This year's WWDC 2010 Apple Design Awards were a decidedly iPhone and iPad-centric affair, yet the winners still manage to run an amazing gamut from fun to foodie, creative to informative. Without further ado, here are the ADA.

• Doodle Jump [iTunes]
• Financial Times [iTunes]
• Brushes for iPhone [iTunes
• TabToolkit for iPad [iTunes]
• Articles [iTunes]
• 20 Minute Meals [iTunes]
• Star Walk for iPad [iTunes]
• Real Racing [iTunes]
• Flight Control HD [iTunes]
• Pinball HD [iTunes]

Congratulations to all the winners, all the nominees, and all the developers and apps that were submitted. Now what do you think, any surprises?

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If you're curious as to why IT tracks are gone, Mac tracks are limited, and Apple Design Awards are restricted to the iPhone and iPad for WWDC 2010, there are few people better equipped to answer you than Steve Jobs, CEO and Chief Customer Service Rep, of Apple Inc:

The email:

Is there any particular reason Apple has dropped the Design Awards for the Mac? Any plans to have them again in the future?

The Steve Jobs response:

We are focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on iPhone OS this year. Maybe next year we will focus primarily on the Mac. Just the normal cycle of things. No hidden meaning here.

This of course since iPhone OS 4 is debuting at WWDC, and Mac OS X 10.7 likely is not.

[MacStories via 9to5Mac]

Apple.com has posted up the winners of the WWDC 2009 Apple Design Awards (APA), and specifically for our interests, the iPhone winners. Like last year, a lot of our favorites got the nod. Here they are, with iTunes links where available:

iPhone Developer Showcase:

• MLB.com At Bat 2009 v1.0.1 / MLB.com
  
• Postage v1.0 / Rogue Sheep
• Topple 2 v1.1 / ngmoco:)
  
• Tweetie v1.3.1 / atebits LLC

Best iPhone Student App

• Wooden Labyrinth 3D v1.2.1 / Elias Pietil

Best iPhone OS 3.0 Beta App

• AccuTerra v1.0.0 Beta / AccuTerra

Congrats to everyone and thanks for the great apps!

Developing for the iPhone? Have the next great user experience? Apple wants to give you a shiny silver-gray box to express your excellence!

Let your creativity shine as we honor the year's best-designed applications for Mac and iPhone at WWDC 2009. Winners will take home prizes of great Apple hardware—along with the respect, admiration, and envy of their peers from around the world. Enter today and put your work in the spotlight.

I'm doubting any fart apps need apply, but outside the novelty apps space, we've seen some really nicely designed software come out since App Store launch. Last year's winners were all outstanding. Anyone have any early predictions for winners? Tapbot? Icon Factory? Gameloft? Who'd get your vote?

Ever since a young Steve Jobs audited a calligraphy class and sparked the taste that has driven modern consumer computing, Apple had prided itself on pixel-perfect design. And this year, for the first time, iPhone Web Apps and (beta) App Store apps were eligible for Apple's WWDC-delivered Design Awards. (Which makes sense, given the iPhone was released less than a year ago...)

According to Apple's Developer Connection, the awards:

Recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in software development. With new categories for iPhone development, this year’s Apple Design Awards [were] more exciting than ever.

• Best iPhone Game: Enigmo 1.0, Pangea Software
• Best iPhone Healthcare & Fitness Application: MIM 1.0 (alpha), MIMVista, Corp.
• Best iPhone Social Networking Application: Twitterrific 1.0 (beta), The Iconfactory
• Best iPhone Entertainment Application: AOL Radio 1.0, AOL LLC
• Best iPhone Productivity Application: OmniFocus 1.0 (pre-release), The Omni Group
• Best iPhone Web Application, Winner: Remember The Milk for iPhone & iPod touch 1.0, Remember The Milk
• Best iPhone Web Application, Runner-Up: AP Mobile News Network 1.0, The Associated Press

And a hearty congratulations (and thanks!) from TiPb to all the winners, and to everyone who showed up to develop! We look forward to enjoying the fruits of your labors