Nokia 5800: Five apps you must own!
By admin on August 12,
 2009 at 00:00,

With its zippy touchscreen interface and multitude of media talents, the Nokia 5800 is a truly stunning entertainment-centric phone (check out our review here). But there's more to it than that: its S60 v3 operating system can run a wide range of stonking apps that boost its talents beyond the usual. Read on for all the details of five apps you must download…

Gravity

Price: £8

Where: Ovi Store

Do you like to tweet? Want to let your followers know what kind of crisps you’re eating on the bus? Well, if so then you’ll need a mobile Twitter client to help you keep up to date with the current social networking craze, and this is the finest available. It’s packed with features and is even compatible with third-party extras like TwitPic and Posterous.

Qik

Price: Free

Where: Ovi Store

An amazing free app that lets you share live video direct from your Nokia 5800, broadcasting it straight to the web. Yes, it’s that simple and that brilliant. Head over to our full review for a more in-depth look.

WeatherBug Mobile

Price: Free

Where: Ovi Store

Jetsetters will appreciate this clever (and free) app, which serves up updated weather forecasts for cities all over the world, as well as live local weather reports based on your GPS location.

Pixelpipe for Share Online

Price: Free

Where: Ovi Store

Pixelpipe allows you to connect Nokia Share Online to almost 100 other social web services. In other words, it means you can upload your photos, videos and audio files to whichever photo service, blogging platform or social network you like: the likes of Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and WordPress are all supported.

Reuters Sports UK

Price: Free

Where: Ovi Store

One of the world's most respected news agencies, Reuters provides several apps for the Ovi Store, including this. It automatically serves up sports news stories with a UK focus, perfectly formatted for the 5800's screen.

  • Thomas

    All links are dead except for gravity :(

  • Mikey Bee

    @Thomas – dumb question but are you logged in to Ovi and using Nokia 5800 – have just double checked and they are all live when logged in for 5800. If you\’re using some other device they may not show up?

  • http://nokia5800downloads.blogspot.com Nokia 5800 Downloads

    Tried many of them..this list is really a list of good ones.