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Killer Mobile apps

Submitted by chris on September 5, 2007 - 3:38pm.

Working for a mobile services company has made me quite dependent on my mobile phone, a Nokia E61i.  I find myself now quite in tune with the mobile industry and wish to share with you my favorite mobile applications.  These applications make my life easier and I'm grateful to have them with me all the time.  To remain impartial, I've removed EQO Mobile from the running, even though I depend on it for all my instant messaging needs.  Here you are, the top five killer mobile apps according to me:

  1. Google Maps - I would be lost without this one, literally.
  2. Gmail - I use Gmail as my personal email so I find the mobile app very handy, wish there were file attachments though.
  3. Widsets - Lets you use the web services you love on your mobile via thousands of custom widgets.  I currently make use of Wikipedia, TechCrunch, eBay, Sudoku, and Twitter.
  4. Screenshot - A Symbian gem; the best way to show someone something is to take a picture.
  5. Shozu - Lets me share the pictures I take with Screenshot, although good for much more.

Honorable Mentions:

  • Opera Mini - The best mobile browser out there, although I find the Nokia browser good enough for me so I don't use this one as much.
  • S-Tris 2 - A Symbian version of the classic Tetris, very fast with great graphics.
  • Jaiku - A presence sharing, social networking type deal with a great Symbian client.

Got any favorites I missed?  I'd love to hear about them.

Chris
EQO Customer Evangelist

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ShoZu

Submitted by shozu on September 6, 2007 - 9:58am.

Hi Chris
Thanks for your inclusion of ShoZu. We're happy to hear that you rate it in your top 5 :-) enjoy.

Best,
Mark (ShoZu)

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RE: ShoZu

Submitted by chris on September 6, 2007 - 10:49am.

Thanks Mark, sadly I'm having some Shozu issues at the moment. I just downloaded the latest version for my Nokia E61i and it won't start. The reason I upgraded was because Shozu was freaking out every time I took a picture, asking me repeatedly to send the picture to one of my destinations. Everything had been working find until I installed a few more Symbian applications. Do you think that one of these applications could have resulted in a conflict causing Shozu to behave badly?

Chris
EQO Customer Evangelist

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That's a real shame, sorry

Submitted by shozu on September 11, 2007 - 3:47pm.

That's a real shame, sorry to hear you had problems. It is possible that other third party applications are conflicting as ShoZu is resident in the background all the time to allow for the 1-click popup, background uploads, auto-resume, etc.

Are you able to list all third party apps you have installed? Any more information you can provide would be great so we can do some internal testing and see exactly what the issue is.

Thanks,
Mark

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RE: That's a real shame, sorry

Submitted by chris on September 12, 2007 - 7:49am.

I have a ton of mobile apps installed so I'll only list the Symbian ones also running in the background from time to time, which include Screenshot, Jaiku, WorldMate, and Fring. Could any of those be the culprit?

Chris
EQO Customer Evangelist

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