Apple's Pages tops iPad application sales

Apple's Pages productivity application is the App Store's top-selling premium application for the iPad tablet for the month of April, according to a new report issued by app store analytics firm Distimo. The $9.99 Pages app leads GoodiWare's GoodReader for iPad (99 cents)--OOO Gameprom's Pinball HD (priced at $2.99) is third, followed by Cocoa Box Design's productivity app Penultimate ($2.99) and another Apple-designed productivity tool, Keynote ($9.99). Among free iPad applications, Apple's iBooks is number one, trailed by UnitConvertr's game The Solitaire, Jirbo's Break HD Free, the ABC Player entertainment app and The Weather Channel Max for iPad.

Earlier this week, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced its iPad tablet sales topped 2 million less than 60 days after the unit's U.S. retail launch on April 3, adding that developers have now written more than 5,000 new applications created expressly for the device and its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and improved graphics capabilities. Over the weekend, Apple began selling the iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K., adding that sales will expand into nine more international markets in July and continue to extend into additional countries throughout the remainder of the year.

Among applications for the iPhone and iPod touch, Distimo reports that Lima Sky's 99-cent Doodle Jump led all premium app downloads in April. Occipital's 99-cent utility app RedLaser is second, with three 99-cent games--EA Mobile's The Simpsons Arcade, Clickgamer.com's Angry Birds and gamedoctors' Zombie Smash--rounding out the top five. PixelCUBE Studios' game The Impossible Test is tops among free iPhone apps, trailed by nuTsie's music app Top 100s by Year by Bing, EA Mobile's The Simpsons Arcade Free, Skyworks' Spill Da' Milk and MobilityWare's Solitaire.

For more on Distimo's App Store sales data:
- download the report

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