Apple iPads Top 10 Grossing Apps of 2010

by Nicholas Kolakowski

This redesigned word-processor for the iPad lets users edit and format documents. It supports imports from Microsoft Word, and offers a variety of templates.

Numbers allows iPad users to create and manipulate spreadsheets, create forms for quick data entry, and export work to Microsoft Excel or .PDF format. The latest iOS 4.2 update offers wireless printing.

This iPad app includes themes, animations, effects, and everything else required to create a presentation. It also supports Microsoft PowerPoint files.

This app lets IT administrators and other pros remotely access one or more computers and applications.

Scrabble for iPad enables up to 25 multiplayer games simultaneously.

This app lets users create and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, view PDF and iWork documents, and sync with files stored via Google Docs, Dropbox, Box.net, iDisk and SugerSync.

The iPad version of the popular mobile game, in which severely irate (cartoon) birds are hurled at severely ugly pigs.

Race vehicles by tilting or tapping your iPad, against either computer opponents or real-life ones via multiplayer.

Who doesn’t love hurling fruits and vegetables at a variety of very slow-moving, but really hungry zombies? There’s probably someone out there, but they’re not the ones who made this app a bestseller.

This app includes text-to-speech, high-resolution symbols for everyday actions, and automatic conjugations for people with difficulty speaking.