Updated: Top 10 Applications I Install On My Nokia S60 Phones

October 19th, 2008 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

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.

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  1. Ravindra on 20 October 2008:

    These choices may differ from what you are and where you are,also depends on the availability of services.That’s why I think we two have only one app in common.So these are my top ten apps.

    1.Handy Taskman
    2.T9Nav Beta(Gave up SkyeQuickey for this reason)
    3.X-Plore
    4.Best Reminder
    5.Dr Jukka’s Theme Scheduler
    6.MobiReader
    7.Rotate Me
    8.MultiScanner (my review)
    9.Smart Settings (my review)
    10.DivX

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    Tasmia on 31 December 2008

    hi,
    could u tell me from which site u got the DivX application for ur nokia.
    Thanks.

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    gutielua on 5 January 2009

    @Tasmia, there’s the link that you need:

    Download DivX Mobile Player
    Symbian OS S60 3rd Edition
    http://labs.divx.com/MobileCommunity

    Regards!

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  2. Andre on 20 October 2008:

    thanks for sharing this. my top 10 are:

    worldMate by mobimate which lets me check currency rates and gives me weather and time of any city

    scanR (a little buggy on my n95) to take a picture of a document and then have a pdf made of it and send this by email or fax for free

    Gmail application

    WHS Walking Hotspot (similar to Jaiku which never worked for me / amazing app)

    OVI from Nokia I record loads of short videos, upload them to OVI for my girlfriend to watch

    Mobbler which gives me last.fm on my N95

    smsbug great application if it works. had it working but after reflash of the phone i cannot get it installed anymore. a cheap way to send text messages to international numbers the recipient sees your original mobile number

    shozu to upload pics to picasa

    sportstracker from nokia to record my activities and my routes (gps)

    locr to geo tag my images (gps)

    a free screenshot application to take screenshots the application is developed by antony pranata

    Thats my apps I use…. I would NOT want to swap my loved N95 for an iPhone…. NO chance!!

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    Mark Guim on 20 October 2008

    Thanks Andre for mentioning Mobbler. Just installed it and love it! I use last.fm on my computer. Didn’t know I can put it on my phone. This will definitely be on my next top 10 list.

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    Andre on 20 October 2008

    glad you like it Mark.

    I have just installed Nokia email. Looks amazing. Only slight downside. Nokia will start charging for it after the beta ends :( first hook you and then take the money.. well well They are in it for making money

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  3. Ahmad on 20 October 2008:

    1. Jbak TaskMan
    2. cCalc
    3. Y-Browser
    4. Location Tagger
    5. Shozu
    6. Wellness Diary
    7. Nstarter
    8. cClock
    9. ShakeSMS
    10. VibrateCall

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  4. Pablo on 20 October 2008:

    More than 10 but all are free (site in spanish):

    here

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  5. gdigenis on 20 October 2008:

    hi, i really like shazzam too but cant get it to work on my e71 or n85. any tricks to getting it to work on those device?

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    richierich on 4 November 2008

    what up… Shazam functions fine on my e71 US version… go to the link above on this page… And in the article re. Shazam, just choose to go to mosh and download it right from there. The interface is a little out of wack–meaning it’s not the most visually polished app as, according to Shazam’s site, it may work for… BUT does not list the e71 as ‘compatible.’ However… IT ABSOLUTELY WORKS!

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    gdigenis on 4 November 2008

    thank you for trying to help out, i appreciate it. i didnt mean to include the e71 when i posted this question and wasnt sure how to edit it after posting. it works well on my e71 but i really could not get it to work with the n85 and also with the n96. it seems that fp2 doesnt allow this app to connect to the internet

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  6. ashu on 21 October 2008:

    Handy Taskman
    JoikuSpot (Premium)
    Abby Business Card Reader
    IM+
    Google Maps
    Nokia Maps
    Skye Quikey
    Profimail
    Quickoffice 5
    Shozu

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  7. F. Garcia on 21 October 2008:

    Here are my top applications not in any order.

    Amaze GPS (free GPS with voice guidance)

    Google maps (the best for searching places)

    Google maps w/street view, (good but no GPS support)

    Phone locator (locate your phone on a map, via GPS)

    GPS tracker (same as above)

    EXT GPS (uses your phone GPS with PC mapping s/w)

    Nokia Chat

    Skype (Beta)

    MS Messenger

    Joikuspot premium

    Walking hotspot premium (faster than joikuspot)

    Live TV (free Algazeera and BBC)

    Sling player (I watch four different video inputs, DTV and three network cameras)

    Skyfire

    Opera Mini

    Yahoo Go 3.0 (with voice search)

    Truphone (Best voip quality)

    Gizmo 5 (multi-chat functionality voip)

    Fring (same as above)

    Qik

    Weatherbug

    Nokia Internet radio

    Shazam ID (records sound clip, will find song’s name)

    Rotate Me

    Flip silent (I use it as music snooze alarm)

    Mobiscope - trial ((view your live network cam on phone)

    RMD+ - trial (view and control your home pc with your phone)

    The following are not applications but I use them frequently on Voip stack.

    Phonegnome
    Junction Networks
    Just voip
    les.net
    onesuite voip
    voicenetwork

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    Mark Guim on 21 October 2008

    Thanks, but I was hoping you’d only give us your top 10!

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  8. Xgrind on 21 October 2008:

    1. Remindme
    2. Nokia Maps
    3. Sports Tracker
    4. HandyShell
    5. X-plore
    6. Officesuite
    7. Slick
    8. N-gage
    9. Location Tagger
    10. Share Online 3

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  9. jbpseudo on 21 October 2008:

    Well i myself am relatively new to s60. Either way here is my current top 10 :p (again not in any order).
    1. Opera Mini
    2. Ucweb s60 edition
    3. Xplore from LCG
    4. Jbak taskman
    5. Best screensnap
    6. Coreplayer
    7. Smartget(& hence python)
    8. Nokia email
    9. OfficeQuite from Mobilesystems
    10. N-gage

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  10. James on 22 October 2008:

    I don’t think I use too many apps - I’ve tried a lot but here are the ones I like best:

    SlingPlayer: The SlingPlayer was a great addition to my N95. I bought a Sling Box a year or two before I got a N95-3 and it was more gimmicky than useful… but with the N95-3 and an unlimited data plan + 3g coverage I could really watch TV on my phone! It came in handy when a friend was missing her favorite show and I simply went to my slingplayer and recorded it with my comcast dvr! Best of all, I used it when I was my girlfriend’s grandmothers place who only had bunny ears on her TV… I could get really good quality full screen cable sent from my phone to the TV! :) Man I never felt my phone so hot after 2 hours of doing sling.

    vBag: This is a bit gimmicky because you’ll just get a grotesque hand if you play Gameboy advanced games that require lots of finger movement (ie: Street Fighter) but it kicks butt at games like Advanced Wars and Final Fantasy Tactics. There’s litterally thousands of free GBA games out there that look great on a Nokia phone… just have to pick the right ones that kill your thumbs!

    Opera Mini: I actually loved the Nokia browser when I first got it but it really isn’t better than the Opera Mini. I actually use Opera on my PCs (before Firefox ever was released) and so I have a “brand loyalty” to them… but aside from that, their browser is just fantastic. I sometimes try to edit my site by logging into the web interface and nokia’s browser would keep telling me I can’t connect to it but Opera allows me to.

    Yahoo Go: I have Yahoo mail and it’s super fast to check it this way instead of going into Opera Mini and getting it.

    Rotate Me: I just have it always on. Yea sometimes I have to shake it to go back the way I want it but it’s really useful when viewing pictures.

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  11. gutielua on 22 October 2008:

    Hi from Monterrey, Mexico!

    Here is my TOP 10:

    1. Nokia Sports Tracker
    2. MSN Messenger Mobile
    3. Yahoo! Go
    4. eBuddy Mobile
    5. Google Maps
    6. iSkoot (To use Skype)
    7. Opera Mini
    8. Nokia Maps
    9. F-Secure
    10. Worldmate
    11. Screenshoot by antonypranata
    12. Y-Browser

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  12. gdigenis on 25 October 2008:

    1. skyequikey
    2. garmin
    3. google maps
    4. large time screen saver
    5. opera
    6. shazzam
    7. worldmate
    8. taskman
    9. calcium
    10. qik

    my problem is that i have upgraded to the n85 and now i cannot install qik, shazzam, and large time (large time installs but it lights up most of the screen so i wont use it on this phone). can anyone help to get qik and shazzam running on my phone?

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    Drew on 9 December 2008

    @gdigenis, Just install QIK version 0.08.73, I have it installed on my n85 and works like a charm. Only annoyance is it keeps asking you to upgrade.

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  13. mas on 7 November 2008:

    hi, on my N82 :

    1. Nokia Maps 2.0
    2. Opera Mini
    3. Fring
    4. YMTiny (www.orisinil.com/ymtiny) > need Internet access
    5. G-MobileXT (got it free. can i post the link ?) > real time AGPS w/ voice.

    That’s all so far.

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  14. Christian Drewing on 12 November 2008:

    Anybody here who got a working, signed RotateMe? Until now I always failed to install…

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    gutielua on 5 January 2009

    @Christian Drewing, hi there!

    Contact me usign mi blog, i have that and anothers aplications working!

    rotateMe, nAlertMe, Nokmote, flipSilent

    Regards!

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    Christian Drewing on 5 January 2009

    @gutielua,

    so how did you get it working?
    You can contact me via email (thenokiablog.20.cdrewing@9ox.net) as well.

    Regards
    Christian

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  15. Alex on 26 November 2008:

    Servus from Germany, Bavaria

    1. Opera mini
    2. Smart Connect (best application ever if you want to switch seamless between differnet connection types WLAN, UMTS/GPRS)
    3. Mobbler
    4. Internet Radio
    5. Google Maps
    6. ScreenSnap
    7. Yahoo! Go
    8. Shozu
    9. DB Railnavigator
    10. Intellisync (business mail)

    Using E51 + N95

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  16. gutielua on 5 January 2009:

    I get a new Nokia N95, now there’s my list:

    1. BestTorch
    2. Device Status
    3. JbakTaskMan
    4. PhoneGuard
    5. F-Secure
    6. Qik
    7. Gizmo
    8. Yahoo Go! 3.0
    9. Nokia Email
    10. iSkoot

    Top 5 using accelerometer:

    1. LightSabre
    2. rotateMe
    3. nAlertMe
    4. Nokmote
    5. FlipSilent

    Regards!

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