iTunes shows off the best of 2008

Australian URL:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewCustomPage?name=pageiTunes2008_Apps

@Judd:

Totally agree. Audio A4 Driving Challenge should get an award for the most downloaded app with the lowest average rating.

I have downloaded more than 140 iPhone apps (most of them free) and deleted many more than I've kept. And only a small percentage of those I've kept have earned a permanent place on my iPhone.

Moto Racer was so bad in fact it was one of the few iPhone apps that made me regret spending so much money on. Ugly graphics, bad controls, checkpoints, no pause function (WTF!?), just bad. Really bad. There are much better racing games available for the iPhone, such as Crash Bandicoot and Asphalt 4.

Link is US Store only. The grouping ID changes for the store.

Canadian link:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewGrouping?id=26307
US link:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewGrouping?id=26300

The list is based on the most downloaded apps as the other comments say. But hey, they are good and hence they are most downloaded! Its a good list.
However, there are many repetitions like the Facebook app appearing twice. So, Apple should have set a filter to skip the app from appearing for the second time in the list if its already there once.

Some of those apps I probably wouldn't agree with, but hey who am I to argue?
I also think that you guys should have made the top podcasts, I mean come on.

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I have a problem with "Best of 2008" categorization. It sounds like it's just the most downloaded apps. That doesn't mean that those are the best! I've downloaded many apps (that were free) that I deleted very quickly after trying them out.

It should be based on the highest rated apps or Editorial Picks.