The Nokia Festival Survival Guide
By Mike Browne on August 20,
 2009 at 00:00,

The final Bank Holiday of the year is looming and along with it some of the best festivals, think V Festival, Reading & Leeds and even Bestival. The only way to get through a full weekend of fun in the sun (or rain) is to be prepared, which means making sure your Nokia is in tip-top survival mode. Check out our Nokia Festival survival guide for some last minute app action...

The days of going to a festival like Reading with 30 woodbines and a party-pack (ask your dad) are over. Now, we need a designer tent and matching wellies if we're to make the most of the occasion. However, one simple way to be safe and sound is to make sure your Nokia is in tip-top condition. Here are the apps from Ovi Store we think you need to make the most of the V Festival, Reading & Leeds and even Bestival...

Battery Extender

Price: £8.00

Don’t be stuck queuing for the charge tent, this app extends the standby time of your Nokia phone as much as 30 per cent, which is the difference between seeing the hottest new band and missing out on a headliner!

Gravity, Tweets60 & Facebook

Price: Gravity £8.00, Tweets60 and Facebook, free

Let everyone know what you're up to which bands are burning up the stage, or where the best chillout zones are by staying on top of your social networking feeds.

Qik

Price: Free

Show your friends stuck at home what they’re missing, stream live footage of bands and your festival experience using the internet and your Nokia.

Bright Light Touch

Price: Free

This neat little app creates an instant powerful flashlight using your Nokia's camera flash. No more rummaging in darkened tents and tripping over guy ropes.

Locle

Price: £1.00

See all your festival friends in an instant on a map and get notifications when they’re nearby. Finally put an end to getting lost in the toilet queue and those ‘I can’t find you’ moments

Ever Light

Price: £3.00

Keeps your phone's backlight on to help you find items in your tent, and also turns your device into a mirror using its front facing camera, to help you with your festival makeup.

Before you can download any of these apps you'll need to register your device with Ovi Store, which also entitles you to updates and message alerts from Nokia and is a great way of keeping abreast of what's going on at the Ovi Store.