10 Free Applications from the Ovi Store to Enhance your N97 Experience
The Ovi Store has a great collection of commercial apps. But that does not mean that there are no free jewels in the store. Here are 10 applications, all free to download & use, for your Nokia N97 which will improve your experience of using the phone.1. Nokia Photo Browser
An experimental photo browser from the Nokia Beta Labs, Nokia Photo Browser makes your viewing experience quick and fun with :
This is still a beta application, but nevertheless, a fun app to browse photo on.
Download – Nokia Photo Browser
2. Nokia Handwriting Calculator
Another release of the Nokia Beta Labs, Handwriting Calculator is a showcase of Nokia’s new handwriting recognition technology. It allows you to calculate handwritten math expressions using the stylus as the writing instrument.
As with the Photo Browser, this an experimental beta too. There might be hiccups, but its simply too cool to not have on your phone.
Download – Nokia Handwriting Calculator
3. Easy Wi-Fi
“Easy Wi-Fi automates connection to the Wi-Fi hotspots you use. No need to use a browser and remember usernames and passwords. Easy Wi-Fi makes it simple and fast to get connected”
Download – Easy Wi-Fi
4. AccuWeather.com WRT Widget
The N97 ships with the AccuWeather.com WRT Widget, but for some reason, instead of the widget being installed on the 32GB mass storage, it is installed on the meager phone memory of the N97. Now you can uninstall the widget from phone memory and install it onto the mass storage, thereby recovering the crucial phone memory.
The best part of the AccuWeather.com widget is that it supports the widget based N97 homescreen, which means that you can set the widget to show the current weather on the homescreen all the time!
Download – AccuWeather.com WRT Widget
5. PixelPipe for Share Online
Liberate your media with Pixelpipe. Upload photos, video, and audio files once through the Pixelpipe Media Gateway and distribute your content across over 100+ social networks, photo/video sites, blogs, and other online services.
Snapped a photo and want to share it with your friends on Facebook as well as your followers on Twitter? How about a 100 other services in one go? Simply send it to PixelPipe which pushes your uploads to the configured services. Download this widget to configure PixelPipe in your N97’s Share Online app to enable one touch uploads to PixelPipe!
Download – PixelPipe for Share Online
6. Nimbuzz
We have already reviewed Nimbuzz here on OviApplications. It is the “One app to IM them all!”
Off all the messenger apps available on the Ovi Store like Palringo, Fring, Eqo, we found Nimbuzz to be the best of the lot.
Chat with your friends on Yahoo!, Windows Live, Facebook, MySpace, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk or talk to them using Skype, Gizmo5 or any other VoIP service.
Download – Nimbuzz
7. Compass Touch
The N97 includes a Compass. But the only place it is used is in the Ovi Maps applications.
Download this app to access the magnetometer and use your N97 as a compass.
Download – Compass Touch
8. Shazam
“Lovin ’ that tune? Create music moments: discover and buy music.”
Loving that tune being played in the bar but can’t remember which song it is? Fire up Shazam and let it recognize that song for you. With a free for use trial till November 30th, This one deserves to be present on your N97 as well.
Download – Shazam
9. Dabr
Love to tweet? But not willing to pay for Gravity, the popular S60 twitter app? Dabr is just the right kind of service for you. It is a mobile optimized website for twitter. Dabr supports replies, retweets, sending DMs, image previews.
Download – Dabr
10. MeCanto
Do you feel 32 GB is still not enough to store your entire music library? Need more space?
Listen to your ENTIRE music collection on your phone and on the web. MeCanto lets you take your music collection with you, wherever you go, with virtually no storage limit.
Register for an account on www.mecanto.com & install the client on your computer where the entire music library is stored. You can then access your library from anywhere via the MeCanto website or your phone.
Download – MeCanto
