The idea here is to help you find software that's free, of
course, but it's more than a simple matter of keeping costs down.
As many of you will have found by now, most software for
Symbian smartphones tends to be locked to a specific device IMEI code, which
means that when your device breaks and gets replaced, you have to spend ages
tracking down developers and begging replacement registration codes. There's no
such problem with freeware, which can be copied around to your own (or others)
units without worrying about codes or infringements.
If you're a programmer and would like your freeware
included here, please drop me a line. Table last
updated August 2008.
| S60 3rd Edition
freeware Utilities |
| All In One Torch |
Flash LED pulsing and screen
whiting |
Home
page - Download |
| AutoLock |
Automatically keylocks your
smartphone after a configurable number of minutes. |
Home page |
| Calcium |
Super-optimised calculator |
Home page |
| CalDelete |
Deletes your Calendar (useful when
selling a device) |
Download |
| cCalc |
Full function programmable
calculator |
Home page |
| Contacts Transfer |
Transfer a contacts set between
smartphones |
Home
page |
| Device Status |
Free RAM and a lot more, straight
from Nokia! |
Home page |
| Fring |
VoIP solution, free calls/chat |
Home page |
| Group Creator |
Implements sophisticated Contacts
groups |
Home page |
| HourPower |
Speaking clock |
Home
page |
| LightNotepad |
Plain text editor |
Home page |
| Mobile Weather |
Displays weather forecasts from the
Yahoo weather APIs |
Home
page |
| PhoneTunes |
Control iTunes from your
smartphone |
Home page |
| Python |
On and off-device development
system/language |
Download
page |
| S60SpotOn |
Keeps backlight on |
Home page |
| Screenshot |
Screenshot capture, several options
and formats |
Home page |
| ScreenSnapS60 |
Flexible screenshot capture |
Home page |
| Search |
Local search for any string within
your smartphone and global search for content and images across the web |
Home page |
| Themes Launcher |
Quicker theme changing on S60 3rd
Edition FP1 devices |
Home page |
| UTM Data |
Converts built-in GPS coordinates
to all other coordinate systems |
Home page |
| Y-Browser |
Full file manager and viewer |
Home page |
| Y-Tasks |
Processes and internals |
Home page |
| S60 freeware
Games |
| 16 Puzzle |
Sliding puzzle |
Home page |
| Global Race |
3D car racing (needs hardware
acceleration, e.g. on N95, E90) |
Download page |
| GnuGo |
Go - what else?! |
Home page |
| Lineapolis |
Line-based strategy puzzle |
Home page |
| Rick Dangerous |
Port of the famous platform
game |
Home page |
| Rol-a-Bol |
Accerometer-driven
kaleidoscope |
Home page |
| S-Tris 2 |
Tetris! |
Home page |
| The Journey |
Real-life-interwoven adventure
game |
Home page |
| Xedious |
Shoot-em-up! |
Home
page |
| S60 freeware General
applications |
| 15 Language Phrasebook |
As it sounds, a hundred or so phrases (runs under
free Mobipocket reader) |
Home
page |
| Adobe PDF viewer |
View Acrobat files |
Download |
| Dictionary 2.0 |
An English dictionary |
Home page |
| emTube |
YouTube video client! |
Home
page |
| Google Local for Mobile |
Mapping and satellite imagery for anywhere on the
earth's surface |
Home
page |
| Google Mail |
Get your GMail with Google's own mail client |
Type gmail.com/app in your S60 web
browser |
| IoUYoM |
I Owe You, You Owe Me database of things borrowed or
lent! |
Home
page |
| JabpLite |
Personal Finance Manager |
Home page |
| mIRGGI |
IRC client |
Home page |
| Mobicue |
Social networking system for text and photos |
Home page |
| mobiEXPLORE Croatia |
Flash-based tourism guide |
Home
page |
| Mobile Office |
Viewer for OpenDocument documents |
Home
page |
| Mobipocket Reader |
Ebook and general compressed hypertext reader. Lots
of content to download and create. |
Home
page |
Musician
 |
Tuning aid for guitar and violin, plus metronome
(some limits on screen sizes) |
Home page |
| MyPortfolio |
Google Finance info downloader |
Home
page |
| Nokia Sports Tracker |
GPS-enabled fitness aid, exports run data to Google
Earth |
Home
page |
| OggPlay |
A great music player, limited on some Series 60
phones by the hardware's mono output... .ogg files are half the size of MP3,
making them a good choice. |
Home
page |
| Olive Tree Bible Reader |
Free bible reader, plenty of free bibles and
spiritual reading matter |
Home
page |
| Opera Mini |
Proxy-based mobile browser, extremely GPRS
byte-efficient, but heavy on RAM |
Home page |
| RSS Reader |
Java-hosted RSS reader solution |
Home page |
| Sensor Analyzer |
Turns columns of data into colourful graphs |
Home page |
| SmartGPX |
Geocaching aid |
Home page |
| Smart2Go / Nokia Maps |
Maps down to street level for the whole world, plus
routing (voice navigation requires fee though) |
Home page |
| Solun |
Java-hosted astronomy suite |
Home
page |
| Talking Phrasebook |
As it sounds (though written in Java, so
RAM-hungry) |
Home
page |
| Trivopaedia |
ebook-based hypertext encyclopaedia
of useful and useless info |
Home
page |
| VocabTutor |
Java-based Vocabulary Tutor |
Home page |
| Webster's Dictionary |
As it sounds! |
Home page |
| Wireless18 |
Golf scorecard |
Home
page |
| WorldMate |
Free weather forecasts, currencies and more.... |
Home page |