoundZ Cool
   9. Aces Texas Hold'em - No             9. 
Photo Contacts
 
     Limit                               10. Jeyo Mobile Companion
 
  10. WebSphere 
Micro Environment
 
   Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC         
BlackBerry
   1. 
PDA Contact                         1. WebViewer
   2. Spb Pocket 
Plus        
             2. Aces Texas Hold'em - No Limit
   3. Pocket Informant 
         
          3. Reqwireless Value Bundle
   4. Agenda Fusion           
          
  4. Sol Mania
   5. DVD to Pocket PC                    5. MyFlashlight
 
  6. 
Battery Pack Pro                    6. EmailViewer
   7. PhatPad        
      
               7. ImageWallet
   8. PocketBreeze                       
 8. PocketMac
 
  9. Journal Bar                         9. ExpenseLog Pro
   
10. Microsoft Voice 
Command            10. <a id='auto-WorldMate-5' href="http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/236/">WorldMate</a>

A full version of the Handango Yardstick for October 2004 is available at http://www.handango.com/pdf/HandangoYardstick_October2004.pdf .

About the Handango Yardstick

Incorporating worldwide data from more than 100 mobile download portals, the Handango Yardstick reports trends across the entire mobile software economy and major mobile operating systems including Java, Symbian OS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC, Windows Mobile-based Smartphone and others. Handango powers the software and digital content stores for some of the biggest brands in the mobile software market including Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Kyocera Wireless, palmOne, Microsoft, HP, Sprint, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless, Orange and more than 100 others.

About Handango

Handango is the leading provider of mobile downloads, bringing over 50,000 applications and 25,000 digital media titles to market through an extensive global distribution network that reaches millions of mobile users. Handango's application management and provisioning platform, Handango AMPP, has been chosen as the mobile software delivery platform for Nokia, Motorola, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile, Orange SA, Sony Ericsson, palmOne, Microsoft, HP, Sega Mobile, AOL and more than 100 others. For more information, visit http://www.handango.com/ .