Top 10 free Nokia applications
I just bought myself a Nokia N82 (wikipedia) and a 8 gb memory card. I was about to buy an iPhone but came to my senses and stayed with a device it’s easy to write texts on.
Anyway, I’ve compiled a list of top 10 free Nokia applications:
fring (http://www.fring.com)
fring is an IM client that supports MSN, ICQ, Google Talk, SIP, Twitter, AIM and Yahoo. Nothing to get too excited about, other than the fact that it’s free. The really cool thing is that it supports Skype - with calls. Most new Nokias got WiFi now, so this application is gold. Call for free to others on Skype and almost for free to anyone (with SkypeOut) anywhere you’ve got WiFi access. I would however like to see it take use of the camera in the phone.
Nokia Search (http://europe.nokia.com/A4568514)
If this didn’t come with your Nokia, you should start downloading straight away. This is a dektop search (like Google Dekstop) for the phone. It searches though you messages, notes, landmarks, calendar events - the list goes on. While not as fast as I would have hoped, this application is really a time saver!
While I was searching the Norwegian phone list with Nokia Search, I thought it would be great if, when I found the person I was looking for, it allowed me to call or navigate to the person using the data it found. To my surprise, I was actually able to do these things. Great work Nokia!
Gmail (www.gmail.com/app)
Google has taken taken the time to make an excellent email reader. Thanks for that!- Nokia Maps 2 (http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/maps)
Nokia Maps (1.5) which comes with Nokias with GPS is good. It’s better than Google Maps but it does have it’s flaws and missing features. It’s all fixed in Nokia Maps 2! Photo / hybrid maps, not just start using your Internet connection, actually differs between when selecting Walk and Car, quick search (for businesses etc.) - Conversation (http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/conversation)
This application shows you your text messages like a chat. It’s not that amazing, but very handy if you’re going through some texts. It integrates with the Contacts-application. - Location Tagger (http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/locationtagger)
Got GPS in your phone? This application runs in the background and get the longitude and latitude of position you take your phones in. Flickr and other picture sites / systems has a function for letting you view photos from where they were taken. Some people tag all their photos with the position. Have an application do it for you - Opera Mini (http://www.operamini.com)
The browser that comes with Nokias is great. And it’s open source, which tends to mean I like it even more. It does however have some memory difficulties. If if runs out of memory, which it does when loading a heavy page, it just quits. While this is also a problem in Opera Mini, it happens less often. - WidSets (http://www.widsets.com)
An framework application for Internet widgets. It’s got potential, but it’s not that exciting yet. It’s good for getting the weather report. - Nokia Podcasting (http://europe.nokia.com/podcasting)
Lets you automatically download podcasts. When you’ve got a WiFi phone, why first download podcasts to you computer before synchronizing it over to your phone? - Share Online 3.0 (http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/shareonline)
This application integrates into the photo application and lets you upload pictures and movies on the fly. Newer phones got it installed by default. It only works with Flickr and Vox. That’s supposed to change. I would really like to see Facebook support.

Nice to see you included Opera Mini in your must-have list. :)
Daniel
Opera Software
Daniel Goldman
13. February 2008
Great list of apps installed most of them on my e51.
Berges
15. February 2008
huzzah!
dabju
18. February 2008