Must Have Applications For Nokia N95 and Other Nokia Smartphones – Part I
We got out hands on a Nokia N95 Smartphone recently and have been in awe with the performance and features it has, we had also promised you that we would shortly come up with a list of applications that we use on the N95, here is the promised post where we tell you the top applications you should definitely try out.
Some of the applications are may not signed, so you will need to self-sign them, read our tutorial on self signing Symbian S60 applications to sign the unsigned applications.
Also Read: 80+ Awesome Games for Nokia Smartphones
Here is the first batch of 10 must have applications for your Nokia Smartphone, we will come up with few more of these shortly.
Qik – Live Video Broadcasting/Streaming
The N95 has a pretty good camera which can shoot at resolutions of 5 Megapixels, what better way to combine a great camera with a great utility that allows you to capture and broadcast live videos on the Internet. This app does not store anything on your phone, making it space efficient too. Visit Qik.com.
Opera Mini – Mobile Internet Browser
The default Symbian S60 browser is pretty good, but Opera Mini rocks, it is the best alternative for browsing the Internet from any Smartphone. The rendering of pages with Opera is pretty fast and almost PC like, so you will never feel like your browsing on a phone.You can also view Flash files when you are browsing with Opera Mini. Download Opera Mini.
SkyFire – Mobile Internet Browser
Though we are definitely in love with Opera Mini, we could not give up the chance to use the most happening mobile browser called Skyfire, the browsing experience is pretty fast and watching videos was definitely a treat. Skyfire is currently in private beta, so you will have to signup for a invite. Signup for Skyfire Private Beta.
Gmail – Application for Gmail
If you are a Gmail addict like us, this is definitely a must have application, you can view your emails at lightning speed with a nice little interface, that keeps your focus on those emails, there are also lots of shortcut keys that you would use with this app. Get Gmail App for your Smartphone.
Yahoo Go – Everything you need in One App
Yahoo Go is a definite must have application, it has several widgets built-in for checking emails on Yahoo, checking weather forecasts, city guides, latest news, stock news and more. By far this is the best mobile app to have for any Nokia Smartphone. Get Yahoo Go.
Fring and Nimbuzz – All in One IM, Social Networking tools
Fring is one of the best all in one IM tool for Nokia Smartphones, it has support for Skype, Windows Live Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, SIP, AIM and Yahoo, along with that it also supports our favorite means of communication, twitter.
Setting up and using fring is pretty simple with a added option to launch the application on startup.
Nimbuzz is another all in one IM application, but with more social networking support for platforms like Facebook, MySpace sadly it does not support Twitter yet. In addition to IM support Nimbuzz also allows free VOIP calls and text and file sharing.
emTube – Application to watch YouTube Videos
emTube is a Flash Lite 3 based video player, which makes watching YouTube videos a treat, the player has a simple interface, allowing users to view videos with ease. The application also has nice search support which shows you results with video author and preview image for the video.
The application allows you to play the videos even though it has not been fully downloaded and also stores the downloaded video locally. Download emTube | Download emTube with accelerometer support for N95.
Active Notes – Note Taking Application
Active Notes is definitely one of the best note taking application for S60 Devices, the application allows you to add plain text notes, along with images, sound clips, video clips, business cards, bookmarks and files. Think of it as Evernote for the S60 phone. Download Active Notes.
Calcium – A Better Calculator
Calcium is a fast, easy to use calculator for your S60 phone. Calcium provides a much faster way to calculate, making use of the D-pad for the operators, if you use the calculator frequently you will surely move this one.
Download Calcium for S60 3rd Edition or S60 1st and 2nd Edition.
More interesting apps coming up shortly so keep tuned to learn about them.
jayadrathsingh
September 30th, 2008 at 11:29 pm #
hey keith dzouza i wud like u to add up one more application its mig33. its a chat software a really good application. it allows to chat on yahoo, gtalk, aol, n the best mig33 is having its own chat rooms like yahoo. you can find more info at http://www.mig33.com/
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Goran Web
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 am #
Great applications for the s60 series phones, this is prompting me to upgrade from my N70 really soon. I was thinking of getting the Google phone though.
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haider_up32
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:46 pm #
the new firmware allows u to play utube vids plus theirs a better calculator java calc available at nokia beta labs
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Marie
January 15th, 2009 at 5:01 am #
Too bad you didn’t mention Speereo Voice Translator app neither here nor in part II of this nice roundup.
Let me fill in the gap:
Speereo Voice Translator is a talking phrasebook that supports bi-directional translation for 16 languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Russian, Turkish, formal Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Korean, and Japanese.
Additional services include:
Online Flight Timetable and Flight Status, Online World Weather, Travel Guides, Size/Measure/Currency converters.
Works just fine on my N95 8GB.
More info @ http://www.speereovt.com/
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josh
February 5th, 2009 at 5:58 am #
yeah. these are cool. you can find most of this stuff on getjar.com. I found a pretty cool 3D game there as well
google maps and youtube are also awesome on the n95
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Dan (Mobile) Alfons
March 17th, 2009 at 7:42 am #
Although all this makes sense, nobody mentioned the new Google Android phone yet…
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Glessie
March 27th, 2009 at 7:39 am #
I love gmail – thanks for another great article.
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court reporting services
April 17th, 2009 at 3:12 am #
I would like to keep this widget on my blog, please Provide Code. Calcium – A Better Calculator
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taniana
July 29th, 2009 at 8:12 am #
this is exactly the list i needed, my N95 starts getting a bit old, and i needed new stuff to customize it
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Keith Dsouza Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
@taniana glad you found the list useful
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Socially
February 11th, 2010 at 7:53 am #
@Keith, you may also want to try the free @SociallyApp (http://bit.ly/6mFra0) for N95 and other Nokia phones. It supports Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and integrates with the phone book by showing the profile photos and latest status of the callers during incoming calls. Here’s a review – http://blogs.nokia.com/dailyapp/2010/02/socially-can-tell-you-whats-up-before-answering-the-phone/
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