As demand for mobile apps continues to grow, AT&T* today released the top 10 performing applications based on new sales from January through March, offering a closer look at what consumers are doing with their phones beyond talking, texting and tweeting.
As reported in AT&T’s first-quarter earnings, wireless data revenues for the company grew 39 percent year-over-year. A key contributor to this growth is use of mobile applications and games, many of which are available via AT&T MEdia Mall, AT&T’s multimedia content store.
“Mobile applications help customers customize their handsets and better utilize the capabilities of their devices,” said Mark Collins, vice president of Voice and Data Products for AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “Whether our customers want to stay connected to their favorite sources for entertainment or have 24/7 access to information, we offer apps relevant to the task.”
The 10 top performing apps of the first quarter were:
- AT&T Navigator. Since its launch a year ago, AT&T Navigator has ranked among the top 10 best performing apps each quarter. The GPS application provides audible and visual turn-by-turn driving directions and includes a host of other features such as a national business finder, lowest price fuel finder and more.
- AT&T Mobile TV. Catch broadcast-quality live and time-shifted programming, including full-length episodes of popular sitcoms, sporting events, movies, news programs and more. Available in more than 60 markets.
- Napster Mobile®. Browse, preview and download from a catalog of more than 7 million full songs. Downloads are delivered simultaneously to your mobile handset and PC.
- XM Radio Mobile. Tune in and rock out to 25 commercial-free XM Radio channels while on the go.
- MobiTV®. Watch and enjoy more than 40 television channels, including live programming and made-for-mobile TV.
- WikiMobile. Enjoy pocket access to all 2 million Wikipedia articles, including pictures and quick facts. Bookmark favorites for quick and easy tracking.
- Shazam® (MusicID). Can’t name that tune? Identify a song’s title and artist, buy the full track or ringtone, and share the info with friends through this music recognition app.
- Make-UR-Tones. Create signature ringtones from more than 400,000 music titles from major and independent music labels.
- My-Cast® Weather. Access current U. S. weather conditions including real-time Doppler radar and satellite imagery for locations of interest. View temps, winds, dew point and sky conditions displayed over a regional, national or local weather map and get 12-hour and 7-day forecasts as well as severe weather alerts.
- MobiVJ. Get all-day, all-night access to more than 10 channels of the hottest music videos from a variety of genres, including Hip Hop, R&B, Rock, Pop, Latin, Country and more.
The top 10 performing games for the quarter included:
- Tetris®. Tetris has long been the top-selling puzzle game at AT&T. Players move and rotate falling Tetriminos to form horizontal lines in the Matrix. When a line is completed, it disappears from the Matrix.
- Bejeweled®. Line up three or more gems in horizontal or vertical rows. When three or more gems line up, they are removed from the board and points are earned.
- Guitar Hero® World Tour Mobile. Based on the hit console game; Rock the drums and guitar to 15 new tracks and engage in multiplayer battles against live opponents. Want more? New songs are added monthly. AT&T customers get access to exclusive mobile tracks you can’t play anywhere else.
- PAC-MAN by Namco. Guide PAC-MAN® through the maze by using the navigation keys, avoiding the ghosts while gobbling up all the PAC-dots.
- Ms. PAC-MAN by Namco. Guide Ms. PAC-MAN® through the maze by using the navigation keys, avoiding the ghosts while gobbling up all the PAC-dots.
- Jewel Quest II. Journey through Africa to explore ancient ruins and find hidden treasures in this mystical match-3 adventure.
- Diner Dash®. Build a restaurant empire by seating, serving and churning the customers. Earn big tips to improve the diner. Move through the levels, and add additional seating and nicer amenities.
- The Oregon Trail. Guide your party through the unknown wilderness from Independence, Mo., to a valley in Oregon. All of the problem solving and role-playing fun of the original game in a side-scrolling adventure.
- Midnight Pool 2. Choose one of eight welcoming bars to test your pool skills against a cast of wild characters in this heated competition.
- Platinum Sudoku. Play more than 640,000 Sudoku grids or create your own. If stumped, get instant help with printed puzzles.
AT&T Apps Beta is a testing ground community that gives developers the chance to test their apps with AT&T customers and get direct feedback from users before they make those apps widely available.
Applications that are successful within AT&T Apps Beta may be eligible for merchandising and marketing support from AT&T.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world’s most advanced IP-based business communications services, the nation’s fastest 3G network and the best wireless coverage worldwide, and the nation’s leading high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of their three-screen integration strategy, AT&T operating companies are expanding their TV entertainment offerings. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies.
Source: AT&T
