The third annual best app ever awards were announced during this years Macworld Expo. The awards process began in November when app users from all over the world could nominate their favorite apps. Out of the over 90,000 submissions they narrowed it down to the top 609 that were divided up into over 30 categories. Every category had an iPhone division and an iPad division except for the overall best app ever. They then allow users to votes during the first 25 days of January and received nearly half a million votes.

148Apps has begun to take entries for their 2010 Best App Ever Awards. These awards recognize practical, creative, technical, whimsical and just down right cool acheivements in iOS apps, not just sales numbers and popularity. This year’s awards will separate out iPad apps from iPhone apps, so get your thinking caps on and submit your favorite apps for the recognition they deserve. All nominations for the Best App Ever Awards must be submitted onlined before December 31st, 2010. Finalists, which include the top ten nominees in each of 32 categories and then in each division, will be announced on January 2nd, 2011.

In the biggest miscarriage of award show justice since Ghandi beat Tron in the 1983 Academy Awards, the winners of the 2008 Best App Ever Awards have been announced, and Smule’s Ocarina did not win Best App Ever. Oh, sure, it won Best 99 Cent App, Best Musical Instrument App, and Most Creative Use of iPhone Hardware, but it was denied the top aware, and we at Applelinks are thinking of holding a protest. If we do, you can bet it will be peaceful and musically pleasant. Anyway…