The best mobile phone applications

Now a days, there has been more and more opportunities that have come with smart phones like the Nokia S60 phones, Windows Mobile phones and iPhones. They work almost as PCs and have opportunities for many new applications that let you do everything from playing games to editing photos.

It is not just smart phones that have these possibilities. You can also make new applications for "regular" phones. The biggest difference is that these programs, also known as Java applications, is not as advanced and often have fewer opportunities. This is because they can not integrate as tightly to the phone as on smart phones.

The differences in Java and smartphone applications are not as great as before, and Java applications have become more sophisticated as the phones get more opportunities.

If you enjoy the use of additional software, you must learn how to install it. So we have written a small detailed guide that gives you the information you need.

Iphone owners have it even easier. These phones have which is a software shop built, so that new applications are only a few click away.

Applications for Nokia S60

Most smart phones running the so-called S60 interface. This is the system we use for all their smart phones, such as N-series and E-Series to name a few. Samsung and LG also make phones with the S60.

The range of applications to this platform is great. Here are some of our favorites:

Vsun

vSun is an SNES emulator for mobiles. It allows you to play Super Nintendo classics like Super Mario World on your mobile. You can put games from thousands of roms in your pocket, play them anytime and anywhere, with the memories and joys of old time. This is an emulator that allows your phone into a Nintendo. Works with a number of old Super Nintendo games. Is a little slow if you have sound on. Without sound, it works great.

Features:

• Much faster: vSun Plus can emulate many games very smoothly. It is much faster than vSun 1.1
• Less memory: vSun Plus only need 640K plus ROM size to emulate a rom. It can also run with big ROM on Nokia 3650,7650
• Bluetooth multiplay!
• More graphics options

Developer: Vampent
Requirement: Nokia Series 60 (3650, 7650, N-Gage, N-Gage QD, 6600, 7610, 6630...)
Download: http://www.vampent.com/vsundownload.htm

Vnes

vNes is a NES emulator for mobiles. It lets you play Nintendo 8-bits games on your mobile. It is fastest - with NES instructions optimizing, it can be even run smoothly in J2ME(java in mobiles). It is same as vSun, but the only difference is it allows you to play the old Nintendo games from the good old gray box that appeared on the 80-century. Works brilliant with (for symbian, smartphone) and without sound, perfect speed and most roms. It supports many different mobile models.

Features:

• New screen size for portrait/landscape/rotate mode
• Improved drawing speed for "highest quality"
• 44K sound output for Nokia 6630,6680 (previous version 16K)
• Improved screen speed for Nokia 6680 that has 262K colors
• Add more than 20 maps (especially support for N-in-1 roms)

Requirements:

• For vNes J2ME 1.2:
  
  • J2ME MIDP 2.0 supported
  • 256K running memory
  • Relatively fast CPU
• For vNes Symbian 1.6:
  
  • Nokia Series 60 (3650,7650,N-Gage,N-Gage QD,6600,7610,6630,6680...)
• For vNes Symbian 1.70 S60v3:
  
  • Nokia Series 60v3 (3250, 5500, 5700, N71, N73, N80, N91, N92, N93, N95, E50, E60, E61, E70...)

Developer: Vampent
Download: vNes

Google Latitude

If you are not afraid that people will know where you are, you should take a look at Google Latitude. This is part of the Google Maps application, and makes it possible to see on a map where your friends are. This requires of course that they use the program and allows you to see where they are located. A small disadvantage of the program is that the position will only be updated when you have it open. Put it in the background position will not be automatically updated.

With Google Latitude, you can:

• See where your friends are and what they are up to
• Quickly contact them with SMS, IM, or a phone call
• Control your location and who gets to see it

Google Latitude is a feature of Google Maps for mobile on these phones:

• Android-powered devices, such as the T-Mobile G1
• iPhone and iPod touch devices
• Most color BlackBerry devices
• Most Windows Mobile 5.0+ devices
• Most Symbian S60 devices (Nokia smartphones)

Developer: Google
Download: Google Latitude

Nokia Sports Tracker

Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS-based activity tracker that runs on compatible Nokia mobile devices. Information such as speed, distance, and time are automatically stored in your training diary. Then you can later visit these trails, and investigate whether you can do it in less time. Data from the training can also be exported to, for example, Google Earth, so you can see more of the sessions close. If you train the condition, this is a very nifty little application that lets you keep track of workouts.

Developer: Nokia
Download: Free from Nokia.com

Joikuspot

JoikuSpot software shares your phone's 3G internet connection over Wifi (WLAN). Connect your laptop to web everywhere using your mobile phone via WiFi. Replace clumsy USB modems and Bluetooth with JoikuSpot software. Make your phone into a wireless access point. The program allows you to search up the phone as a wireless zone. Well worth the money if you frequently use the mobile phone as internet connection.

You can effectively replace Bluetooth, cable, USB modems with JoikuSpot and save money, time and hassle.

Developer: Joikusoft
Download: Joikusoft

Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile is a mobile platform that also are a wealth of useful applications to. Many of the programs you get to the S60 is also in the Windows version, including Google Maps mentioned above.

We will also draw up these programs:

Opera Mobile 9.5

This is probably the best mobile browser to obtain at the moment. And it is in any case far better than Microsoft's Internet Explorer for mobile phones. Most newer phones from HTC comes with Opera Mobile built, but if you have a Windows-phone without the Opera, there is no reason to not download.

Opera Mobile 9.5 features:

• Opera Mobile 9.5 beta loads Web pages 2.5 times faster than Internet Explorer Mobile.
• Pan and zoom
• Opera Dragonfly, a developer’s toolkit right on the mobile phone.
• Opera Mobile 9.5 is the most standards compliant browser available.
• With a click, simply save your selected content and view it later offline.
• Multitask with tabbed browsing, view content in wide screen, and enjoy small-screen rendering.
• Save time with address auto-complete, Password Manager and pop-up handler.

Developer: Opera
Download: Free beta from Opera

Tiny Twitter

It may seem as if all twitrer for the time, and a decent Twitter client is important if you are one of these. Tiny Twitter exists to Java phones, but there are also separate versions for Windows Mobile.

Developer: Tiny Twitter
Download: Free on Tinytwitter

Garmin Mobile XT

Have you purchased a Windows mobile phone with GPS but that is not supplied with the GPS software? There are a number of alternative programs, but we like most is the Garmin Mobile XT. Add full-featured navigation to your GPS-enabled smartphone with Garmin Mobile XT. This program makes your phone into a full GPS with preloaded maps. Garmin Mobile XT puts pre-loaded maps, spoken turn-by-turn directions, real-time services, and many more great features in the palm of your hand. You do not need to connect to the Internet to calculate routes or to look at the map.

New features include:

• Conveniently access Google's online information to easily find and navigate directly to your destination
• Check your flight status while you’re on the go via Garmin Online
• Download photos directly from Panoramio.com and navigate right to the location

Developer: Garmin
Buy: From Garmin.com

Iphone

Apple has made a scoop with its App Store for iPhones and iPod touch. Here you can very easily download applications directly to the phone without having to go the way of downloads to the PC. Installation do with a few press.

The range in App Store is huge, and many of the programs are free. Here are some of our favorites:

Twitterrific

This is a client that allows you to update your Twitter feed right from your Iphone. You can also simply follow others "Tweeter" with this program. If you have not yet started with Twitter, this is a great way to start. Allows you to upload photos from Iphone to Twitpic. The application's user interface is clean, concise and designed to take up a minimum of real estate on your Mac's desktop.

Feature:

• Clean, concise UI with small desktop footprint
• Supports multiple Twitter accounts
• Auto refreshing at user defined intervals
• Replies and direct messages are displayed inline
• Number of unread tweets shown in the Dock
• Delete tweets from Twitter quickly and easily
• Auto show / hide when new tweets arrive
• Control over window layering and priority
• Single click access to user profile pages
• Switch between friend and public tweets easily
• Keyboard shortcuts for list navigation and more
• Control Twitterrific with AppleScript
• Audio notification for new tweets
• Hotkey to show/hide tweets

Developer: The Iconfactory
Buy: Itunes

Google Mobile App

Provides googling a new dimension in that you can search only by talking to the phone. You can also get up hits that are near where you are. Google is just a click away with this program. You can also search the contents of your phone with this program.

Features:

• Voice Search: Speak your queries without even pushing a single button.
• Search with My Location: Search for business, weather, and movie information without specifying where you are.
• Local search suggestions on a map: See nearby business suggestions on Google Maps -- just tap the "near me" suggestions.
• Instant access to search: Start a Google search with just one click.
• Google Suggest: Get relevant search suggestions as you type, saving you keystrokes.
• URL suggestions: Get to popular web sites quickly by tapping site web address suggestions.
• Contact search: Quickly find contacts in your address book.
• Search history: Get instant access to your previous searches.
• Easy access to other Google products: Launch other Google products like Maps, Gmail and News from the Apps tab.

Developer: Google

Beat Maker

BeatMaker is a new generation of mobile instruments and music creation software. Inspired by hardware beatboxes, loop samplers and software sequencers, it combines them to turn the iPod into a unique, inspirational software instrument. Using BeatMaker creative tools, you can compose, record, arrange, and tweak live your ideas into a complete song, ready to be shared with others. This program allows you to create simple music on the Iphone. You can create drum beats, record audio, add the filters, adjust the volume on various soundtracks and much more. You can simply be creative on the bus home from work instead of wasting time on games.

Developer: Intua

Java

Java applications are programs you install on the regular "non-smart phones". Despite the fact that these are usually a little easier than smartphone applications, there are many goodies. Most mobile made in Java. You can also get MSN clients, Twitter clients, and much more.

Java applications will work in general on most smart phones with the S60 or Windows Mobile.

Jibjib

jibjib is another open source J2ME Twitter client designed for all twitter-ers. It allows you to easily follow the Twitter updates, and that allows you to update your Twitter. The program is open source.

Features:

• Small about 30-40 KB
• Minimum requirements are only CLDC 1.0 and MIDP 1.0
• Reply button to add @reply automatically
• Small bandwidth consumption via JSON and birdnest (5-6 KB for 20-entries friends timeline)
• Fast response by multi-threading
• Quick word with prefix @ and # insertion
• It's open source! If you have idea to improve, just do it!
• Simple development, no IDE, just ant.

Developer: Jibjib
Download: Jibjib.org

Opera Mini

You do not actually have to buy an Iphone, HTC Touch HD, or other expensive phone to surf the net. Install Opera Mini gives you access to all web sites from your mobile. Opera Mini enables you to take your full Web experience to your phone. Opera shrinks web pages before they are loaded on your phone, so it's faster and cheaper to surf. This program is a must for all mobile carriers.

Features:

Opera Mini lets you have the full Web everywhere. The new Opera Mini 4.2 is even faster with more than 30% speed improvements for users in the United States and there are noticeable speed improvements for all other users. This latest version adds support for skins selections to personalize the look and feel of the browser. Opera Link was also improved and now offers support for notes, allowing users to sync their notes between the PC and Opera Mini.

Developer: Opera
Download: Opera.com

eBuddy

eBuddy Mobile Messenger is the best for chat experience on your mobile phone. Not only on MSN, but AIM, ICQ, Google Talk and Facebook. You have a lot to choose from. The program also lets you use the camera images that avatar. You can also send pictures you take with your mobile camera to the chatting with. eBuddy Mobile Messenger has a low data usage and offers unique mobile features.

• Quick download
• Rich interface
• Minimal data usage
• Low battery usage
• Upload picture as avatar
• Send picture
• Sound & Vibration

Developer: ebuddy
Download: ebuddy

all of them are great softwares for mobile.Symbian is rocking now a days.