Best Camera Application: SensyScan

SensyScan is a camera sensor-based security application for S60 third-edition devices that uses mobile cameras for remote monitoring.

With most of mid to high-end cellphones offering pixel count in access of 3 megapixels on their cameras, a camera sensor software can be very effectively integrated on the hardware for security applications.

The application has a timer for the locatio. On detecting movement, the SensyScan alerts the user by sending a SMS to a predefined number, and it also captures the frame when it detected movement.

With a very easy-to-use interface and different sensitivity settings, the application can be effectively used for remote monitoring.

Priced reasonably at £12, the SensyScan can be downloaded from our forum.

Best Multimedia Application: Audials Mobile

With most mobile phones featuring stereo-enabled speakers and other audio-enhancing technologies embedded on their chipsets, these are increasingly being used as portable media players. With 3G and Wi-Fi technologies allowing fast speed data connections to mobile devices, a music streaming application can greatly enhance the music features of a cellphone.

Audials Mobile from RapidSolution Software is an application that can record tracks from popular Internet Radio stations such as eSnips, MySpace, Garage Bands, AOL, etc., directly on to network-enabled S60 devices.

The application has a fairly well-designed interface that allows users to search for music by genre and artists covering around 80 different genres and more than 70,000 artists. Users can download multiple tracks, search for track with the download process in the background, and download plugins for support from other databases.

While the application has certain bugs such as some of the downloaded tracks showing an error when attempted to play in the media-player, Audials Mobile is one of the most easiest and practical applications for S60 devices.

Priced at £7.90, Audials Mobile is one of the best music applications that provides free music for life and can be downloaded from our forum.

Symbian-Lifeblog is offering free licences of this application. Visit the blog and join the Audials Mobile Contest!

Best Task Manager: KillMe

With limited processing powers of mobile processors, multitasking on S60 devices can be sluggish and hence a frustrating experience. KillMe is an application that increases processing power by allowing users end hidden processes and hence freeing up RAM to improve processing speeds.

The application can display all the processes being run from each memory device, and detailed information of each process showing all the tasks being performed under them. This can enable users to decide what task to terminate.

Since most of the background processes are essential for functionality of the phone, terminating some of the tasks may lead to problems which can be rectified simply by restarting the phone.

KillMe can be effectively used to terminate some of the rogue tasks which were configured by third-party applications and thereby improve processing speed of phone. With Windows Task Manager-like functionality, KillMe brings desktop-like experience on S60 devices.

The application can be downloaded for free from our forum.

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