You can search Soundtracker for stations based on a particular artist or genre, then listen to songs by this artist and similar music. It works in much the same way as streaming music apps for other mobile platforms, such as Last.fm, exfm and Soundtracking.

Just like these other music apps, Soundtracker has a social side to it. You can share stations that you've generated either via email, Facebook, Twitter, or on Soundtracker itself. You can 'follow' other users and access all the stations they've generated (and vice versa), which is great for discovering new music. There's even a feature that lets you find stations created by people in your area.

In general, the Soundtracker user interface is easy to get around, and once you've signed up for a free account you'll be streaming music in no time. There are a few small annoyances though, such as the fact you can't skip back through previously played tracks in the player interface - only forwards. We experienced some crashes in our tests on a Nokia C7, which seemed to occur when searching for stations added by others.

The selection of music on offer in Soundtracker is pretty broad, and covers the full gamut of popular music. With more than 10 million tracks in its database, you're sure to find something you like!

Soundtracker is one of the few free music streaming and sharing apps for Symbian phones and is well worth downloading if you enjoy listening to music on the move.

Download Soundtracker 1.7.4 Beta in Softonic

You can search Soundtracker for stations based on a particular artist or genre, then listen to songs by this artist and similar music. It works in much the same way as streaming music apps for other mobile platforms, such as Last.fm, exfm and Soundtracking.

Just like these other music apps, Soundtracker has a social side to it. You can share stations that you've generated either via email, Facebook, Twitter, or on Soundtracker itself. You can 'follow' other users and access all the stations they've generated (and vice versa), which is great for discovering new music. There's even a feature that lets you find stations created by people in your area.

In general, the Soundtracker user interface is easy to get around, and once you've signed up for a free account you'll be streaming music in no time. There are a few small annoyances though, such as the fact you can't skip back through previously played tracks in the player interface - only forwards. We experienced some crashes in our tests on a Nokia C7, which seemed to occur when searching for stations added by others.

The selection of music on offer in Soundtracker is pretty broad, and covers the full gamut of popular music. With more than 10 million tracks in its database, you're sure to find something you like!

Soundtracker is one of the few free music streaming and sharing apps for Symbian phones and is well worth downloading if you enjoy listening to music on the move.

Download Soundtracker 1.7.4 Beta in Softonic

On the one hand, ALON MP3 Dictaphone is equipped with an audio player, featuring a three-band graphic equalizer, player controls, option for loading all songs from a folder, and a file explorer. Audio formats supported by ALON MP3 Dictaphone include MP3, OGG, ACC/MP4, AMR and WAV. There's even an internet radio section, where you can manage and play your favorite internet radio stations on your phone.

ALON MP3 Dictaphone also includes an MP3/AMR audio recorder. There are controls for starting and stopping recording, adjusting microphone sensitivity, and selecting a destination folder for the finished audio recording. You can also use ALON MP3 Dictaphone to record phone calls.

Both tools include quick access to their common functions. For instance, you can start a recording with just a single click, adjust the volume with a slider, or change track using your phone's navigation buttons.

Although its user interface looks a bit old fashioned now, ALON MP3 Dictaphone makes for a handy, dual-purpose audio recorder and player for Symbian.

Download ALON MP3 Dictaphone 2.99 in Softonic

Make no mistake about it, Mp3Player is incredibly easy to use. The interface is divided into just two tabs. The first, 'Main', displays the details of the track that's currently playing, including the name, artist, album, track length, bitrate, and whether it's in mono or stereo.

To start or pause playback you just hit the control button. Skipping through songs is a little more difficult though and requires some dexterity to hold down the ABC/stick button and press the joystick left or right.

The 'Files' tab in Mp3Player offers a simple viewer, which automatically detects and displays your music files, and comes with its own search feature.

One of the best things about Mp3Player is the fact that it's skinable. You can choose any image stored on your phone and use this as a background to the app, meaning you can have a different MP3 player every day.

Ultimately, however, Mp3Player is little more than just a pretty face. It fails to provide anything other than the most basic playback controls. You won't see anything like a graphic equalizer, advanced playlist editing or cover art, for instance.

If you're looking for a very simple way to enjoy music on your phone, Mp3Player will oblige - just don't expect anything too exciting.

Download Mp3Player 3.62 in Softonic

The default audio player on some Nokia devices is often not that intuitive, and can cause no end of grief. Mp3Player is designed to be a simple, hassle-free solution for enjoying your tunes without having to think too much about how to play them.

Make no mistake about it, Mp3Player is incredibly easy to use. The interface is divided into just two tabs. The first, 'Main', displays the details of the track that's currently playing, including the name, artist, album, track length, bitrate, and whether it's in mono or stereo. To start or pause playback you just hit the control button. Skipping through songs is a little more difficult though and requires some dexterity to hold down the ABC/stick button and press the joystick left or right.

The 'Files' tab in Mp3Player offers a simple viewer, which automatically detects and displays your music files, and comes with its own search feature.

One of the best things about Mp3Player is the fact that it's skinable. You can choose any image stored on your phone and use this as a background to the app, meaning you can have a different MP3 player every day.

Ultimately, however, Mp3Player is little more than just a pretty face. It fails to provide anything other than the most basic playback controls. You won't see anything like a graphic equalizer, advanced playlist editing or cover art, for instance.

If you're looking for a very simple way to enjoy music on your phone, Mp3Player will oblige - just don't expect anything too exciting.

Download Mp3Player 3.62 in Softonic

On the one hand, ALON MP3 Dictaphone is equipped with an audio player, featuring a three-band graphic equalizer, player controls, option for loading all songs from a folder, and a file explorer. Audio formats supported by ALON MP3 Dictaphone include MP3, OGG, ACC/MP4, AMR and WAV. There's even an internet radio section, where you can manage and play your favorite internet radio stations on your phone.

ALON MP3 Dictaphone also includes an MP3/AMR audio recorder. There are controls for starting and stopping recording, adjusting microphone sensitivity, and selecting a destination folder for the finished audio recording. You can also use ALON MP3 Dictaphone to record phone calls.

Both tools include quick access to their common functions. For instance, you can start a recording with just a single click, adjust the volume with a slider, or change track using your phone's navigation buttons.

Although its user interface looks a bit old fashioned now, ALON MP3 Dictaphone makes for a handy, dual-purpose audio recorder and player for Symbian.

Download ALON MP3 Dictaphone 4.00 (S60 2nd) in Softonic

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

DVDPlayer is a video player designed for your phone which includes all the codecs needed to watch fullscreen DivX and XviD movies on your mobile handset.

The program's main interface offers you all the tools you need to play, pause, scan forward and back, or load a new film from memory (or an expansion card). Its options allow you to configure the quality of the video (80-150KBps), the sound (20-40 kbps, 16kHz, mono) and activate/deactivate video interlace (15 frames/s). Playing with these options, it's possible to compress two hours of video into 128 MB, allowing you to get the most out of your phone's expansion cards.

Key program features:

• Fullscreen playback (on compatible handsets)
• Start at a user-defined position
• Fast forward and backward

A complete solution for watching DVD movies on your cell phone.

Download DVDPlayer (Nokia 7710) 1.26 in Softonic

Whatever you think about Flash, there's no doubt that it's a very rich and immersive way of enjoying Web content.

Via a familiar file explorer, Adobe Flash Lite can access SWF data in both the internal memory and in external cards. All of the common player functions such as Play, Stop, Pause, and Rewind are available from a menu at the side of the screen.

Adobe Flash Lite provides you with ability to watch Flash movies without any additional software on your phone. Our only criticism would be that the poor user interface could have been given a little more attention in order to make it a little more user friendly.

Nevertheless, Adobe Flash Lite is a very useful plug-in to install on your phone.

Download Adobe Flash Lite 2.1 (S60 2nd FP3) in Softonic

OggPlay is an audio player for smartphones. OggPlay was initially written for SonyEriccson P800 and then released under the GPL by Leif H. Wilden. In a true open source project, OggPlay has been since ported to several Symbian phones. OggPlay project is hosted in Sourceforge.

Main features of OggPlay:

• Plays .ogg audio files
• Detects and plays audio format supported the phone (MP3, AAC, MP4,M4A)
• Free!
• Skins (you can make your own, or use already made ones)
• User defined hotkeys
• Autoplay
• Alarm clock

Features supported varies a lot depending on the phone OggPlay is installed o

Download OggPlay MMF 1.7.1a S80 in Softonic

Books are great and everything but sometimes reading them is a bit of a chore, especially if you're illiterate. If you're the sort of person whose eyes go funny when you stare at pages of words for too long then try listening to an audiobook instead. Nokia Audiobooks is an app specifically designed to help you do this on your phone, and it makes for a great experience.

The software consists of two components: an environment for Windows capable of converting a CD or MP3 file into a format optimised for playback on your phone, along with the player itself. The compression format it uses, AMR-WB is quite impressive, and is optimised for voiceovers, preserving acoustic quality while significantly reducing file size.

This is important because some audiobooks can reach up to 20 hours in length, creating a monster file that would be near-impossible to handle on your device were it not for Nokia Audiobooks. With this app you can get 5-10 times more content on your phone than you would if you compressed the file as an MP3.

You might be thinking 'why do I need a dedicated program for audiobooks when I can play them on my default media player?' Of course, you could do this, but Nokia Audiobooks comes with tailor-made features such as the ability to browse chapters, set bookmarks and automatically continue the story where you left off last time.

If you want to make your journey to work more enjoyable get hold of Nokia Audiobooks and enjoy great works of literature on your mobile.

Download Nokia Audiobooks 1.07 (S60 3rd) in Softonic

Adobe Flash Lite provides you with ability to watch Flash movies without any additional software on your phone. Our only criticism would be that the poor user interface could have been given a little more attention in order to make it a little more user friendly.

Download Adobe Flash Lite for Series 60 (3rd Edition) 2.1 in Softonic

Now you can listen to Virgin Radio wherever you are through your mobile. And get the latest podcasts directly to your phone, no PC or MP3 player needed. This is the UK's first mobile podcast software. The live radio player contains the popular channels from London: Virgin Radio, Virgin Radio Groove, Virgin Radio Classic Rock, and Virgin Radio Extreme. In the Podcast section, the player has all current podcasts of Virgin Radio: Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, The Geoff Show, Ben Jones: Best of the Guest, Al Murray, the pub Landlord, The Tim Lovejoy Show, and The Edge: Unsigned band face off. A podcast directory is also included, where you can find a lot of popular podcasts.

About Spodradio

The best radio stations of the world on your mobile as a visual and interactive experience! Spodradio makes your mobile phone to an interactive Jukebox. Imagine you hear a fantastic song on the Radio and you dont know the name of the Artist or the song. With spodradio you do not only have the possibility to hear your radio station everywhere you want, but also to SEE every song! spodradio visualizes all Songs with a lot of interesting Information, such as: Artist and Songtitle, Pictures of the Artist, CD-Covers, Discographies, News. Rediscover your mobile phone with Spodradio.

Download Spodradio - Virgin Radio edition 2.1 in Softonic

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.

You can do the following with Bemused:

• Browse your music collection on your phone
• Play files in any format supported by Winamp - including MP3s, CDs, MIDIs, etc.
• Control Winamp versions 2, 3 and 5, Windows Media Player and PowerPoint Viewer
• Pause, stop, rewind, fast-forward etc.
• Add songs to the playlist and use shuffle and repeat
• Browse and select songs in your playlist
• Download songs to your phone (supported formats: WAV and MIDI; plus MP3 for UIQ)
• Customise the look of the system with skins

Best of all, Bemused is completely free software, released under the GNU General Public License. Give Bemused a go today and take control of your music collection!

Download Bemused S60 1.73 in Softonic

Video playback and recording capability is fast becoming a top concern for mobile phone buyers. pvAuthor is designed to take video files on your computer and convert them to a size, resolution and bit-rate suitable for playback on your phone.

When running it for the first time, pvAuthor presents you with a fairly complicated configuration interface. Its four tabs (Input, Clip Info, Encoding and Output) used what we felt was pretty technical language for a first time user. After selecting the input file, the program became unresponsive for a few seconds. This also happens when switching between tabs in the configuration interface. While this only lasted about three or four seconds, it was a little unnerving and caused noticeable jumps in a separate audio player program we were running at the same time. pvAuthor is a program apparently best used on its own, so as not to cause instability in your other apps.

The next important setting you’ll need to choose is the desired screen size of your finished product. Naturally, you’ll want to choose one that’s as close to your phone’s screen as possible. This option, however, is pretty difficult to find. It’s located under ‘Encoding’. On this tab, a series of sub-tabs appears at the bottom of the screen, and preferred output video size is located on the ‘Codec’ sub-tab. Quite why this important setting is hidden away in such an odd place, we couldn’t fathom. This and other strange and confusing factors made the whole user interface feel like the advanced settings for some much simpler program.

Settings for your preferred handset can be saved as profiles, which will take the hard work out of converting videos next time you come around to use the program. Individual movies’ settings can also be saved in sessions, though we felt that this feature was somewhat obsolete for most users who will probably only seek to convert each video file once.

In terms of video quality, pvAuthor performs admirably. The video it generated after we chose settings for a Nokia 6230i played well on that handset, and videos for phones with larger screens and more memory were likewise of a generally high quality. No doubt, we could have tweaked some settings in the labyrinthine configuration dialog, but pvAuthor’s default settings seem perfectly adequate for cutting down on file-size but not sacrificing video quality. We were slightly disappointed by the lack of support for various file-types; pvAuthor only claims to support MPEG and AVI files, but the AVI movies we tried to open were rejected. Support for other video types (such as the increasingly popular MOV format) would be a welcome addition to pvAuthor.

pvAuthor is useful tool for users who are aiming to convert MPEG movies or videos to fit the screens (and memory cards) of their mobile phones. The video quality it produces is of high quality but the program is somewhat let down by the complexity of its configuration dialog and lack of support for popular video formats.

Download pvAuthor 3.3.1 in Softonic

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.

You can do the following with Bemused:

• Browse your music collection on your phone
• Play files in any format supported by Winamp - including MP3s, CDs, MIDIs, etc.
• Control Winamp versions 2, 3 and 5, Windows Media Player and PowerPoint Viewer
• Pause, stop, rewind, fast-forward etc.
• Add songs to the playlist and use shuffle and repeat
• Browse and select songs in your playlist
• Download songs to your phone (supported formats: WAV and MIDI; plus MP3 for UIQ)
• Customise the look of the system with skins

Best of all, Bemused is completely free software, released under the GNU General Public License. Give Bemused a go today and take control of your music collection!

Download Bemused 1.73 in Softonic

The player, which works with Symbian Series 60 2nd Edition phones, is technically no longer supported by Real, but the downloadable file will still run on these devices.

Using RealPlayer for Mobile Devices you can access streaming and downloadable multimedia content from the internet, or by syncing your device with RealPlayer for PC. Technically, it's probably more straightforward to use the desktop version of RealPlayer to convert Real files for use on your mobile. However, RealPlayer for Mobile Devices is still useful for enabling Real support on older devices.

Although the format is now somewhat out of fashion, RealPlayer for Mobile Devices will allow you to access certain media content on your Symbian handset.

Download RealPlayer for Mobile Devices 2.4.5a2 S60 (2nd Edition) in Softonic

The Philips LifeVibes Camcoder PRO is a high quality audio video encoder and player for the Nokia 6600/6620 mobile handset. It provides real-time audio video grabbing and encoding in the MPEG-4/H263 video format as specified by the 3GPP standard. Its PRO mode allows to produce top quality video clips of virtually unlimited duration.

It is fully integrated into phone application environments such as MMS, BT, IR and e-mail to transfer recorded video clips to other 3GPP video player compliant phones and PCs. The Philips Camcoder also features audio editing to add personal impressions to recorded video clips.

Hours of videos can be stored in the handset and transferred to PCs to be played back without any additional converter: enjoy recorded videos on all 3GPP compliant players such as but not limited to Philips Platform4 PC Player, Apple Quicktime 6.5 and other 3GPP video player compliant phones.

Download Philips LifeVibes Camcorder PRO 1.0.3 in Softonic