Last May, I wrote the first 10 applications I install on my S60 Nokia phones. Five months later, my list have gone through some changes. Have a look to see what dropped out and what got added. This list should help out the newcomers to S60.

Currently, here are the first 10 applications I install on my s60-powered Nokia phones in no particular order. You can also read my older list from May 2008.

Nokia Email
I absolutely love the new Nokia Email. It notifies me automatically whenever a new email comes in. I no longer have to keep refreshing webpages to check for my mail.

Joikuspot
Joikuspot turns your phone in to a wifi hotspot. You don’t need to be limited to using your laptop at home or Starbucks. The premium version even allows you to password protect the connection so noone else can leech off you. Take a look at my demo of Joikuspot.

Shazam
Most of the applications on this list are useful, but Shazam is amazing. It lets me know the title and artist of songs playing in the background whether I’m in the car, mall, or the club. Just let the phone listen to a few seconds of the song and let it do its magic.

Handy Taskman
If there’s only one application to recommend, Handy Taskman is that application. By default, holding the menu button shows your current running applications three at a time. Install Handy Taskman for a bigger view of the list for switching, force quit frozen applications, and display your current RAM and storage space. More thoughts on Handy Taskman.

SkyeQuiKey
I type the first few words of contacts, applications, or bookmarks on the main display for quicker access to what I need. I can easily get lost within the S60 menu hierarchy, so this is really useful. Take a look at my video demo of SkyQuiKey.

Qik
Stream videos live online with Qik. This is the fastest way to get your videos online. Yet another cool application for free.

Google Search
Instead of opening up the web browser to Google.com, I simply press the pencil button on my Nokia N95 8GB and a Google search form appears on my home screen. Search results show up on the web browser. It is free and can be downloaded at mobile.google.com from your phone.

Nokia Maps 2.0
Google does so much better with searching places, but Nokia Maps gives me turn by turn voice navigation. Check your phone if you have the latest version and download the update from maps.nokia.com if needed.

Shozu
Shozu can do automatic uploads of pictures and videos to a lot of places. I use this to post my photos to Flickr and Facebook at the same time. This application is free to download.

Google Maps
Nokia Maps (see above) is not useful without this app from Google. I need Google Maps to find places, save as favorite, then navigate on Nokia Maps.

Your Top 10

Tell me your current top 10 applications. I have more applications to recommend, but I want to follow my own rule and provide only the first 10. This should help out the newcomers to S60 to find out the absolute best apps to install for their phones.

You can tell me in the comments below, or write it on your blog and link to this post. Your blog will automatically send a pingback and get listed below, but if it doesn’t just write a comment with your link.