The reports regarding the launch of Nokia’s own version of App Store is also one of such teasers.

The Finnish seems quite impress with the success of Apple’s iPhone App Store and now has decided to announce to offer direct downloads of its Symbian to over 100m users around the world.

Recently, Apple has told that it got over 500m downloads from its App Store, this increased volume forced many big players like RIM to consider it, as the company has recently built its Blackberry Application Storefront.

If Nokia rightly and precisely fit the formula and makes it easier for the various segments of users to download the applications from its store without any fuss, there is no reason that Nokia wouldn’t be able to enjoy the same success, as Apple’s App store is enjoying these days.

Though BBC has not yet announced this link-up from Apple, some spy kids at CNET have got some information about this coming service.

According to a BBC spokesperson, “BBC will soon release some High Definition titles on Apple’s iTunes Stores in UK and more information in this connection will be released in the next few weeks.”

You can already find BBC standard definition content on iTunes, but with the advent of this new service you will also download BBC HD content from iTunes store.

The HD race has just started and we will have to wait and see whether Apple iTunes service to surpass iPlayer in this race or not?

Anthony Rose, who is digital media head at BBC, told in an interview that iPlayer would soon get HD content and aside from HD,

we would also introduce high bitrate streaming as well as pre-booking, and it doesn’t end here the biggest thing would that you and your friend would soon share whatever you watch.

So, let’s see what comes next, all we can do is wait and see.

According to the research firm Gartner, the time has come when the music recorders will have to more focus on downloads than on CDs.

Mark McGuire, who is an analyst at Gartner, says in this connection, “To survive in this competitive setting, different music labels will have to adopt a strategy of ‘digital first’, as some big labels didn’t succeed in stopping piracy as well as getting nice business in their CD businesses.”

If these different music labels release their new stuff through digital services instead of just focusing on CDs, they have higher chances to achieve the desired results.

“The industry is practicing old promotional and marketing strategies that focus mainly on the launch of CDs and this practice is somewhat difficult to give up,

“But it is a fact that a large of immigrants and digital natives are looking for easier ways and great choices. However, it can’t be that physical CDs would totally wipe out from the scene,” he added

The lists have been separated by whether applications are free or paid. Then, they are separated on the basis of overall look and then by every main application category (entertainment, games, utilities, music and social networking). While overall top applications shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, who has taken occasional glance at built-in top download pages of iPhone, there are certain remarkable names concealed in the data that are separated categorically.

Top Paid Apps (Overall):

Koi Pond, Texas Hold’em, Moto Chaser, Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 3d, Super Monkey Ball, Cro-Mag zally, Enigmo, Pocket Guitar, Recorder, iBeer

Of the names that are there on this list, the only surprising fact is the rank of Super Monkey Ball, which could have been higher. When App store was launched, it seemed to everyone that Super Monkey became the face of gaming on iPhone. What might have hindered its chances for a higher rank is that the game was expensive at the time of launch. However, it was a great show for Pangea Software. They secured two positions on the list with Cro-Mag Rally (6) and Enigmo (7).

Top 10 Free Downloads (Overall) are Pandora Radio, Facebook, Tap Tap Revenge, Shazam, Labyrinth Lite Edition, Remote, Google Earth, Lightsaber Unleashed, AIM, Urbanspoon.

What was interesting in this list was the entry of Google Earth. The application was launched in App Stores only couple of months back for iPhone and it cracked into the Top 10 for free downloads.

Top Paid Games are Texas Hold’em, Moto Chaser, Crash Bandicoot : Nitro Kart 3d, Super Monkey Ball, Cro-Mag Rally, Enigmo, Air Hockey, Bejeweled 2, Flick Bowling, Line Rider iRide.

Top Free Games are Tap Tap Revenge, Labyrinth Lite Edition, Sol Free Solitaire, iBowl, Pac-Man Lite, Touch Hockey:FS5, Cannon Challenge, Audi A4 Driving Challenge, Sudoku, reMovem. Although some doubted its top position in this list, Tap Tap Revenge had fairly constant buzz surrounding it and deserved its top position. However, the surprising element was the position of Sudoku, which went way down to number 9.

Top Paid Entertainment are Koi Pond, iBeer, iChalky, Face Melter, iFish, TouchScan, What’s on TV, Pocket Piano, Sketches, OneTap Movies. A surprising entry in the list at #6 is ‘TouchScan’. It is a 99-cent application, which scans minds of 2 people at the same time and compares the recorded brain waves. They do it by way of a fake on-screen fingerprint scanner.

Top Free Entertainment are  Remote, Lightsaber Unleashed, i.TV, BubbleWrap, Movies, iDoodle 2 lite, Showtimes, Now Playing, Scribble, Crazy Pumpkin. Presence of ‘Crazy Pumpkin’ in the list proves that how much impact holiday-themed applications can have with users. It puts faces of Jack-o-lantern on the screen of your iPhone. It managed to get adequate swing from coverage around Halloween for getting barely into the top 10.

Top Paid Utilities are Units (crossroad solutions), A Level, Air Mouse, Fake Calls, Voice Record, Clinometer, Spell Check, Speed Dial, FileMagnet, iNetwork Speed Test. Top Free Utilities are Flashlight, myLite Flashlight, Say Who – Dialer, Units (TheMacBox), Compass Free, Alarm Free, A Free Level, Molecules, Speed Test, myLighter.

Presence of ‘Units’, in both free and paid utilities is good, although they are two dissimilar applications, TheMacBox & Crossroad Solutions. Top Paid Social Networking are MobileChat, BeejiveIM,  Quip, Rooms – Your Mobile Chat Client, Twitterrific Premium, Flutter, Twittelator Pro, mBoxMail, Secrets, hiCard – Suite.

What is impressive in this list is the presence of BeeJiveIM. The application not only made its way into Top 10 paid social networking, but landed at a remarkable #2. I’m not shocked with this result, as the quality of this application is quite good. However, its price of $16 was too high. In a market, where number of users complains with 99-cent applications to be too expensive, performance of BeeJive is actually shocking.

Top Free Social Networking are Facebook, AIM, Myspace Mobile, IM+ Lite, Loopt, Fring, Palringo IM, Earthscape, Twitterrific, Avatar. Facebook getting one up on Myspace isn’t an unexpected thing, as the former has been performing brilliantly in the field of social networking recently.

Top Paid Music are PocketGuitar, Drum Kit, Ocarina, Pianist, Band, Tuner Internet Radio, Beat Maker,  Guitar Toolkit, Harmonica, Guitarist. Top Free Music are Pandora Radio, Shazam, AOL Radio, Midomi, Mini Piano, iheart Radio, MixMeister Scratch, FlyCast Mobile Radio, Last.FM, DigiDrummer Lite.

There’s one interesting thing to note in both this lists, although this one will hardly make any sense. Majority (9 of 10) in the paid applications were for making music, whereas majority (7 of 10) in free apps is targeted at listening to music

The new PS3 will be available with DualShock 3 controller as well as the historical adventure game Drake’s Adventure. The new PS3 has been scheduled to arrive in US during November this year and it will set you back in $499

160 GB boost for what? How many downloads from the PlayStation Network? This large step to double storage to 160GB seems pretty clear that it’s for movies.

As SCEA’s press release points out: “The bundle is, definitely, a  great option for those consumers who want to have video delivery service of PlayStation Network as it offers downloads of new blockbuster movies and TV shows on an ongoing basis”

In UK, Sony seems to keep selling the 80GB Core Pack model in £299.99 and we can expect that the price of its big brother would be around £350.We will surely bring you more details as we get them.