1. Google Search Client For Symbian Devices
The Symbian Google Client is a program that integrates with your device's idle screen, that is if your device offers a "Ctrl" or "Pencil/Edit" key, or via the application launcher found on Symbian based devices. By typing in searches in the provided box Google can access the internet, find your queries and display the necessary information in a mobile formatted display for easy access. Unlike the standard internet Google search from your mobile device, the Symbian Google Client is also built to render searches faster, and display the information in an easier to read display.
2. Nokia Email Service For Symbian
Nokia really wanted to make sure everyone knew what this program did, so they named it Nokia Email Service to showcase the obvious. The program essentially offers connections between popular email clients such as GMail, Yahoo! Mail, and ISP email accounts (of which thousands are listed as compatible). Users can also access their Microsoft Exchange Server Accounts, while handling both POP and IMAP account alike. The program is currently free as it's running in Beta mode, but charges will apply when it launches as a full version program. You can find out more at Nokia Email.
3. Fring For Symbian
FringFring is one of the best Voip and Data chat programs available for any mobile platform (read about Fring for Windows Mobile). The program allows users to make VOIP calls when Wi-Fi is available, or to utilize their data plan for voice and text based chatting. Fring supports the most popular in mobile chat programs including Skype, MSN Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, SIP, Twitter, AIM, and Yahoo.
With these applications users can tell if their friends are available before they place a call or leave a message, and they can make cheap calls via Skype and other applications without wasting their cell phone minutes. It's easy to install, compatible across many platforms, offers cheap international calling and is fast and easy to grasp. What more could you want?
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alreadytaken/1367321797/
Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/symbian-platform/articles/7030.aspx#ixzz3q7qReEm2
4. Google Maps For Symbian
So far I've included Google Maps on My Top 10 Windows Mobile and Top 10 Blackberry Apps, so it only makes sense that I also include it on my Top 10 Symbian Apps page. The reason I've included Google Maps everywhere is because it simply works equally well on each platform.
With Google Maps users can find Points Of Interest (POI's), receive Turn-By-Turn Directions, and even search local businesses and call them by clicking on the selected business phone number. Google Maps works with built-in GPS receivers Google Mapsand assisted GPS offerings. It can even operate using My Location Based Services when GPS is not present, offering proximity calculations to within 1000 meters. If you don't want to pay for expensive mapping then Google Maps is not only free, it works better than many paid software programs currently available on the market.
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alreadytaken/3252578029/
5. Nokia Sports Tracker For Symbian
Sports TrackerFor the fitness enthusiast with built-in GPS capabilties there are few programs as good as Nokia Sports Tracker. With this program Runners, Cyclists, and even Walkers can track their average speeds, the altitude at which they are travelling, the total distance they've gone and much more. The program even allows users to show their workout routes via Google Earth, while a Facebook app can be added so you and your circle of friends can compare your workout details and overall progress. If you're motivated by competition, or you just want to show off your workout routine, then I'd suggest taking a look at Nokia Sports Tracker.
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/2598536207/
6. Nokia Podcasting For Symbian
With this very useful program users can add, delete and manage their podcasts directly from their Symbian based devices. You can download your favorite podcasts directly to your phone via either Wi-Fi connectivity or using your device's mobile data connection. With Nokia Podcasting you don't even need to manage your podcast subscription on your PC, it can all be downloaded directly on your cell phone.
Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/symbian-platform/articles/7030.aspx?p=2#ixzz3q7qMtxgh
4. Google Maps For Symbian
So far I've included Google Maps on My Top 10 Windows Mobile and Top 10 Blackberry Apps, so it only makes sense that I also include it on my Top 10 Symbian Apps page. The reason I've included Google Maps everywhere is because it simply works equally well on each platform.
With Google Maps users can find Points Of Interest (POI's), receive Turn-By-Turn Directions, and even search local businesses and call them by clicking on the selected business phone number. Google Maps works with built-in GPS receivers Google Mapsand assisted GPS offerings. It can even operate using My Location Based Services when GPS is not present, offering proximity calculations to within 1000 meters. If you don't want to pay for expensive mapping then Google Maps is not only free, it works better than many paid software programs currently available on the market.
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alreadytaken/3252578029/
5. Nokia Sports Tracker For Symbian
Sports TrackerFor the fitness enthusiast with built-in GPS capabilties there are few programs as good as Nokia Sports Tracker. With this program Runners, Cyclists, and even Walkers can track their average speeds, the altitude at which they are travelling, the total distance they've gone and much more. The program even allows users to show their workout routes via Google Earth, while a Facebook app can be added so you and your circle of friends can compare your workout details and overall progress. If you're motivated by competition, or you just want to show off your workout routine, then I'd suggest taking a look at Nokia Sports Tracker.
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/2598536207/
6. Nokia Podcasting For Symbian
With this very useful program users can add, delete and manage their podcasts directly from their Symbian based devices. You can download your favorite podcasts directly to your phone via either Wi-Fi connectivity or using your device's mobile data connection. With Nokia Podcasting you don't even need to manage your podcast subscription on your PC, it can all be downloaded directly on your cell phone.
Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/symbian-platform/articles/7030.aspx?p=2#ixzz3q7qMtxgh
1. Google Maps
The first really huge third party S60 application to get a full touch makeover, this works superbly on S60 5th Edition, on all phones, in both landscape and portrait modes, and with touch-panning of maps and of the StreetView displays (in countries where this is supported). Version 3.2.1 is the latest and has built-in Latitude (friend-finding), Traffic and Wikipedia (layers) support. It's also terrific as a general purpose location-centric search tool (e.g. find the nearest plumber or pizza or hairdresser).
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Get it at m.google.com
2. YouTube
Yes, there's now a mobile version of the YouTube main web site, but exactly what it serves up is dependent on the device you use to browse it - and there are the delays caused by having to bring up different pages and by waiting for RealPlayer or Flash Lite to do its thing. Better is to use the dedicated YouTube client for S60 5th Edition. It's fast to search and browse from clip to clip, works over Wi-Fi or 3G and the only trick is in getting hold of it in the first place.
Picture quality is QVGA, scaled up, but it's quite good enough for casual viewing.
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Try m.google.com, but if you're not offered the client for your phone, grab v2.2.17 from here instead.
3. GMail
The third big Google application, GMail is Java-based, which means that you need to take a trip into Settings | App Mgr | Installed apps and turn off the S60-supplied navigation and function 'keys'. That done though, you've got a fully touch-enabled, full-screen view into your GMail, complete with all features, such as 'Stars', 'Drafts' and your full list of emailed contacts. Try it - it'll work better than you expect.
Screenshot GMail
Get it at m.google.com in Web on your phone.
4. BBC iPlayer
For UK residents only, of course, and almost certainly only really practical while in Wi-Fi range, this presents the best of the BBC's TV output in very high quality, in streaming or DRM-protected download form. There are hundreds of programmes on offer, mostly from the last few weeks, plus a number of radio programmes as well, better for listening on the move since the bandwidth requirements are somewhat lower.
It's the download option, available for many programmes, which really impresses, since you can grab things for watching later while travelling, with no worries over needing expensive connectivity. The DRM isn't a problem as long as you watch your downloads fairly promptly (within a week, usually).
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Although BBC iPlayer is now in the Ovi Store, you can also go directly to www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/ to see what the BBC's site offers you automatically. If your S60 5th Edition phone hasn't been added yet to the BBC's compatibility database (they're not very quick at updating this), it's worth trying www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/iplayer.wgz directly. There's a great chance that the widget will work.
5. Opera Mini
Why on earth would you want another web browser? You have S60 Web, after all? Moreover, why would you want a mouldy, ol' Java app? Because it's faster, slicker and more frugal than Web, that's why. Once you get past the initial Java hand-holding 'Do you want to go online?' question, Opera Mini, quite simply, rocks. Backed up by special proxy servers, even huge web pages like BoingBoing can be opened in just a few seconds and browsed around with full touch-panning. If you find S60 Web too slow for tradition text-based pages then Opera Mini is a definite candidate, especially if you're not on a flat rate data plan. The new version 5 beta introduces multi-tab browsing and an integrated touchscreen keyboard to save you messing with the standard Java text box forms, but the production v4.2 is also well worth installing.
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Get either version from mini.opera.com
6. Quickoffice v6 (upgrade)
It may seem a little odd to see Quickoffice in a list of freeware and, it's true, I'm cheating slightly. But by default, Quickoffice's document viewers aren't in the 5800 XpressMusic's ROM. Instead, they're a free addition, giving you Word, Excel and Powerpoint viewing with full touchscreen support. And on other S60 5th Edition phones, the viewers included are often 'old' v4 or v5 editions. So, make the most of the downloads and upgrades offered in your phone's Download! or 'Sw update' system. In particular, note that all Nokia phone owners are entitled to a free upgrade to the latest v6 viewers, giving extra document compatibility - look in the 'Updates and upgrades' section of Quickoffice if you're not already on v6.
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And I can't resist a plug for upgrading to the latest editing version. The Quickoffice folks always seem to have one offer or another on, so check out their web site for details.
7. Snaptu
As with Opera Mini, don't write this off because it's Java-hosted. Snaptu offers to bring whole swathes of your online life together in one, streamlined and optimised application. Social networks, news, TV listings, the works. And it's extensible, with new modules being added weekly.
Snaptu
Get it from the Nokia Ovi Store or by going to m.snaptu.com in Web on your phone.
8. AccuWeather
One of S60's best kept secrets, AccuWeather was always a useful little widget to have installed. With the advent of S60 5th Edition and touch control, it has been dramatically improved, now with hourly and daily forecasts, weather charts, maps, and even GPS integration, to query the exact forecast for your current location - and all for free, quite amazingly. Admittedly, it takes a good ten seconds or so to retrieve the necessary weather data over the Internet, but in this case it's well worth the wait (and anyway, with your multitasking smartphone you can just switch away to something else and come back shortly, can't you?)
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AccuWeather is best found in the Ovi Store for Nokia phones (especially if you're after the version with the N97 homescreen widget) and it's also archived and up for download on many sites right across the web, e.g. here as accuweather.wgz (1.3MB).
9. Files on Ovi
A terrific way to keep your important desktop folders automatically backed up (you get up to 10GB free, amazingly, in Nokia's 'Anytime files' system) and to have remote access to your master documents - on either Windows PC or Apple Mac - through the phone, Files on Ovi is fully compatible with Nokia's S60 5th Edition phones - it's just that Nokia doesn't make it easy...
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Although you can simply access your 'Files on Ovi' through the mobile web site, it's tedious having to keep signing in, which makes the Files on Ovi widget so important, since it handles this for you. In order to get the widget, either sign in to the mobile site (and yes there really are half a dozen 'secure' warning dialogs to step through) and then look at the bottom of the home page - OR - type in files.ovi.com/wrt/fl/downloadw into Web and grab the widget directly.
You'll also need to install the Windows or Mac OS X 'connector' utility, which handles the remote file access and the uploading to 'Anytime files'.
PS. I believe this solution also works with the Samsung S60 5th Edition phone(s), but don't tell Nokia... 8-)
10. Wireless keyboard
Although this hasn't been fully updated officially yet for S60 5th Edition and thus shouldn't qualify for this list as not being optimised, I couldn't resist adding the necessary install for driving a Bluetooth wireless keyboard. With this onboard, you can treat your S60 full-screen touch phone (a 5800 is shown below) as a mini-laptop and the solution works rather well.
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Use this install file, the version for S60 3rd Edition FP1 phones, until such time as Nokia get round to doing a formal S60 5th Edition release.
11. France 24 Mobile
Full credit to France 24, the TV/media company, for putting out their content for free on all mobile platforms. And no, don't worry, you don't have to speak French. There's general news, business, culture and weather content here, in pre-edited (but regularly updated) 10 minute segments, all in either French, English or Arabic, plus a genuinely live stream onto the appropriate language France TV channel.
Video quality's not the best by default, but you can change the stream to 'Highest quality' in Settings, after which picture quality is easily up with that of the BBC's iPlayer.
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You can get France 24 for your S60 5th Edition phone from the Nokia Ovi Store or by going to m.france24.mobiclip.com in Web.
12. PhoneTorch
Fabulous. With the dual LED flash system able to be used during video recording, why on earth didn't Nokia let us use the LEDs as a torch when needed? Why indeed, which is why PhoneTorch is such a little God-send. On devices with the LEDs covered in normal use (e.g. the Nokia N97), you'll need to prepare the way by opening the camera slider and then closing the Camera application.
PhoneTorch
Get it from here. (Nokia phones only)
13. "JoikuSpot Light FREE Hotspot"
Perhaps a pinnacle of modern software engineering, JoikuSpot turns your S60 phone and its data connection into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices (of yours) to hook into. The premium version has loads more functions and security, but for cheap, cheerful and ad-hoc use, the free 'Light' version does very well, letting you surf away on your laptop, for example, using (in this case) the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic as the hotspot. Yes, PC Suite also allows through-Internet connections, but isn't is just so cool to be making your own Wi-Fi hotspot?
Get it from the Nokia Ovi Store or from Joiku's download page.
14. Fring and 15. Nimbuzz
As ever, I can't split these two, offering very similar feature sets. Both are Nokia 5th-Edition-optimised VoIP and chat clients, and both include Skype integration. So I'm going to let you try both and make your own mind up!
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Grab both utilities from the Nokia Ovi Store or directly from the developer mobile sites: Get Fring by going to m.fring.com in Web, grab Nimbuzz by going to m.nimbuzz.com in Web.
16. Qik
This well known live video capture utility. The quality of its output usually disappoints (relative to capturing video with the native Camera app), but hey, if you need to stream live then you need to stream live...!
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Get it from the Nokia Ovi Store or (e.g. for Samsung i8910 HD) here.
17. Mobbler
This is a Last.fm radio player and 'scrobbler' for S60 smartphones. It allows you to listen to your Last.fm radio stations and to scrobble (share) tracks played using the S60 Music Player.
Get it from here.
18. Palringo
Aside from Skype, its one omission, this is perhaps the ultimate instant messaging client for S60, building in every other chat system, including (unusually) Facebook Chat. There's GPS support too, so that your contacts can see where you are in the world.
Get it from the Nokia Ovi Store or from www.palringo.com in Web on your S60 5th Edition phone.
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19. Psiloc World Traveler
Similar to Worldmate (but here compatible with all S60 phones and not just Nokia ones), this offers free travel related functions, including daylight globe, currency conversion and 5 day weather forecast. It's all rather slick and, like Worldmate, Psiloc probably plan to make their money on the premium flight information, coming soon. The rest of the application is free, however, which is why it's included here.
In theory, World Traveler is in the Ovi Store, but it's currently giving an error. So get it from here. Note that the install is incredibly slow - I'm guessing the SIS file is very complicated and has all sorts of language options which need to be worked through by the OS!
20. Paint Pad
A rewritten version (allegedly) of a Forum Nokia source example, Paint Pad does a good job of standing on its own two feet, with proper load/save/background/send options, plus many more painting tools. It's the paint utility that Nokia forgot to add!
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Get it from Nokia's site or (if you don't like all the Flash) here.
21. Tweets60
Yup, it's a full blown Twitter client and a whole heap more friendly than using the Twitter mobile web site each day. Not in the same league as Gravity but then this is free, after all. The functionality's mainly there, with the usual columns/lists for tweets, replies and direct messages. Sadly, there's no web-like 'kinetic' scrolling, so you have to use the fiddly scroll bar.
Get it from the Nokia Ovi Store or from here.
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22. X-plore
(shown above-right) With a decidedly non-standard interface, X-plore is still mightily functional and is the current file manager of choice on S60 5th Edition. Although shareware, it only has the one 3-second nag screen and there's no time limit to your trial.
Get it here.
23. TFL Tube Map
A little specialist, to be sure, it's only appropriate to someone visiting London, but it's a slick conversion from paper to pixels (as the company name suggests). Browse around the London tube network without having to remember to bring your paper tube map.
Get it from here.
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24 S60 Internet Radio
(shown above right) Nope, not Nokia's nice, friendly version, which has yet to be ported to S60 5th Edition, unbelievably apparently. This is the original Shoutcast player from a few years ago. It's been minimally updated since, but does work. It only comes with a handful of Shoutcast stations, but it's reasonably easy to create .pls (playlist) files yourself on the desktop and then copy these across to a /shoutcast folder on the device.
Get it here.
25. The Musician's Swiss Knife and Chords
Two sister apps from the same developer, both shown/grouped here. The perennial BPM counter, metronome and note generator, implemented here in full-screen Java. Impressively, there's a range of different instrument tones that can be generated. And... a guitarists chord database deluxe - just pick the root chord and the variation and the fingering is shown - and can be played by tapping on the plectrum. There's even a choice of four guitar tones, but I was disappointed not to be able to scroll up the neck to see the various inversions as well. Still, for a freebie....
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Get Musician's Swiss Knife from here and Chords from here.
Kooaba Visual Search
Kooaba is a free application that allows you to access and view product information for CDs, DVDs, games, books and movie posters simply by taking a picture of them. All you do is take a picture of the desired object and you'll be able to view trailers, reviews and CD information directly on your mobile phone.
You can also share your searches via email or on Twitter and Facebook. However, if you're not much for social networking, there's also the option to store all your information at http://my.kooaba.com.
Kooaba is free, but does require a one-time download of 13MB of components, and we'd recommend using the application on Wi-Fi, rather than 3G, to save on data costs.
Qik
Qik is an application that lets you instantly upload videos to YouTube, social-networking websites such as Twitter or even blogs.
It also enables you to have live video chats to give you face-to-face contact with whoever you want.
Simply use the application to record, and the result can be viewed live by friends and family. All you need to do is point your mobile’s video camera.
Comics Creator
Nextwave's Comics Creator lets you create a cartoon, comic or photo journal on your Nokia handset.
Adding text, backgrounds and characters is all easily done, whether you're an artist or not.
Your finished cartoons can then be shown off to friends.
Nokia Photo browser
Nokia Photo Browser is an app developed by the Nokia Beta Labs that allows you to browse your photos in a different way to the usual gallery application preinstalled on your Nokia phone.
The Nokia Photo Browser brings 3D effects to your gallery and, if you press and hold a photo, the area will be magnified. Drag your finger across the photo to see parts of it in more detail.
Nokia Photo Browser also features face recognition. Double tap on a face in a photo and you'll zoom into that face. You can browse other faces by swiping your finger around the screen.
YouTube
The Nokia YouTube Player is a fully functioning YouTube player that allows you to browse and view videos on your Nokia phone.
The Query tool allows you to find videos with minimal typing, as it predicts what you're going to write and presents you with a list of videos dynamically.
You can also log into your YouTube account to see your uploaded videos, subscriptions and playlists, making it much like the desktop experience.
Whatsapp
WhatsApp is a Symbian application that allows you to message friends without paying for an SMS.
Blogradio
The internet's a big place, and sometimes it can be difficult to keep abreast of everything that’s going on out there, what with all the blogs, news sites and social networks competing for your attention.
Fortunately, there's an easy and rather novel way to ensure that you're always up to date with what’s happening with BlogRadio from BT Software, which converts all your RSS feeds into audio so you can listen to them while you're on the move, just as you would with a podcast.
So next time you're doing the commute to work or travelling abroad, you can simply plug in your headphones and sit back as BlogRadio relays all your RSS or Atom-based feeds back to you in a clear and natural voice.
Shazam
Shazam is another music recognition service and is available across a number of platforms.
Whether you're trying to identify a song from the TV, radio or a club, you can do just by holding your phone up to the speaker.
Shazam will identify the tune and come back with a whole load of information about the artist and the album, plus you'll have the choice to download the song or album straight onto your phone.
Some devices are compatible with the Shazam homescreen widget, allowing you to start tagging straight from your homescreen.
TuneWiki
TuneWiki is so much more than a music player for your Nokia phone – it's also an application that allows you to sing along with your favourite tunes too.
As you listen to your music, subtitled lyrics will appear over the cover art on the phone's screen.
You can search for more than 2.5 million music tracks in 40+ languages and using the music maps, you can see exactly what your friends are listening to too.
Other features include the ability to create Playlists, Song Search, Facebook and Twitter integration along with Top 50 charts so you always be up-to-date with what's hot.
Gravity
Gravity is one of the many Twitter applications for Symbian.
It features an attractive tabbed interface and integrates with your Symbain phone perfectly.
When you come across a tweet from someone else you like, clicking on it will slide out a menu from under it so you can choose to Reply, ReTweet, Favourite, or Unfollow that person.
10. PuTTY
PuTTY is a free SSH client. Especially if you own an E61/E62/E70 which come with Qwerty keyboards, this software is a must have for all you Unix guys reading this!
9. Screenshot 2
Screenshot for Symbian OS is a free program to take screenshot on your Symbian OS mobile phones. You can capture screenshot and save it to a file in JPEG, BMP, PNG or MBM format.
8. Mobile Search
Search, Find, Connect - the mobile search software for Nokia mobile phones is a simple, convenient, and fast way to find and connect to local services, websites, images, and mobile content via Yahoo!. It also supports mapping via Microsoft Local.
7. Nokia Podcasting
The Nokia Podcasting application allows you to find, subscribe to and download podcasts over the air with your Nokia N91. After downloading a podcast, you can listen to or watch it when you want.
6. DivX Player
A great DivX player, requires free registration. Can playback 320kbps QVGA DivX video at 15fps without dropping any frames. Make sure you get at least the 0.85 version or above.
5. QRreader
QReader is a high quality ebook reader, easy and powerful. It supports plain text (.txt), Palm DOC (.prc and .pdb), TCR, FB2 and UMD files reading. Alternatively, check the MobiPocket Reader.
4. Y-Browser
Y-Browser is a file manager for Symbian OS devices. It implements most standard features on files (such as copy, cut, paste, etc) & folders (create, remove, etc) and it allows you to work with "hidden, system" folders. Its addons are very unique compared to other free file managers (like SExplorer or SysExplorer), because they allow you to save to the filesystem files that were sent via Bluetooth and got stuck in Messaging.
3. Internet Radio
The application supports SHOUTcast streaming audio playback. Currently, MP3 and AAC+ streams are supported. The application also supports local playback of audio files in the following formats: MP3, AAC, eAAC+, MP4, M4A, WMA, 3GPP, AMR, and WAV. Note that some formats may not be supported on some S60 products.
2. Adobe PDF Reader
With the application you can read PDF documents on the display of your device. Documents can be accessed and opened in the following ways:
* Opening an email attachment from received e-mail messages (network service)
* Document sent using Bluetooth technology to your Inbox in Messgaing
* Using the File manager to browse and open documents stored in the phone memory and on memory card
* Browsing Web pages
1. Autolock
AutoLock is a free automatic key lock application. It will turn key lock on after certain amount of time of inactivity. For some weird reason, some of Nokia's new phones don't do that automatically.
From all the above applications, only the #1 and #2 are not available for the S60 2nd Edition phones.
Honorable Mentions:
* Zip Manager
Zip Manager is a powerful and easy-to-use file compression program for the Nokia E61. ZIP Manager allows you to handle zip files in a convenient way. It offers a graphical interface to add, extract, and open files, as well as toperform other commands. The reason this is not in the top-10 is because I am not sure is truly free. It came for free in my E61, and its package is freely available, I am just not sure if it will work freely in all other phone models too. Try and see.
* Still Image Editor
Edit your megapixel images by adding clip art, multicolor frames, color adjustments, text, resize & rotation and much more. This application came with the Nokia 3250 but it works on other phone models too. It is not in the top10 list because I am not sure if it's a native C++ Symbian application or a J2ME one packaged in a Symbian package. To use this application after installation, open your image with your Gallery/Images application and then from the menu choose "Edit".
And speaking about J2ME, here is the list with the best Java applications (not games) that you can use in *any* phone model today! That page is mobile-friendly so you can directly use it with your cellphone.
Enjoy your applications ahoy!
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