Well, i've just bought a new phone (which i deeply regret but meh), a Sony Ericsson w960i - it runs Symbian, and i'm just wondering what applications you recommend.

I really have no idea what I want to do on it, so fire away!

Set it on fire and walk away?

All I really have on my phone is a better video recorder (Camcoder Pro, I think it is by Philips) because the default one sucks, an ogg codec, and blackballer, because some people don't understand what "leave me the **** alone" means. I used to have all sorts of silly apps, but I never saw the need for them.

ScummVM

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ScummVM

Ha yep I just clicked on this thread to post that.

Classic monkey island on-the-go ftw

I've been working for SYE on a W960i app for the last 6 months (these views are all my own and I don't represent any company).

The user interface on the W960i can seem a bit strange, but after you get used to it, it's not too bad. There are some things you should definitely be taking advantage of, which other phones don't have:
- touch screen. As has been mentioned before, ScummVM is good on phones, but on a touchscreen phone I imagine it's truly awesome.
-8 gig storage. If you're on the train/bus/plane, it's great to watch movies on the phone as the screen can rotate and you can watch it in 4:3. You might have to re-encode the video to get it to play (from what I remember, H.263 at 320x240 and AAC audio is your best bet). With that amount of storage you're talking about tens of hours of movies as well as hundreds of hours of mp3s. The headphones that comes with the phone are excellent.
-apps. There are a huge number of applications out there for UIQ 3, but it really depends on what you want to do. Have a look on sites like handango.com for ideas about what can be done.
-the built in Opera web browser is pretty good and gets the job done. Along with wi-fi and/or a good data tariff you can check the LFS forums from pretty much wherever you are.

Quote from ddast :

The user interface on the W960i can seem a bit strange, but after you get used to it, it's not too bad. There are some things you should definitely be taking advantage of, which other phones don't have:

No joypad really does annoy me - I just wish that I could scroll left and right without using the touch screen as I'm always worried about breaking it, but i'm slowly getting used to it.

- touch screen. As has been mentioned before, ScummVM is good on phones, but on a touchscreen phone I imagine it's truly awesome.

Some things, like texting and the MP3 app really work well on touch screen - not sure what games to get for "ScummVM" but i'll look into it.

-8 gig storage. If you're on the train/bus/plane, it's great to watch movies on the phone as the screen can rotate and you can watch it in 4:3. You might have to re-encode the video to get it to play (from what I remember, H.263 at 320x240 and AAC audio is your best bet). With that amount of storage you're talking about tens of hours of movies as well as hundreds of hours of mp3s. The headphones that comes with the phone are excellent.

I don't think watching films on it is that feasible unless it was a REALLY long journey, but it plays MP3's well enough for me to sell my old MP3 player...

-apps. There are a huge number of applications out there for UIQ 3, but it really depends on what you want to do. Have a look on sites like handango.com for ideas about what can be done.

Ah, thanks - ideally would like some sort of MSN Messenger app for it - any recommendations?

-the built in Opera web browser is pretty good and gets the job done. Along with wi-fi and/or a good data tariff you can check the LFS forums from pretty much wherever you are.

PAYG = FAIL for data.

Batteries doing quite well atm - been playing on it since 9 this morning and the batteries at 64%. If i can find some extra cash I might get a P1i battery for it as they are the same size, but the P1i's is slightly better...

SmartGuard - Hide stuff on your phone
WirelessIRC - Currenyly the best IRC client for Symbian
Calcium - A comfortable calculator
X-plore - A comfortable file-browser, can also work with compressed files (RAR, ZIP, etc) and do other nice stuff
Advance Device Locks - lock devices on your phone (For example, the camera if you're not allowed to go into a place with it, or lock your messages, etc).
fring - MSN, ICQ, AIM, Skype, etc. All in one.
SkyeQuickKey - An awesome application for faster browsing. Hard to explain, google it, it's awesome.
SignSis - An application to sign applications through the phone. All you need is to have valid certification files on the phone.
Opera Mini - An Opera version for mobile.

Those are the apps I'm using everyday.