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“What’s on a Blogger’s Phone?”

A few fun memes have been flying around lately and I’ve been tagged with a few of them. The “8 Random Things” meme actually found its way to me several times but I think I did enough damage the first time I participated… ;)

The latest meme that I’ve been tagged with comes from Tarek of Symbiano-Tek as he asks “What’s on a Blogger’s phone?” - or what apps do I use most? Because of the nature of this blog I go through so many apps that it’s hard to keep track of them all. It would be VERY hard for me to say which apps are my favorites, but I can surely talk about a few that have been getting a lot of face time on my E61i these days.

• Jaiku - The Jaiku team was nice enough to include me in their closed beta program and I have to say that I am absolutely loving their app. At this point it is one of the few apps that is running on my device at all times - excluding background apps of course. If you’re not already on Jaiku definitely check it out - it is my social network of choice and in my opinion it’s leaps and bounds above others that i have sampled such as twitter and pownce. The latest beta should be released to the public very soon and when it is you will surely read about it here.
• Palringo - I am pretty much logged on to Palringo at all times; either on my mobile or on my PC. In fact, it’s the only IM app that I use regularly (aside from Skype for business). If you haven’t tried it yet, you’re crazy. Palringo gives you IM, group IM, vocal IM (aka Walkie-Talkie/PTT), group vocal IM, photo IM and group photo IM… all for free! Beyond that, the team behind Palringo is amazingly fast and responsive when it comes to development. They have so much in the pipeline right now - including one big announcement that I’ll be posting about in the coming week or two. :)
• S60 Internet Radio - At my office we try to limit unnecessary bandwidth consumption for a number of reasons and this was a big problem for me until I cam across the S60 Internet Radio app. This open source freeware app from Nokia lets me listen to all of my favorite internet radio stations over my EDGE/WLAN connection and I would be lost without it.
• Handy Weather - There are a few apps now that give you access to weather conditions and forecasts, but none that I enjoy as much as Handy Weather. I love the set up, the features, and the fact that I can glance at my screen saver and see the current and next day’s weather conditions.
• NStarter - I recently revewed NStarter here and I’ve been using and loving it ever since. NStarter gives you 12 hot key shortcuts that can be assigned to just about anything on your device - including language changes as of version 1.03!

Well, that’s enough for now I think. Beyond apps that just run in the background without any need for interaction (such as Best Profiles, IVCM, TimeBar, etc) the above definitely have been getting a tremendous amount of usage on my device lately. So with that I’ll tag Jonathan of atmaspheric endeavors (by way of Jaiku). I’m curious to read about what Jonathan uses most on his N95 and if/how he accomplishes similar functionality on his new iPhone!

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