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Enhancing Your S60 Device: Part II
By: Shayne Rana  &  Jayesh Mansukhani   |   Apr 25, 2008

In Part I of this series we covered a few applications that you could use to enhance communication via your Symbian S60 device. In this installment we shall tell you about some applications that can boost your phone’s media capabilities, from video players to other fun and useful applications. Please bear in mind that not all the applications are freeware; you may need to pay for some of them.

DivX Player

If you love the DivX player on your PC (and I’m sure you do), the mobile version is something you would want for sure. The player accesses the handset's drives and looks for all videos. Although the quality of playback would depend on the phone’s processor, it’s not that big a deal: it does play videos anyway. This is what DivX recommends to get the very best: convert your videos to DivX at 24 or 30 fps, 320x240 resolution, 300 kbps video and 128 kbps stereo audio.

The player itself is extremely simply and easy to use. It locates files automatically and all you have to do is click on Play. It has a simple scroll bar on top for rewinding and forwarding. This is definitely a must-have video player for your Symbian handset.

Mobipocket EBook Reader

For avid readers who prefer a more advanced and portable way of reading, e-books are the way to go, especially if your phone's got a large enough screen for comfortable reading. Mobipocket E-Book reader is easy to install and easy to use. You can also install the desktop application on your PC to download and transfer files to your handset. You can also convert books in PDF and other formats into e-books for your phone reader. Highly recommended.

Internet Radio

When you consider how popular streaming Internet radio has become of late, it's all but inevitable that Nokia would introduce a free version for its handsets. This handsome application, which was first announced in December 2007 and developed by Nokia’s Beta labs, has many advantages over similar applications. For one thing it supports a huge number of stations, grouped by genre, country, and favorites.

The UI is very well-designed, and navigation is surprisingly quick and precise without any lag. Since the application has been developed by Nokia, it integrates seamlessly with existing Symbian phones. It can stream using either a standard GPRS connection/3G or Wi-Fi. The quality depends on the connection and could vary from 48 kbps to 128 kbps and above. In a special 'Nokian' touch, each radio station can be customized depending on the quality of connection available.


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hi i have nokia n73 M . whats way to increase speed of BROWSING of internet or GPRS?
mayur @ May 16, 2008
It is possible to add descriptions, tags, and specific titles for photographs and videos. Shozu has a mobile-friendly website that allows you to customize your accounts, making integration with the client even more seamless.
s.kumar @ May 02, 2008
that was sum gud piece of udate but can sumbody tell me sum app for nokia 5610 phone which has s40 os especially a voip app.
gaurav @ Apr 29, 2008
i think this is a great update for all S60 users...but it would have been much better if some of the applications which track mobile phones using GPRS and give live location or thieft protection would have been covered....

still gr8 effort i would say.

thanx.
pawan @ Apr 28, 2008
also install python modules for your phone to try lots of free open share python apps , my favourite is the smartget download manager ,its like idm for pc.Also there is a freeware movie and tv streaming app called 10 live tv but its interface is in chinese though you can work it out.A must have is the lcg x-plore file manager,its awesome.For s60v3 os9 you can try rotateme app to rotate screen like iphone and n95 and n82 has accelerometer so play games like on wii.Also zesis theme diy to make themes on mobile, and zensis photorite sp is like phtoshop for s60.Also a must have for me mbi systems msdict dictionaries(not the java versions).hey tech2 should do something for s60 gaming too,nokia just gave 20000 free license for ngage fifa 2008.
Dibyojyoti Saha @ Apr 26, 2008
if you have coreplayer you dont need anything else,it is like vlc player for pc supporting all types of media files....the built in music players are better though you can also try lcg jukebox for added stuff like lyrics.Also nokia internet radio is good but virtual (not visual) radio is the best.You can try symtorrent the torrent client for s60,MOBITUBIA to stream youtube videos in best quality,the official youtube app is crap java and quality is horrible better use mobitubia
Dibyojyoti Saha @ Apr 26, 2008
can i use these app in my nokia 5610 phone????????is thr any good voip app for 5610
gaurav @ Apr 25, 2008
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