have been around for a few years now. But in 2010, they went mainstream and became an industry of their own — moving beyond Apple Inc.'s iPhone onto Google Inc. Android devices and others.
Here, in no particular order, are 10 smartphone apps that made impressions in 2010, in five of the hottest areas for app makers:
Casual gaming:
Angry Birds (Rovio Ltd.; iPhone, 99 cents; Android, Free) was the top paid app in the iTunes store this year, prompting the question Why do smart people love seemingly mindless games? The simple, physics-based game involves a series of avian kamikaze missions in which plump, ticked-off poultry are launched via slingshot at piles of green pigs.
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