The Intersection of Time Magazine & Apple’s Top 10 iPhone Apps Lists = Zero

I think lists are great whether you agree with them or not. And, Time Magazine produced a bunch of discussion worthy lists for 2009. Here’s another one…

The Top 10 iPhone Apps

If you really want to be amused, compare Time’s list to Apple’s Best of Apps list in their…

iTunes Rewind 2009 : Apps

…section of iTunes. Notice something amusing while comparing the two lists? Not a single pick in Time’s top 10 apps list is also in Apple’s list.

I’ll say one thing for Time Magazine: If they like something, they really like it. Slingbox Pro-HD was #1 in the top travel gadgets list. And, SlingPlayer Mobile is #6 in the top 10 iPhone apps list. Number 1 is the popular Tweetie 2 Twitter client with business review app Yelp at #2. With more than 100,000 apps in the iTunes app store, this has got to be the hardest list to put together and one that absolutely no two people will agree on.

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