12 must have Symbian apps : Review and download !!

Trying out different apps on a Symbian gadget is really fun. One finds useful and interesting apps being developed all the time. Now with Nokia's acquisition of the Symbian platform rest assured this is the platform of choice ( did somebody say Google Android ?, we'll see when it comes).

So , what are the must have apps on a S60 2nd edition device ( or even a 3rd edition one ) :

Browsers : Accessing internet on the go is one main reason of having a smartphone, isn't it? This is how we can get the most out of GPRS ( I just can't wait for the 3G launch for private players) :

• Opera Mini : This is one software I guess all smartphones must have, what with the java version also out there. Landscape browsing and zoom view are it's biggest plus.

• UCWeb Browser : This one comes in Chinese but there is the English translated version by Akushah. Tabbed browsing and in-built downloader with resume capability makes this one really special.

Downloader : What's the point in having an unlimited GPRS plan when you can't download files of larger size. These tools make downloading big files a piece of cake :

• Fget : The ability to resume downloads and work in background make it worth ahving on our device, even though the UCWeb browser with its in-built downloader has really made this one redundant.

• Symtorrent : I have already covered thisone in my earlier post. The only working torrent downloader on Symbian platform. Amazing software to have.

Audio/Video players : Multimedia is what mobile phones are all-about now a days. See how to get the most out of your Symbian gadget with these apps in this post :

• Divx Player : We need to install the xvid codec along with this and play files in avi format in addition to mp4 and 3gp.

• Smartmovie Player : Nothing to separate this from the previous one.

• Mp3 Players : There are quite a few mp3 players. Download these and find which one works for you.

Miscellaneous : Some softwares to make our life easy :

• SFManager : This is a file browser/explorer which makes it easy to browse through files on our memory cards. The native browsing system on these devices can be really frustrating at times.

• Adobe Reader : We know this must have app to go through our pdf files

• Pdf + (mBrain Software): A great lighter alternative to Adobe

• Screenshot ( http://www.rock-your-mobile.com product ): This one is for people like me who like to take a screenshot of their device screen for blogging or other posting purposes.

• Flashlight : A great tool for Nokia N70, to turn your camera flashlight into a torch. It's amazing to see what a powerful torch a N70 is !!

Direct Download most of these here....

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Simple2Learn Video Convert : Symbian Mobiles and Ipod

This " Symbian Monday " post is not really an exclusively Symbian post. This one is also for the Ipod and other video freaks who want to convert video to formats that that would run on their gadgets.

As I mentioned in last Monday's post, I use Total Video Converter to convert files for my Nokia N70 ( S60 2nd edition ). The process is same for other advanced S60 edition mobiles and Ipod except for few steps.

So here are the Simple To Learn steps :

1. Run Total video converter and click on the " New Task " button.

2. Select the " Import File " option.

3. Browse and select your video file from your system.

4. Most Important Step : For s60 2nd and 3rd edition devices select Ms avi > Xvid Mpeg4 avi

For Ipod and Nokia 5800 express music ( S60 5th edition ) , select Mobiles > H264 mp4

5. Now, click on " Settings " button on bottom right corner. Select the Video Resize Tab > Custom Size > Select/Input the size of your device screen ( 320 x 240 is optimum size).

6. Press the " Convert " button and get all your videos reduced to half or less MB's without any loss of quality on your device/gadget.

Simple2Learn Tip : You can check the " Background Converting "option if it takes a lot of your System's Memory.

We can go for tweaking a few options here and there to see what works best for different gadgets. I guess this is enough for one Symbian Monday. Feel free to Disqus.

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Torrents Simplified on Symbian S60 : Symtorrent rocks !!

In Brief : With the Piratebay case drawing all the attention, I thought it would be apt to discuss Torrent download on Symbian S60 phones (especially on my Nokia N70-1, S60 ver2.6, OS ver8.1). The only software that works and works really great is Symtorrent by AMORG.

Latest version is Symtorrent 1.41

This is how it works, really simple 2 learn !!

Some of its simple yet remarkable features :

• It supports downloading multiple torrents at the same time
• Capable of both downloading and uploading
• Saves the status of your unfinished torrents, so we can resume the downloads
• We can check the status of each file inside a torrent
• Several other statistics and properties during download
• Torrents can be started from the browser
• Selecting the files that are downloaded from multi file torrents is also supported.

For Java ME enabled phones, AMORG has a Mobtorrent client.

Just get a healthy torrent and Symtorrent will amaze you. And yeah, I'm a big fan of Piratebay, though Mininova being my favourite public tracker.

For download links to Symtorrent click below to read more....

In Detail :
AMORG Symtorrent

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