The Nokia Lumia 710 has all the ingredients of a top notch smartphone - rock solid design, excellent performance and a fine operating system. However, what really defines the best smartphones is a thriving app ecosystem, and the Nokia Lumia 710 doesn't disappoint there either. Check out these top 10 Nokia Lumia 710 free apps.
Of course there are plenty of paid treats on the Windows Phone Marketplace, but it's always good to get a solid foundation of high quality free applications that really extend and enhance the capabilities of your phone.
We've picked 10 of our favourite free apps, some of which every Nokia Lumia 710 owner really should own, while others are a little more specialist. Let us know what your favourite free apps are in the Comments section below.
This isn't an official BBC app, but it might as well be. The developer has nailed that clean, clinical precision of the BBC News website while adapting it superbly to the Windows Phone Metro UI. The app provides easy-to-read news articles pulled from the BBC, while alerting you of new stories and featuring handy live tiles for each section.
We recently ran a piece on how to store and share your Nokia Lumia 710 photos in the cloud, and one of our main recommendations was to download the Flickr app. It lets you upload your photos to an online server, then share them with friends, family or the thriving Flickr community. It really is a joy to use.
If you're not into your Premiership football, then you can skip this one. If you are, and you own a Nokia Lumia 710 (or Lumia 800) then ESPN Goals is impossible to ignore. It offers video highlights from Premiership matches soon after the day's play has finished, as well as fixture and table information.
If you're an Xbox 360 owner, then the Xbox Companion is a must-have. It turns your Nokia Lumi 710 into a combined search tool and remote control for your console, taking the sting out of typing out text with a control pad and making casual browsing of the console's extensive video and game stores a lot more enticing.
Groupon's a pretty big deal these days, and this Windows Phone app brings the full power of the service to your Nokia Lumia 710. You know all those coupons you get at the supermarket? Groupon is like a super-charged version of that, offering money-saving offers for loads of shops and services in your specific area.
Yes, we know that your Nokia Lumia 710 has excellent Facebook integration as standard. We'd still recommend downloading the dedicated Facebook app, though, as it lets you do things like manage your account and check into Places. If you want full control of your Wall from your phone, download this.
The popular movie-mad website IMDb is packed full of facts, promotional art and video trailers for every film you can think of, and this Windows Phone app condenses the whole experience into one tight package. What's more, the developer has adopted the Metro UI to the point where the app looks and feels better than the website.
Microsoft, the company behind your Nokia Lumia 710's Windows Phone OS, has provided its own YouTube app for your phone, but it's not particularly great. YouTube Pro is far better, letting you do things like upload your own videos and even download videos for later offline viewing.
If you're constantly texting your friends, you should really consider giving WhatsApp a try. It's an instant messaging service that works across multiple platforms, so even if your friends don't have a Nokia Lumia 710 you'll be able to natter in real time and even see when they're available. It's ridiculously easy to set up, too - just put your phone number in and WhatsApp find any of your contacts with the app.
The default Calendar app on the Nokia Lumia 710 is very handy indeed, but what if you want to do more than that? Evernote lets you quickly take, store and organise notes. You can also attach images and record voice messages to accompany these notes, as well as share them with others. An invaluable memory aid.