If you're a YouTube addict, then TubeMate YouTube Downloader is the perfect app for you. Besides, allowing you to watch movies on your phone, it allows you to download YouTube videos in a variety of video formats and resolutions, or as MP3 files. This means you can watch YouTube clips and listen to songs without connecting to the internet.

The Preferences section of TubeMate YouTube Downloader is packed with options to customize your downloads. You can choose to store temp files, queue up downloads, change the destination folders, etc. There's even a Fast Download mode that uses multiple connections to make quicker video downloads.

In general, TubeMate YouTube Downloader is easy to use, although some users might not be fans of the floating toolbar that's used for sharing YouTube links and searching for videos.

TubeMate YouTube Downloader makes for a fast and reliable way to download YouTube videos to your phone.

Download TubeMate YouTube Downloader 1.05.24.160 in Softonic

There are a few fun things you can do with your furry friend, Talking Tom Cat. You can make him repeat what you say simply by talking at him. He'll cup his ear to the screen, then say back the same thing in his own funny voice.

You can also interact with Talking Tom Cat through the touchscreen. Pet him by stroking your finger gently over the screen. Hit the screen harder and you'll smack the poor thing, causing him to fall over if you do it often enough. There are buttons to make him scratch the screen or drink some milk.

One neat thing about Talking Tom Cat is that it allows you to record up to 30 seconds of video footage of you messing around with the cat, which you can then upload directly to YouTube.

If you enjoy Talking Tom Cat, you may wish to try out some of the other talking animal apps from Outfit 7, such as Talking Ben the Dog, Talking Gina the Giraffe, and Talking Santa.

It doesn't have enough action to give it any real lasting appeal, but Talking Tom Cat will give you a good giggle for a while.

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New features in Version 6

Version 6 of the pint-sized program has borrowed much more from its desktop-based big brother, so if you enjoy using Opera on your PC or Mac then you can now look forward to a similarly smooth ride on your mobile with Opera Mini.

The user interface in Opera Mini 6 is more usable than ever. The hub of the app is the Speed Dial feature, whereby you can set one-click shortcuts for up to nine of your favorite sites. Just like in the desktop version, these display thumbnail previews of the sites to make things as clear and simple as possible.

Opera Mini utilizes a tab-based interface, meaning that you can load multiple pages at once simply by clicking on the plus arrow in the top right-hand corner. Version 6 includes the ability to open links in the background, just by holding down a link and selecting 'Open in new tab'.

Navigating with Opera Mini

Other navigational aids include an auto-complete feature in the address bar, and a built-in search bar. Unfortunately this search bar only supports Google and is not customizable with other search engines.

Viewing pages in Opera Mini 6 is a delight. As with the previous version, you can opt to view the whole web page on screen or simply tap to zoom in to a particular area. The latest version finally adds support for pinch-to-zoom, provided you have a multi-touch device that supports this feature. If not, you can zoom incrementally.

Other features

For those who love to tinker around with stuff, Opera Mini 6 is sure to please because the program is simply rammed with options. You can alter image quality, font size, and screen orientation, and there is a wealth of privacy settings too. As you'd expect, there's support for bookmarks and browser history, too. Opera Mini 6 also adds support for sharing links via Facebook, Twitter or email.

Unlike the latest desktop version, Opera Mini doesn't support extensions. This is a shame, because it would be great if developers could add functionality to the browser through third party plug-ins, as they can with Firefox Mobile.

Load times in Opera Mini are as impressive as ever thanks to Opera's unique server-side rendering technology. It compresses images and graphical elements before delivering them to you. This makes pages quicker to load, and is ideal for those who pay for data by the KB. If you want a more all-singing, all-dancing web experience then try Opera Mobile instead, which doesn't compress pages like Opera Mini, and which supports HTML 5.

Opera Mini 6 is one of the leanest mobile browsers around, delivering pages quickly but not skimping on features.

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What's special about UC Browser?

If you find the web browser on your phone to be a little clunky then give UC Browser a try. Viewing WAP and web sites in UC Browser is a painless experience thanks to its multiple windows, which allow you to have several pages loaded at once in much the same way as tabs in Firefox.

You can flick between the pages simply by tapping the Switch button, and open, close and bookmark pages using keypad shortcuts. UC Browser gives you a lot of control over page layout, too. You can choose to view pages in full screen, tweak the font size, zoom images, and tweak image quality.

Features of UC Browser

UC Browser has a number of interesting tools that you don't normally see in a mobile Web browser, such as an integrated download manager, built-in Clipboard for simple copy and paste, and a start page with a number of preset links to a range of categorized web sites. Of course, there's full support for bookmarks too.

There's a simple, yet effective Search tool within UC Browser that facilitates quick searching through Google, Bing or Yahoo!, allowing you to choose which search engine the browser uses.

UC Browser is a proxy-based browser, which re-renders and compresses page data on a server before sending it to the client (in much the same as Opera Mini and Skyfire do). This makes it exceptionally quick at loading pages. Unfortunately, it seems that image rendering is sacrificed somewhat in this process, and often you'll find that images won't display properly, which can get annoying.

Overall though, UC Browser makes for a quick and easy way to explore the riches of the Web from your phone.

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What does BlackBerry Desktop Manager do?

The software allows you to install new applications, as well as synchronize contacts, tasks and messages between device and PC. There's also a 'Media' section in BlackBerry Desktop Manager for copying photos, video and audio; plus a Backup & Restore tool for managing the backup of your BlackBerry's data.

You can also use BlackBerry Desktop Manager to play around with your email settings. You can choose to forward incoming messages to your device, apply filters, and change your signature for outgoing emails.

Is it easy to use?

It's worth noting that the user interface within the BlackBerry Desktop Manager makes all these jobs really easy to perform. It's just a case of clicking on the right icon and following the steps in the wizard-style GUI. The only settings you really need to worry about in BlackBerry Desktop Manager are the connection and data folder options, which are pretty straightforward anyway.

The main downside to BlackBerry Desktop Manager is that it's a bit of a beast. The download is over 100Mb and the installation takes an age, but it's worth the wait. We also found the process of configuring a Bluetooth connection through Desktop Manager to be very awkward and long-winded.

If you want to backup, synchronize and share data with your device, BlackBerry Desktop Manager is the answer. It's also great for installing BlackBerry apps you download from Softonic!

Download BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6.1.0 in Softonic

Facebook for Every Phone is a Java-based app that gives you all of Facebook's best features, from Photos to Newsfeed and Messages. The interface is clean and clear, and functions remarkably well.

Facebook for Every Phone does require a WAP-enabled phone, which will incur network charges, but it's a small price to pay to get such a well made app on your phone, and many operators around the world are offering a free 90-day trial. The responsiveness of Facebook for Every Phone depends on your phone, but we found it to be effective and very user friendly.

If you want to use Facebook IM on your phone, then go download Facebook Chat for mobile, which provides and easier way to text chat on your device.

If you have a Java phone and want to get onto Facebook easily, Facebook for Every Phone is the idea solution.

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This free chat app is supported by ads, but fortunately they are really not intrusive, and you'll hardly notice them at all. Like any messaging client you need an account, which means first creating an eBuddy account before adding other web messengers.

eBuddy supports lots of networks - MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, Google Talk, Facebook, ICQ, MySpace and Hyves. Adding them to the app is as simple as entering your details, and you'll be automatically signed in. All your account contacts will be listed alphabetically, in online and offline groups. This is fine, but if you're signed into lots of services it can get pretty busy!

eBuddy is very user friendly, and you'll have no problems opening chats with your friends. Each service varies slightly, but in general, chats follow the 'bubble' design seen in the iPhone's SMS app. It works in portrait or landscape, great for people who like the larger keyboard.

eBuddy is a functional and attractive messaging client, offering a good range of networks in an easy to use package.

Download eBuddy Pro 4.5.2 in Softonic

With the Flash Player plug-in installed on your device, you will automatically be able to load Flash videos, animation, games and applications from the web. Android's support for Flash Player gives Google's operating system an advantage over big rival Apple, whose iOS system still doesn't support Adobe Flash.

For a more complete view of the web, install Flash Player on your Android phone.

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eBuddy Mobile Messenger pulls all your IM accounts into one, allowing you to view everyone who is online and chat to them, no matter which service they're using. eBuddy Mobile Messenger currently supports: MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, and Facebook.

After installing the app on your phone, you'll be prompted to sign up for a free eBuddy account. After you've completed the short registration process you're ready to start importing your contacts from your various IM and social networks, which you do just by signing into them all from within eBuddy Mobile Messenger.

Start chatting

When you're all set up, you'll see a list of all your online and offline contacts in the main window of eBuddy Mobile Messenger. Starting a conversation is merely a case of clicking 'Chat' to launch a new chat tab. eBuddy has a number of neat chat options, including the ability to send a picture directly from your phone's camera, insert quicktext from a list of (editable) common phrases, view profile, and add emoticons. On the latter point, the preset emoticons within eBuddy Mobile Messenger are pretty basic. You can download new ones from eBuddy, but not that many.

eBuddy Mobile Messenger comes with a tidy, colorful user interface which is a pleasure to use. The use of tabs helps to keep the screen clutter-free and makes everything clearly visible.

eBuddy Mobile Messenger is great at what it does, but it's a shame it doesn't go quite as far as the likes of Nimbuzz or fring, which both offer VoIP as well as text chat. Even to have Skype text chat would've been a nice addition.

If all you want to do is send instant messages though, eBuddy Mobile Messenger makes it quick and easy to chat across different IM networks.

Download eBuddy Mobile Messenger 2.2.0 (Java) in Softonic

Nokia Multimedia Player sets out to be a one-stop-shop for all your mobile multimedia needs. Unfortunately, it's a badly designed and poorly executed product which has never really been up to the standard of mainstream audio and video players.

Problems with Nokia Multimedia Player

After installing Nokia Multimedia Player (and suffering the inexplicable Windows restart which always accompanies a Nokia program installation), we were disappointed with an ugly, glitchy and clunky program interface.

Nokia has created custom window decorations for the program, and sadly they're of a very low standard. Compared with other media players (iTunes, RealPlayer and even Windows Media Player), Nokia Multimedia Player's design is remarkably poor. Its ugly, 'jaggedy' elements are a real let down from the company responsible for designing some classic mobile phones.

When it comes to functions, there are some basics for media players which a software developer has to get right. Fast-forward scanning while watching a video file is one feature which most users would demand from a video player. Nokia Multimedia Player does include this feature but it doesn't work on videos created with Nokia phones - surely the key media which the player would be aimed at. Interestingly, Apple's iTunes supports these videos and allows the user to scan through a video while it’s playing.

Formats supported by Nokia Multimedia Player

The quality of video and audio playback in Nokia Multimedia Player is also disappointing. Comparing the playback of several video files with other media players, we noticed significant degradation in the quality of the video as well as a flat, dull sound quality. Some file formats we tested the program with wouldn’t even open, despite Nokia Multimedia Player claiming that they were supported.

The only format we found which Nokia Multimedia Player supports better than other programs is the MMS multimedia message format used between to send pictures and short videos between phones or from a phone to a computer. This feature is particularly useful if you’ve received lots of MMS messages and want to archive them on your computer.

To be fair, Nokia Multimedia Player is several years old now and, at best, it's a very basic application for viewing multimedia messages you've received on your phone or computer. For the most part, however, it’s an ugly, ungainly and dysfunctional waste of disk space.

Instead of this program, why not use Apple iTunes, which is capable of handling practically all of the formats which Nokia Multimedia Player claims to support.

Download Nokia Multimedia Player 1.1 in Softonic

Your mission in this raucous iPhone game is to destroy all the green pigs by catapulting birds at them. This wouldn't be too difficult, except for the fact the hogs are holed up inside fortified castles which you need to smash into in order to enter. As the levels progress, these fortresses become ever more hard to break down, so Angry Birds requires a bit of lateral thinking as well as a steady aim.

To fire a bird you simply pull back on the catapult, adjust the trajectory, then release your finger. You can shoot four birds per turn, and if you don't destroy every pig then you'll have to start the level again. There are more than 100 levels across four worlds, so it'll be a long time before you get bored of Angry Birds.

As well as being great fun to play, Angry Birds looks the part too. Graphics are colorful and fun, and the bird noises and sound effects are hilarious. One of the few criticisms we have of Angry Birds is that it's very repetitive. It would be nice if there were an option to customize levels or characters, for example.

If you feel like playing the game on a larger screen, why not download Angry Birds for PC and play it in Windows?

Overall though, Angry Birds is enjoyable enough to put a smile on the face of even the most sullen iPhone gamer.

Download Angry Birds 2.0.2 in Softonic

There are practically more browsers for Android phones than there are phone models themselves, but if you still haven’t found the one for you, check out UC Browser.

UC Browser has a number of features that help it stand out. For a start, the home page has a selection of quick-access links, helpfully divided into topic areas, like Entertainment and UC's own recommendations. It goes without saying that there's also tabbed browsing, and plenty of tab management options. It's also got a nice window browse function, and a bunch of options that display clearly when your hit the Menu key.

UC Browser also has a number of features that other browsers don’t – namely a night mode and share by SMS/Whatsapp. Even so, it doesn’t have any quick features for sharing by other, more common means, like Twitter or Facebook.

Unfortunately, UC Browser’s main problem is the display - it’s plain ugly. Ok, so it’s clear and easy to read, but webpages viewed with the app look like something from 1993 – at first, we thought we had a connection problem! We also had issues displaying video while using UC Browser, but couldn’t tell from the developer’s website which video formats are supposed to be supported.

UC Browser is a mixed bag – strong in areas, and weak in others. We think prospective users would be better off waiting an update or two before trying.

Download UC Browser 8.0.5.118 in Softonic

After his countless outings on Nintendo consoles down the years, the world's most famous plumber now comes to your mobile phone. Super Mario Planet is not strictly a copy of a previous version but rather an official reworking of the game for Java-enabled phones.

Your quest, as ever, is to guide the moustached hero through a series of colorful levels, avoiding the various beasties and critters along the way. As you progress you can pick up power-ups to make you bigger, invincible, more powerful, etc. You can even hop aboard Mario's pet Yoshi if you find a green egg.

Simple controls

If you've never played before, don't worry because Super Mario Planet comes with a helpful animated tutorial to start you going. From there you begin your quest through several weird and wonderful levels, choosing from two difficulty settings. Super Mario Planet's controls are easy enough to pick up and basically rely on the directional pad or number keys on your mobile phone.

Super Mario Planet is cutesy and colorful, and the standard of the graphics is similar to the SNES version of the game. The menu ditties are pleasant enough, although for some reason there was no in-game sound when I tested the game.

It's perhaps not as polished in terms of its presentation as the official releases, but Super Mario Planet is still a great mobile platform game.

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If you already use instant messaging or chat services on your PC then you can use the same accounts on your phone. Probably the best way to do it is to install a multi-network chat client, such as eBuddy Mobile Messenger. The program pulls all your IM accounts into one, allowing you to view everyone who is online and chat to them, no matter which service they're using. eBuddy Mobile Messenger currently supports: MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, and Facebook.

After installing the app on your phone, you'll be prompted to sign up for a free eBuddy account. After you've completed the short registration process you're ready to start importing your contacts from your various IM and social networks, which you do just by signing into them all from within eBuddy Mobile Messenger.

Start chatting

When you're all set up, you'll see a list of all your online and offline contacts in the main window of eBuddy Mobile Messenger. Starting a conversation is merely a case of clicking 'Chat' to launch a new chat tab. eBuddy has a number of neat chat options, including the ability to send a picture directly from your phone's camera, insert quicktext from a list of (editable) common phrases, view profile, and add emoticons. On the latter point, the preset emoticons within eBuddy Mobile Messenger are pretty basic. You can download new ones from eBuddy, but not that many.

eBuddy Mobile Messenger comes with a tidy, colorful user interface which is a pleasure to use. The use of tabs helps to keep the screen clutter-free and makes everything clearly visible.

eBuddy Mobile Messenger is great at what it does, but it's a shame it doesn't go quite as far as the likes of Nimbuzz or fring, which both offer VoIP as well as text chat. Even to have Skype text chat would've been a nice addition.

If all you want to do is send instant messages though, eBuddy Mobile Messenger makes it quick and easy to chat across different IM networks.

Download eBuddy Mobile Messenger 1.5 for Nokia in Softonic

Version 6 of the pint-sized program has borrowed much more from its desktop-based big brother, so if you enjoy using Opera on your PC or Mac then you can now look forward to a similarly smooth ride on your mobile with Opera Mini.

The user interface in Opera Mini 6 is more usable than ever. The hub of the app is the Speed Dial feature, whereby you can set one-click shortcuts for up to nine of your favorite sites. Just like in the desktop version, these display thumbnail previews of the sites to make things as clear and simple as possible.

Opera Mini utilizes a tab-based interface, meaning that you can load multiple pages at once simply by clicking on the plus arrow in the top right-hand corner. Version 6 includes the ability to open links in the background, just by holding down a link and selecting 'Open in new tab'.

Navigating with Opera Mini

Other navigational aids include an auto-complete feature in the address bar, and a built-in search bar. Unfortunately this search bar only supports Google and is not customizable with other search engines.

Viewing pages in Opera Mini 6 is a delight. As with the previous version, you can opt to view the whole web page on screen or simply tap to zoom in to a particular area. The latest version finally adds support for pinch-to-zoom, provided you have a multi-touch BlackBerry device that supports this feature. If not, you can zoom incrementally.

Other features

For those who love to tinker around with stuff, Opera Mini 6 is sure to please because the program is simply rammed with options. You can alter image quality, font size, and screen orientation, and there is a wealth of privacy settings too. As you'd expect, there's support for bookmarks and browser history, too. Opera Mini 6 also adds support for sharing links via Facebook, Twitter or email.

Unlike the latest desktop version, Opera Mini doesn't support extensions. This is a shame, because it would be great if developers could add functionality to the browser through third party plug-ins, as they can with Firefox Mobile.

Load times in Opera Mini are as impressive as ever thanks to Opera's unique server-side rendering technology. It compresses images and graphical elements before delivering them to you. This makes pages quicker to load, and is ideal for those who pay for data by the KB. If you want a more all-singing, all-dancing web experience then try Opera Mobile instead, which doesn't compress pages like Opera Mini, and which supports HTML 5.

Opera Mini 6 is one of the leanest mobile browsers around, delivering pages quickly but not skimping on features.

Download Opera Mini 6.5 in Softonic

Macromedia Flash Player 5 rights this wrong, allowing you to tap into all manner of rich content from the web that would otherwise be inaccessible. You'll be able to watch videos from YouTube, play Flash-based games online, and enjoy rich, interactive experiences on sites built using Adobe's popular platform.

Installing Macromedia Flash Player on your device is very straightforward. First, unzip the Zip file on your PC or Mac. You'll now see two different Zip files inside the folder you just extracted to. Unzip the one that corresponds to your device (either the 9210 or the 9290). Now you just need to transfer the .SIS file to your phone. You can do this very easily using Nokia PC Suite.

Looking to install Macromedia Flash Player on a different Symbian device? Then download Adobe Flash Lite, which is available for Series 60 2nd and 3rd Edition phones.

After Macromedia Flash Player has installed on your phone, it will automatically let you view pages and web content in SWF format - not even iPhone users can boast this!

Download Macromedia Flash Player 5.0 in Softonic

Without question, FIFA Soccer 12 is the best so far in EA's series of iOS soccer games. The gameplay has been improved even further by the addition of 360-degree player movement and gesture-based controls that allow you to make passes, shots and skill moves with great precision.

Defending has been tweaked in FIFA Soccer 12, bringing it more in line with the tactical approach taken by the PC and console version of FIFA 12. It can be frustrating at first, but you soon realize it makes the game more skilful.

Another great addition to FIFA Soccer 12 is the ability to control the iPad version using two iPhones. Acting as Bluetooth controllers, you can enjoy two-player FIFA battles just as comfortably as you can on a console. Of course, you do need to have all three devices to enjoy this feature, though.

In terms of game modes, FIFA Soccer 12 has more than ever to offer. Manager mode has been added to version 12, giving you the challenge of taking charge of one of 500 officially licensed teams from 22 licensed leagues and leading them to glory.

There's also a Daily Challenge mode in FIFA Soccer 12, linked to the EA Origin network, along with achivements, trophies, replays, and more.

In terms of its looks, FIFA Soccer 12 improves upon the previous release. The whole thing is nicely presented, with a slick menu interface (similar to that of the main version of FIFA 12), featuring some great songs. In-game graphics look very crisp, although some of the animation feels a little sluggish at times, especially when players are running with the ball.

FIFA Soccer 12 must go down as the most consumate and complete iOS soccer games so far.

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MP3 players in mobile phones are nothing new, but not many devices can boast an on-board DJ mixing desk. Not, that is, unless you've got Nokia DJ Mixer installed.It's just a case of clicking 'New Playlist' and loading up the tracks you wish to mix, up to nine tracks.

Although the mixing desk in Nokia DJ Mixer is a long way from the more powerful Windows audio mixers, it's still great fun to play with. You simply need to queue up the tracks and move the fader to start mixing. It's so easy that anyone can do it.

Another aspect of Nokia DJ Mixer is its Karaoke section, which also provides lots of laughs. You can load up your own Karaoke audio files or use the samples included in Nokia DJ Mixer then hit record and sing into your phone. The resulting vocal masterpiece can then be played back and stored on your phone.

Overall, Nokia DJ Mixer makes for a fun new way to enjoy digital music on your phone.

Download Nokia DJ Mixer 1.0 (Nokia NSeries) in Softonic

The application pulls all your contacts together in one place, so you can exchange messages with all your friends on networks such as MSN, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, Jabber, Facebook, or MySpace.

The user interface combines all of your contacts from all these various networks into one place, and you can see who is online at any time. If you want to get someone's attention, you simply 'buzz' them, and Nimbuzz will be launched on their phone.

Remember that you'll still get charged for internet access when using Nimbuzz. This is fine if you're using a WiFi connection or if you have a flat-rate data plan, but if you pay for data by the megabyte then using Nimbuzz could work out to be very costly if you're not careful.

However, if you have a flat-rate plan, Nimbuzz makes for a fun and cheap way to stay in touch with friends and family around the World.

Download Nimbuzz 2.1 in Softonic

Facebook Chat app for Java phones fills a hole in the official Facebook for Every Phone app, which doesn't include the instant messaging feature of Facebook.

Using the Facebook Chat app is very easy. Simply enter your email address and password that you normally use to access Facebook, then a list of your online friends will appear. Just like on the social network site itself, this list is organized into groups of contacts, to make it easier to find the person you're looking for.

Once you've found a contact, simply click on their name and you can start typing your message with Facebook Chat. When your contact replied their message will be displayed (more or less) instantly.

Although the Facebook Chat app is easy to use, it is pretty basic. The user interface isn't very attractive and chats can display in a way which cuts off the last few characters of each comment. There's no support for choosing emoticons, either.

Settings in this mobile version of Facebook Chat are a bit thin on the ground, although there is the option to enable vibrate notifications, and to change the notification tone volume.

If you want a simple way to chat on Facebook on your phone, this Facebook Chat app is a straightforward solution.

Download Facebook Chat 1.0 in Softonic