With the Symbian Belle-powered Nokia 700, Nokia has crafted the world’s smallest touchscreen smartphone and one of the most stylish handsets you can buy. With thousands of apps from the Nokia Store to choose from which should you choose first? Here we look at the top 10 free apps for the Nokia 700.
Packing a stunning 3.2-inch AMOLED screen, a truly pocket-sized design and great software usability, the Nokia 700 is a joy to use, but the fun doesn’t end there. With so many great free apps for you to install on it, you can quickly have everything you need in the palm of your hand. So, to help you get the very best from your Nokia 700 straight out of the box, we’ve taken a look at the ten best apps you can download and install for free.
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Social Networking Client:
Nokia’s Social Networking Client is an essential app for social network fans to install on their Nokia 700. Pushing live updates from Facebook and Twitter directly to your home screen, you can stay up to date on all that your friends are up to. Facebook events can be directly imported into your Nokia 700's calendar, you can automatically update your Facebook status with your current location and when you take a new photo or record a video, you can even instantly add a caption and upload it to share with your friends and family, making it the perfect tool for all your social networking needs.
Fb Touch:
If Nokia’s Social Networking Client isn’t enough for you and you want to get hands-on with Facebook on your Nokia 700, then Fb Touch could be your new best friend. While it’s not an actual app, it provides a fast way to access the Facebook Touch website on your smartphone and enjoy a more intuitive Facebook experience using the Nokia 700’s 3.2-inch touchscreen interface.
Stopping you having to manually type the Facebook Tough URL, Fb Touch launches the website in the Nokia 700’s built-in Symbian Web Browser at the tap of a button, letting you get connected to your friends quickly and easily.
Swype:
Nokia Swype makes it easier than ever to write and send texts on your Nokia 700 Symbian Belle smartphone, thanks to its unique method of text entry. Letting you swipe your finger across the onscreen keyboard to the keys that you want to enter, rather than having to tap each key in turn, you can enter an entire text message in one smooth motion, without removing your finger from the screen or miss-striking keys. A fantastic tool for your Nokia 700 Symbian Belle smartphone, Swype could change the way you text forever.
Sports Tracker:
The Nokia Sports Tracker lets you turn your Nokia 700 Symbian smartphone into a full sports computer to carry with you wherever you train. All you need to do is download the Sports Tracker app to your phone and then sign up with the Sports Tracker service and you can enjoy tracking and analysing your exercises with your Nokia 700 and even share your workouts and photos with friends via the Sports Tracker community. Helping you get fit and stay healthy, the Nokia Sports Tracker is great addition to your Nokia 700 smartphone.
Opera Mobile:
While the Nokia 700’s Symbian Web Browser is a great app for browsing the internet on your Symbian Belle handset, the increasingly popular Opera Mobile browser provides a fantastic alternative. With its clean and intuitive interface, powerful Opera Turbo compression feature, and staggering array of uniquely efficient web-browsing tools, Opera Mobile is a great way to get the best of the web on your Nokia 700. Providing a fast and feature-packed third-party browser for your Nokia smartphone, you may quickly find Opera mobile becomes your preferred portable web browser.
Vlingo - Virtual Assistant:
Voted the ‘Must Have Utility App of the Year’ by Nokia Store users, Vlingo uses powerful voice-to-text technology to let you control your Nokia 700 with your voice alone. Whether you’re in need of directions; want to search for something online; send a text, or add an update to your Facebook page; Vlingo lets you do it all, and the best thing is, it’s completely free. Vlingo is one of the most unique apps we’ve ever seen and could completely revolutionise the way you use your Nokia 700 Symbian smartphone, so why not give it a try?
What'sApp Messenger:
If you’re a bona fide text-addict and always find yourself blowing through your monthly SMS allocation far too quickly, then What'sApp Messenger could save you a fortune. Letting you message your friends for free over your Nokia 700’s 3G or Wi-Fi connection – as long as they have What'sApp Messenger installed too, of course - you can text as much as you like and never have to worry about getting a whopping bill at the end of the month. The only catch is that the free service only lasts a year, but you can extend the service for just over £1 a year, making it still a far cheaper choice.
Nokia Internet Radio:
Since the Nokia 700 is the world’s smallest touchscreen smartphone and fits neatly into any pocket, it makes the perfect mobile media centre, for enjoying your photos, videos and music on the move. Well, now you can add radio to that list too, as Nokia Internet Radio lets you enjoy the best that internet radio has to offer, wherever you go. You can tune in to your favourite stations or find new favourites by browsing by genre, language or country/region, letting you enjoy the best music and talk shows on your Nokia 700 anytime you like.
Nokia Battery Monitor:
If you want to keep better tabs on your Nokia 700’s energy usage and make sure you never run out of power when you least expect it, the Nokia Battery Monitor is the app for you. Giving you a constantly updated battery charge meter, as well as estimates of the remaining usage time you have left and how much time it would take you to recharge the battery, the Nokia Battery Monitor can help you always stay charged as you travel. And by offering full statistics of your recent energy usage, you can even stay one-step ahead and plan whether you’ll need to take your power cable when you next hit the road.
Tube Map:
Navigating the London Underground network can be confusing at the best of times, but with the Tube Map app for your Nokia 700 Symbian smartphone, you need never get lost again. Offering a full scrollable map of the London Underground, live updates on delays or station closures, and even a route planner to get you where you need to be, Tube Map is the only app you need to let your Nokia 700 help you find your way around London.
Whether you decide to install all of these great free apps on your Nokia 700, smartphone, or you only choose to try a few, you’re sure to love the many extra features they will bring to your Symbian Belle handset. But what are your favourite free apps? Have we covered everything you love using on your Nokia phone or do you have some other great free apps to recommend to your fellow Nokia users? Why not let us know in the Comments section below.