S60Tips.com

It’s the end of the year. S60Tips.com has collected third party applications for S60 devices and chosen the best third party applications in year 2007. All applications developed by Nokia are excluded from the list. Feel free to agree or disagree….

Business: Quick Office Premier

If you need to edit and view your Office documents, Quick Office Premier is the one that you need.

Communication: Truphone

VoIP is definitely the hottest topic this year. There are so many VoIP applications for S60 platform; but Truphone is the one that really does the job.

Game: Robo

Robo is an addictive puzzle game that is similar to Sokoban. It is targeted for casual gamers (read: most of us).

Just for Fun: Light Saber for Nokia N95

When Nokia disclosed that N95 has built-in accelerometer; some developers started developing “crazy” applications. One of them is light saber for Nokia. May the Force be with you….

Multimedia: DivX Player

DivX Player was suffered from audio synchronization problem when first released last year. This year, a new DivX Player was released and the problem was fixed.

Online: GMail Mobile

Another application that was first released last year but got updated with several improvements. It is claimed to be faster with the same functions as Gmail on the Web.

Travel: Google Maps for Mobile

Google Maps was first released last year. This year Google has released several major improvements, i.e.:

• Native support for S60 3rd devices (which means faster performance).
• Added support to GPS module.
• Added a location finder based on cellular network (for those who don’t have GPS module, this is a very interesting feature).

Utility: Y-Browser

If you are an advanced user, a good file manager is a must-have application. Y-Browser is one of the best file managers for S60 3rd Edition.

(Picture courtesy of stock.xchng.)

Update (8-Feb-2008): Read also my latest posting, Which YouTube Application to Use?

Finally…. a YouTube video player that works. I have tried some YouTube video player for S60; but I was not satisfied with all of them. Why? I always hit a problem with my firewall. This includes the official YouTube Mobile web site (http://m.youtube.com). Read also my previous posting on how to solve firewall problem.

Today, I found one player that is really good. It is called emTube. It works from behind firewall. It allows you to search YouTube database as well as view the featured, top rated and most viewed videos. You can even save the video to your device.

Click here to download emTube

Bonus Links

• Google and Your S60 Phones - Part III (YouTube Videos)

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If you are wondering what kind of cool applications you can buy from Handango; check this out:

Games

• Snow Lines -> a game for your holiday season.

• Sky Force Reloaded -> a very cool arcade game.

• Super Miners -> a very addicted puzzle game (this is one of my favorite games for S60 device).

Productivity

• SlovoEd Dictionary -> a “pocket” dictionary supporting many different languages. Always bring dictionary to your favorite holiday destinations….

• Quick Office -> edit your Office documents.

• BizReader -> business card reader.

• Psiloc Wireless Presenter -> doing Power Point presentation using your S60 device.