This is a actively updated list of free and open source software for Series 60, 3rd Edition and Java-enabled phones.
Every piece of software has been tested with a Nokia phone before adding to this list.
If You feel that something is missing from this list, please inform me! You can contact me by mail via ville at [ this domain ].
PDF-reader.
Automatic key lock application for S60. Features automatic start-up when the phone is turned on, setup tool to change inactivity time, and it's running completely at the background.
Open source blogging client for Java-supported phones and handhelds. Hasn't been actively developed since 2004.
Bemused is a system which allows you to control your music collection from your phone, using Bluetooth. It requires a Series 60 or UIQ phone (e.g. Nokia 7650/3650, or Sony Ericsson P800/P900), and a PC with a Bluetooth adapter.
Calcium is a fast, easy to use calculator for your S60 phone.
A simple calculator that runs on S60 3rd Edition.
Conversation is a messaging application that allows you to follow your conversations, organized by individual contacts. In addition, the application provides an easy way for replying to messages, and to continue the conversations.
Commodore 64 emulator for Symbian devices. Active developmend stopped in 2003.
A usable text editor for the Series 60 platform written in Python.
Play videos from video sharing websites on your phone. Requires Flash Lite 3.
MSX emulator for S60.
FreeFlight brings the fun and the emotion of flight simulation to a J2ME mobile phone capable of 3D rendering. There is no peculiar target in FreeFlight. Just the fun of flying in what is likely to be the most realistic sky ever brought onto the screen of your mobile. There are several different aircraft options, including Cessna C-172, P-51 Mustang and F-16 Falcon.
Fupper is a photo uploading tool that you can use to upload photos to Flickr photo service using Series 60 mobile phones.
HIER embeds MSN messenger on your mobile phone. You can chat freely with your MSN buddies on the go. It's not the best one available, but it's free.
Jaiku Mobile is a software application for mobile phones that enables you to post and browse Jaikus, add comments, and share your status and location. Currently Jaiku Mobile is available for Nokia S60 smartphones.
A mobile network speed testing tool. JBenchmark Net analyzes networking speed by measuring the time to connect, download and upload files to JBenchmark Net servers. Based on the measurements it creates lots of statistics.
jmIrc is a J2ME MIDlet allowing ie. cell phone owners to use IRC wirelessly.
Blogging tool for J2ME-compatible phones.
Mobile Phone + Flickr + Context = Meaning. LGPL.
Helps you to archive SMS-messages.
A spreadsheet application for Java enabled phones. Active development stalled in 2004.
mIRGGI is an IRC client for S60 3rd Edition devices.
Mobile GMaps is a free application that displays Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Windows Live Local (MSN Virtual Earth) and Ask.com Maps and satellite imagery on Java J2ME-enabled mobile phones, PDAs and other devices. MGMaps can connect to a GPS receiver over bluetooth or use internal GPS features on some phones in order to automatically display the map for your current position.
MobileNews allows you to follow Usenet newsgroups and discussions using mobile devices, particularly mobile phones.
Broadcast live video from your mobile phone onto your website. Or use your phone as a Skype-compatible webcam. Free and Open Source.
MyStocks allows keeping track of the value of a portfolio of mutual funds and stocks by entering their current value. No communication with the Internet is needed. The application computes return on investment, internal rate of return per stock and for the whole portfolio. It can also represent the asset mix and geographical distribution of your stocks as a pie chart.
Beta-version of Nokias podcasting application.
Search application extracted from Nokia E50.
Nokias social / instant community app. Works with bluetooth.
Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS based activity tracker that runs on S60 smartphones. Information such as speed, distance and time are automatically stored to your training diary. To be able to use application for real, you need Nokia S60 3.0 or 3.1 phone with Bluetooth GPS device or Nokia S60 3.0 or 3.1 phone with integrated GPS.
Free version of Opera Mobile.
Free utility that allows you to start any program on startup on your Series 60 3rd device. PowerBoot is SymbianSigned.
Free SSH client.
Python for S60 is Nokia's port of the Python language to the S60 smartphone platform.
QReader allows to read texts on smartphones (electronic books - eBooks). It is the high quality book reader, easy and powerful.
Bluetooth remote controller fot Sony-Ericssons and Mac OS X.
A fully working example of an audio application developed for the S60 platform.
Free program to take screenshot on your Symbian OS mobile phones (UIQ or S60).
ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files.
File explorer for Series 60 devices.
A free FTP Client for S60 3rd Edition Devices. This client is offering a a powerfull filemanager besides many FTP functionallity.
Free stopwatch application for Java enabled phones.
Audio player for smartphones.
Gnutella client.
BitTorrent client for Symbian smartphones.
SysExplorer is yet another file and system explorer for the Symbian OS platform.
This is a stopwatch application with BIG NUMBERS. The numbers will adapt to the size of the display in your phone or PDA.
TaskSpy is a task manager for Symbian OS devices. It allows you to get more control and information over running tasks on your mobile phone. You can quickly switch tasks, kill processes and threads or free unused memory, as well as display detailed information about system resources. Other features, such as tracking cpu load and free memory, though aimed to developers, may result of interest to advanced users.
TodayView shows calendar events, unread messages and missed calls in a list.
This is a VNC Viewer for Symbian 3rd Edition. It allows a smartphone to estabish a TCP/IP connection with any remote computer running a standard VNC server and control it from the phone without the need of any other software.
Vox Mobile is a free application for your Windows Mobile, Series 60 (Nokia), or Palm OS smartphone that allows you to post photos and videos to your Vox blog while on the go.
An S60 application for storing and analyzing wellness-related data collected from everyday life.
WidSets is a very simple and yet clever little service that brings information that you normally have access to over the Internet, directly to your cell phone. It uses mini-applications called widgets that keep an eye out on updates to websites you normally visit several times a day.
Is there a WLAN network out there? The WLAN Wizard will tell you, store it and launch it for you! WLAN Wizard shows the available WLANs in the range of N80 Internet Edition directly on the idle screen and it is possible to start web browsing immediately. WLAN Wizard also automatically creates the needed WLAN settings making WLAN usage extremely easy.
Open Source IRC client for Java-enabled phones.
Y-Browser is a file manager for Symbian OS devices. It implements most standard features on files (such as copy, cut, paste, etc) & folders (create, remove, etc)
I was first inspired to start maintaining this list because it was hard to find free software for my Nokia. I have actively maintained this list by hand since 2003.
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