Top Apps for Symbian S60

GigaOm have published an interesting list of their top S60 apps. Since I am a recent convert to S60 I found it interesting and I thought I'd share the ones that people might like to use (and a link to the full list of course).

"Gmail for Mobile" app for S60 which was voted the best piece of software for S60. I don't use Gmail but I'm sure this will be very useful for those of you who do.

The number 2 slot goes to GooSync which synchs your calendar and contacts with Google as well. Again I can see that this is very useful. I use Exchange myself and Nokia provide a client for this (Na, Na, Na!)

Kevin Tofel at JKontherun.com reckons that JoikuSpot should have been on the list. I agree with you Kevin in principle, but so far I've found that it doesn't actually work. Even if it does work for you it will only support HTTP, so no VPNs or anything along those lines for the moment.

My friend who runs an EEE PC on the factory Linux install (he's got bored of XP!) was looking forward to using JoikuSpot instead of trying to get Bluetooth and Dial Up Networking working on Linux. So far it doesn't work for him either, and HTTP is a bit useless to him anyway because if you put him near a PC he'll have established a VPN and then loaded an RDP client to his work server before you can blink.

Hopefully Joikuspot will end up as good as WMWifiRouter for Windows Mobile. Its definately got potential and it seems that a great team are working on it.

The one that caught my eye was item 9 on GigaOm's list: Nokia Podcasting Application. The premise is that you can download and manage your podcast subscriptions on your Nokia itself. Podcasts are the only reason that I still have iTunes installed so this could mean I can get rid of the horrible thing for good!

I will install it and give it a try. I'll report back in a week or so.