Angry Birds named most downloaded paid app of 2011

Rovio's Angry Birds has been named
the most downloaded paid app for
the smartphones and tablets in 2011.
According to research firm Distimo,
Angry Birds was downloaded more
than any other application across all
major operating systems including
Android, iOS, Windows Phone and
others. The only platform missing out
on the list is BlackBerry. However, the
game was recently made available on
the BlackBerry's App World.
Angry Birds was followed by Fruit
Ninja, while another variant of Angry
Birds, Angry Birds Season grabbed
the third spot on the list of the paid
apps for the year 2011. Among the
free apps, Facebook grabbed the top
spot, while Pandora Radio followed at
the second spot. The free versions of
Word with Friends and Angry Birds
remained on third and fourth position
respectively.
The Distimo report covers data
collected from January to November
2011. The report has various notable
findings such as Apple App Store has
four times more revenue than
Google's Android Market. China is
rapidly catching up with the US in
downloading apps from the Apple
App Store. Amazon's Appstore for
Android has posted the fastest
growth in terms of apps availability.
The Windows Phone Marketplace has
increased the number of apps by 400
per cent past this year and is the
fourth largest app store.