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Please list all those apps from other platforms (Symbian, Palm, iPhone, Java etc.) you can't live without, and you wish were available on your new ''maemo convergence device''.
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While waiting for n900 and friends, it could be useful to list all those apps from other platforms (Symbian, Palm, Iphone, Java etc.) you can't live without, and you wish were ported on your new ''maemo convergence device''.
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Please list the product name here, also including the operating system, the developer's site (if you know it), and a brief summary of the functionality.  
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Please list here, also including the operating system, the developer's site if you know it, and a brief summary of their functionality.  
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You should include '''only already existing apps which are today available for other mainstream pocketable devices''', not generic "rants" for some generic fancy functionality, or applications meant for desktop computers. This way, we can keep high the signal-to-noise ratio and maybe select a number of developers we should convince to work on the new maemo platform.
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You should include '''only already existing apps which are today available for other mainstream pocketable devices''', not generic rants for some generic fancy functionality, or applications meant for desktop computers. This way, we can keep high the signal-to-noise ratio and maybe select a number of developers we should convince to work on the new maemo platform.
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Note: See the [[community wish-list]] for more general software requests.
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Note: Possibly merge this with an [[Community_wish-list|already existing request page]]
== Closed Source ==
== Closed Source ==
=== Communication ===
=== Communication ===
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'''Blacklist''' - S60 - An application which blocks calls and SMSs from all the numbers in a black list. Optionally it should also be able to send custom messages when a blocked no calls or sends an SMS. Like : http://nokia-5800-software.smartphoneware.com/blacklist.php
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'''Business Card Reader''' - S60 - scans business cards using camera and populates an addressbook entry automatically. Like : http://www.abbyy.com/bcr/
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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* Suggestion: implement as a "Share With" plugin
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| [http://na.blackberry.com/eng/ataglance/connect/ BlackBerry Connect/Messenger] || connect to Blackberry services from non-Blackberry devices || Symbian
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| [http://nokia-5800-software.smartphoneware.com/blacklist.php Blacklist] || an application which blocks calls and SMSs from all the numbers in a black list. Optionally it should also be able to send custom messages when a blocked number calls or sends an SMS || Symbian
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| [http://www.abbyy.com/bcr/ Business Card Reader] || scans business cards using camera and populates an addressbook entry automatically || Symbian
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| [http://nokia-5800-software.smartphoneware.com/callrecorder.php Call Recorder] || a call recording application with rules for saving conversations for incoming/outgoing calls from known/unknown numbers. It should be able to record call automatically or manually by pressing a button. [[Recaller]] is a possible solution in [[extras]] ([http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/recaller/ download page]) || Symbian
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| [http://wap.psiloc.com/en/Application,65540,Psiloc+Extended+Log Extend Log] || Extend the possibilities of the built-in Log. It also gives you much more possibilities, especially by enabling current cost calculations. Extended Log contains two independent modules: Reports and Billing scheme. || Symbian
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| [http://www.mobileways.de Gravity] || THE Twitter App for S60. [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/witter/ Witter] or [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/mauku/ Mauku] are possible solutions, in [[extras]]. || Symbian
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| [http://www.epocware.com/promo/handy_safe_pro.html Handy Safe Pro] || password and others manager, also with PC versions for backup/easy maintenance. Possible solutions are [http://maemo.org/packages/view/pwsafe/ Password Safe] in [[extras]] and [http://maemo.org/packages/view/Portabase/ Portabase] in [[extras-testing]] || Symbian
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| [http://thinkchange.cn/products/index/shakesms Shake SMS] || deals with SMS and Phone Lock using the Accelerometers technology, to make you use the phone in an easier way! || Symbian
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| [http://www.skebby.it/ Skebby] || send sms messages at low prices or for free. Possible solutions are [http://maemo.org/packages/view/www2sms/ Www2sms] in [[extras-testing]] and [http://maemo.org/packages/view/web2sms/ Web2SMS] in [[extras-devel]] || Symbian
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| [http://sms-spam-manager-s60-3rd-edition.softonic.de/symbian Sms spammanager] || blocks sms without giving a signal of the reciving sms, no notification of a new sms. Criteria for blocking is a phonenumber or a word recognizer (case intensive). The sms are not deleted, they are only moved inside the program, so it may be everytime checked if there is a sms which does not belong there. || Symbian
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| [http://www.mobimonster2.com/SMS_Timer.as SMS Timer] || an application which sends SMSs at a time scheduled earlier || Symbian
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| [http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=teamspeak3 Teamspeak 3] || communication system || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://www.truphone.com/  TruPhone] || send SMS at low price and allow cheap VoIP calls (at better than standard SIP quality || Symbian
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| [http://www.viber.com/  Viber] || Free calls, text and picture sharing || Symbian, iOS, Android, WP, Blackberry, Bada
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| [http://www.whatsapp.com/ WhatsApp] || cross-platform mobile messenger that replaces SMS which uses internet data ||  iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Symbian
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=== Education and Reference ===
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'''Call Recorder''' - S60 - An call recording application with rules for saving conversations for incoming/outgoing calls from known/unknown numbers. It should be able to record call automatically or manually by pressing a button. Like: http://nokia-5800-software.smartphoneware.com/callrecorder.php
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'''Gravity''' - S60 - http://www.mobileways.de - THE Twitter App for S60.
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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* How does Mauku (MicroFeed) compare?
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| [http://www.pleco.com/ Pleco] || Chinese dictionary and tools || iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Palm
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| [http://www.wenlin.com/ Wenlin] || Chinese wordprocessor and dictionary || Windows Mobile
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| [http://www.watchtower.org/ Watchtower Library] || Bible research library (JW publications) || Windows Mobile
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=== Games ===
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'''Nimbuzz''' - S60, iPhone, Android, Windows - http://www.nimbuzz.com - Great multiprotocol messenger.
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* How does [http://pidgin.garage.maemo.org/ Pidgin On Maemo] compare?
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* Or builtin telepathy with various connection managers
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'''Skebby''' - Symbian - http://www.skebby.it - Send sms messages at low prices or for free
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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'''TruPhone''' - Symbian and others - www.truphone.com - send SMS at low price and allow cheap VoIP calls (at better than standard SIP quality
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| [http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/n_downloads.html N Game] || Be warned, N is a highly addictive, sometimes very frustrating game || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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'''SMS Timer''' - S60 - an application which sends SMSs at a time scheduled earlier. Like: http://www.mobimonster2.com/SMS_Timer.asp
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| [http://www.spheresofchaos.com/index.php Spheres of Chaos] || insane asteroids clone || Linux, Windows
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'''Total recall''' - Symbian - http://www.killermobile.com - records phone calls without the "beep";
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| [http://www.gnu.org/software/liquidwar6/ LiquidWar6] || replacement of LiquidWar5 in maemo|| Desktop PC
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this is also accomplished by '''Ultimate voice recorder''' - Symbian - http://www.fingertip-access.com
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaria_%28video_game%29 Aquaria] || Open-Sourced cross-platform 2D underwater Adventure || iOS, PSP, OpenGL
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'''Wallet''' - S60 - Keeps a list of all the bank, creditcard, login details. It should also synchronise with PC. Like : http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/wallet/
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| [http://www.sticksports.com/mobile/ Stick Cricket] || Chart-topping… Award-winning… GDP-reducing… Need we say more? Stick Cricket, the world's most popular cricket game || iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
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'''Handy Safe Pro''' - S60 - Password and others manager ... Like previous one, also with PC versions for backup/easy maintenance.
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* How does [http://maemo.org/packages/view/pwsafe/ Password Safe] compare?
=== Multimedia ===
=== Multimedia ===
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'''Amazon MP3 mobile''' - Iphone and Google G1 (Android) - App to buy and manage mp3 downloads from Amazon MP3 store at amazon.com/mp3.
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'''Audials mobile''' - Symbian - http://audials.com - searches for author or genre, leeches mp3 files from online social radios.
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'''Audiosurf''' - Windows - http://www.audio-surf.com - a music-adapting puzzle racer where one uses their own music collection to create their own experience. The shape, speed, and mood of each race is determined by the chosen song.
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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'''Coreplayer''' - Symbian, Symbian UIQ, WinMo, Palm, WinCE - www.coreplayer.com - Multimedia playback.
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| [http://www.ttpod.com/ TTPod Musicplayer] || Java-based musicplayer for symbian with many posibilitys. || Symbian
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'''Gforce''' - Linux - NO WEBSITE - open source version of GForce visualization plugin. Only old libvisual plugin available. Portability unknown.
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| [http://amazon.com/mp3 Amazon MP3 mobile] || App to buy and manage mp3 downloads from Amazon MP3 store || iPhone, Android
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'''libvisual''' - Linux - http://localhost.nl/~synap/libvisual-wiki - portable visualization abstraction layer for *NIX. Portable to ARMEL. May not support PA.
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| [http://audials.com/ Audials mobile] || searches for author or genre, leeches MP3 files from online social radios || Symbian
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'''projectM''' - Linux - http://projectm.sf.net - Linux port of Winamp Milkdrop, uses OpenGL. Portable to ARMEL.
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| [http://www.audio-surf.com/ Audiosurf] || a music-adapting puzzle racer where one uses their own music collection to create their own experience. The shape, speed, and mood of each race is determined by the chosen song || Windows
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'''Spotify client''' - Android, Iphone, Symbian (under development) - http://spotify.com - Client for streaming music from Spotify service. ([http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2009/10/23/qt-de-spotify-running-on-a-nokia-n900/ DeSpotify on a N900])  
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| [http://www.coreplayer.com/ Coreplayer] || Multimedia playback ||  Symbian, Symbian UIQ, Windows Mobile, Palm, WinCE
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'''Shazam Id''' - Symbian, Iphone, Blackberry, Android - http://www.shazam.com - listens to music and recognizes author and title.
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| Gforce || open source version of GForce visualization plugin. Only old libvisual plugin available. Portability unknown || Linux
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| [http://localhost.nl/~synap/libvisual-wiki libvisual] ||  portable visualization abstraction layer for *NIX. Portable to ARMEL. May not support PA || Linux
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| [http://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.mobile Midomi] || audio recognition software akin to Shazam ID but can also recognise from humming/singing || Symbian, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android
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| [http://projectm.sf.net projectM] || port of Winamp Milkdrop, uses OpenGL. Portable to ARMEL || Linux
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| [http://spotify.com/ Spotify client] || Client for streaming music from Spotify service. ([https://garage.maemo.org/projects/qtify Qtify] is [http://maemo.org/packages/view/qtify/ available from Extras-devel repo]) || Android, iPhone, Symbian
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| [http://www.shazam.com/ Shazam ID] || listens to music and recognizes author and title || Symbian, Iphone, Blackberry, Android
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=== Location Aware ===
=== Location Aware ===
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'''Augmented Reality Applications''' - S60, Android, Iphone - The application overlays the image stream generated from the camera with markers of "Points of Interest" around the user. Like : http://seqpoint.com/beta-labs/69
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'''BuddyCloud''' - Symbian - enables users to broadcast their personality and their location to friends and find location specific information.
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! Applications !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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* Search t.m.o for whether this is possible due to lack of digital compass
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| [http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/aroundme/id290051590?mt=8 AroundMe] || Based on your location, shows shops, services, facilities etc. Can even search for a specific item and will show you the ones closest to you. Also integrates with maps/GPS for directions to get there. A partial solution is [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/cservices/ Casual Services] in [[extras]] || iPhone
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'''CoPilot''' - Symbian, IPhone, Android - http://www.alk.com/copilot/ - GPS navigation system  
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| [http://buddycloud.com/ BuddyCloud] || enables users to broadcast their personality and their location to friends and find location specific information || Symbian
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'''Garmin''' - Symbian, WinMo, Blackberry - http://www8.garmin.com/mobile/mobilext/ - GPS navigation system  
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'''GeoLives''' - Sybian and WinMo - http://www.geolives.com - Topographic mapping and offroad navigation GPS
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| [http://www8.garmin.com/mobile/mobilext/ Garmin] || GPS navigation system. A solution is [http://www.sygic.com/index.php/en/mobile-maps-overview.html Sygic Mobile Maps]: 1-week free demo version of application and maps is available on [http://store.ovi.com/publisher/Sygic/ Ovi Store], full version can be purchased from company website. || Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry
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'''Google maps for mobile''' - Symbian, Iphone, Android, Blackberry, Palm, Java MIDP, Windows mobile - http://www.google.com/mobile/products/maps.html#p=default - maps application with points-of-interest taken from the Google search engine
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| [http://www.geolives.com GeoLives] || Topographic mapping and offroad navigation GPS || Symbian, Windows Mobile
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'''Locale''' - Android - http://www.twofortyfouram.com/ - Location based profile settings for phone (specific locations trigger events for ringtone, volume, brightness, GPS/Wifi/Blutooth to be on off)
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'''OVI Maps''' - Symbian - http://maps.ovi.com - GPS navigation system  
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* Exists but with reduced feature set
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| [http://www.twofortyfouram.com/ Locale] || Location based profile settings for phone (specific locations trigger events for ringtone, volume, brightness, GPS/Wifi/Blutooth to be on off) || Android
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'''Trapster''' - S60 - Speed camera tracking and warning (see Ovi)
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| [http://maps.ovi.com OVI Maps] || GPS navigation system (exists but with reduced feature set) || Symbian
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'''ViewRanger''' - Symbian - http://www.viewranger.com - Topographic mapping and offroad navigation GPS
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| [http://www.66.com Route66 Maps] || GPS door-to-door navigation. A solution is [http://www.sygic.com/index.php/en/mobile-maps-overview.html Sygic Mobile Maps]: 1-week free demo version of application and maps is available on [http://store.ovi.com/publisher/Sygic/ Ovi Store], full version can be purchased from company website. || Symbian, Windows Mobile
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'''WorldMate''' - S60 - Travel info (see Ovi)
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| [http://www.tomtom.com/products/category.php?ID=2&Lid=1 TomTom Navigator] || GPS door-to-door navigation with accurate maps and spoken instructions. A solution is [http://www.sygic.com/index.php/en/mobile-maps-overview.html Sygic Mobile Maps]: 1-week free demo version of application and maps is available on [http://store.ovi.com/publisher/Sygic/ Ovi Store], full version can be purchased from company website. || Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone
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'''Waze''' - Android - http://www.waze.com/homepage/ - crowd sourced mapping, navigation & location based pac-man like game
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| [http://trapster.com/download_phones.php Trapster] || Speed camera tracking and warning || Symbian, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Android, WebOS
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| [http://www.viewranger.com ViewRanger] || Topographic mapping and offroad navigation GPS || Symbian
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| [http://www.waze.com/homepage/ Waze] || crowd sourced mapping & traffic alerts, navigation and location based pac-man like game || Symbian, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Android
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=== Sports/Exercise ===
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'''iGolf Scorer''' - S60 - An application dedicated to Golfers like http://www.igolfscorer.com/
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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'''RunKeeper''' - Iphone - http://www.runkeeper.com - tracks running through GPS
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| [http://www.igolfscorer.com/ iGolf Scorer] || An application dedicated to Golfers || Symbian
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* Is [http://ecoach.garage.maemo.org/screenshots.html ecoach] [http://maemo.org/packages/view/ecoach/ (package)] enough?
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'''SportsTracker''' - Symbian - http://sportstracker.nokia.com - Gps based activity tracker.
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'''StepCounter''' - Symbian - http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view/nokia-step-counter - Counts your steps, determines the distance you have covered and your energy expenditure, records data.
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| [http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view/nokia-step-counter StepCounter] || Counts your steps, determines the distance you have covered and your energy expenditure, records data. || Symbian
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'''Wellness Diary''' - Symbian - http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view/wellness-diary - Monitor and track a ranger of health related parameters.
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| [http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view/wellness-diary Wellness Diary] || Monitor and track a ranger of health related parameters || Symbian
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=== Misc ===
=== Misc ===
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'''ABBYY Lingvo Mobile''' Symbian, Windows Mobile - http://www.abbyy.com/lingvomobile - multilingual translation dictionary for mobile devices
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'''Amazon Mobile''' - Iphone - http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000291661 - ebook reader for Amazon books
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'''Automatic profile switcher''' - S60 - The profile, theme, wallpaper, audio and all user customizable content can be set automatically based on user location(gps/GSM cell id), time, calendar entry etc. Like : http://nokia-5800-software.smartphoneware.com/profiles.php
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| [http://www.abbyy.com/lingvomobile ABBYY Lingvo Mobile] || multilingual translation dictionary for mobile devices || Symbian, Windows Mobile
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'''Birthday Reminder''' - S60 - An application that helps organizing and viewing birthdays and anniversaries in a handy way: monthly view of anniversaries found in Contacts applications. It also puts an appointment in the native calendar and sends greeting automaticaly(if user wishes so).
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| [http://www.aka-aki.com/ Aka Aki] || a social mobile network using bluetooth || iPhone
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Like: http://nokia-5800-software.smartphoneware.com/birthday.php
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| [http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000291661 Amazon Mobile] || ebook reader for Amazon books || iPhone
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'''Device Lock''' - Symbian - http://webgate.mobi/advanced_device_locks_pro/ - Mobile security - restrict access to apps, secure data storage, remotely lock/wipe data.
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| [http://nokia-5800-software.smartphoneware.com/profiles.php Automatic profile switcher] || the profile, theme, wallpaper, audio and all user customizable content can be set automatically based on user location(gps/GSM cell id), time, calendar entry, etc. || Symbian
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'''Epocrates''' - Palm, Windows Mobile, iPhone, and BlackBerry - http://www.epocrates.com - medical drug reference
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* Already available through Garnet VM - http://www.access-company.com/products/gvm/
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| [http://nokia-5800-software.smartphoneware.com/birthday.php Birthday Reminder] || an application that helps organizing and viewing birthdays and anniversaries in a handy way: monthly view of anniversaries found in Contacts applications. It also puts an appointment in the native calendar and sends greeting automaticaly(if user wishes so) || Symbian
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'''Evernote''' client (or an open, N900 contacts like, note-sync /notes-cloud service). http://www.evernote.com/
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| [http://webgate.mobi/advanced_device_locks_pro/ Device Lock] || Mobile security - restrict access to apps, secure data storage, remotely lock/wipe data || Symbian
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* Is already provided as a sharing service plugin. Applications need to become sharing aware. Besides, http:///m.evernote.com/ can be used as alternative interface.
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| [http://www.epocrates.com Epocrates] || medical drug reference || WebOS, Windows Mobile, iPhone, BlackBerry
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'''Expense Tracker''' - S60 - an application to track day-to-day expenses. It should also give nice reports of all the expenses. Like: http://www.flyingbirdsoft.com/products/flyingmoney.html
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| [http://www.flyingbirdsoft.com/products/flyingmoney.html Expense Tracker] || an application to track day-to-day expenses. It should also give nice reports of all the expenses || Symbian
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'''GTD''' application ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done Getting Things Done]): like ominfocus - with sync capabilities [at least with] the N900 calendar application. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/
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| [[:wikipedia:Getting_Things_Done|Getting Things Done]] || like [http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/ ominfocus] - with sync capabilities (at least with) the N900 calendar application || iPhone, Mac OS X
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'''Hour Power''' - S60 - Speaks the current time (see Ovi)
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| [http://www.lingvosoft.com/LingvoSoft-Arabic-Platinum-Pack Lingvosoft PhraseBook Arabic-English] || multilingual translation Pharasebooks and Dictionaries. an excellent keep for travelers || Blackberry, Windows Mobile
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'''JoikuSpot''' - Symbian - http://www.joikuspot.com - Enable phone to be a wifi hotspot.
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| [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32512 Mode Switch] || changes active standby (shortcuts not necessary!), themes and maybe also display light brightness, gsm alerting profile, im status and so on || Symbian
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'''Mode Switch''' Symbian, as in E71. Changes active standby (shortcuts not necessary!), themes and maybe also display light brightness, gsm alerting profile, im status and so on. http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32512
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| [http://mymobilesite.net/ Mobile Web Server] || makes your device accessible on the Internet. You can access phone features and data via a browser and share your life through a personalized mobsite || Symbian
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'''Mobile Web Server'''' - Symbian/FIPS - makes your device accessible on the Internet. You can access phone features and data via a browser and share your life through a personalized mobsite. http://mymobilesite.net/ (Nokia)
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| [http://www.bit-side.com/ Panoman (dead link)] || Make and view panorama images with phone. Company bought by Nokia. A possible solution si Morpho QuickPanorama: both [http://store.ovi.com/content/23154 free trial] and [http://store.ovi.com/content/32678 paid Pro version] are available on Ovi Store. || Symbian
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'''Panoman''' - Symbian - ??? - Make and view panorama images with phone. Think has been bought up by Nokia ?
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| [http://www.pulse.me/ Pulse News] || news reading application that changes your favorite websites into an attractive mosaic of info. || Android, iPhone
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'''PhoneTorch''' - S60 - an application which uses the integrated camera flash as a Torch.
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| [http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/ REV] || reads information straight from the OBD-II port on your car and displays it on your iPhone. Rev can display things like vehicle speed, RPM, fuel consumption, calculated engine load, and a host of other parameters. You'll even be able to check and reset engine and error codes. || iPhone
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'''StockWatch''' - Iphone - http://iphone.toughturtle.com/stockwatch/ - Financial app to monitor a list of user defined stocks and portfolio's and all financial graphs and data associated with the said stocks.
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* How does [http://maemo.org/packages/view/stockthis/ StockThis] compare
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| [http://iphone.toughturtle.com/stockwatch/ StockWatch] || financial app to monitor a list of user defined stocks and portfolio's and all financial graphs and data associated with the said stocks. [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/stockthis/ StockThis] in [[extras]] is a possible solution || iPhone
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'''T9 Nav''' - Symbian - http://www.t9nav.com/ - Find anything on mobile device instantly.
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| [http://www.t9nav.com/ T9 Nav] || find anything on mobile device instantly || Symbian
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'''Vlingo''' - Symbian, WinMo, Blackberry, Iphone - http://www.vlingo.com - Control mobile phone by voice.
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| [http://www.vlingo.com/ Vlingo] || control mobile phone by voice || Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone
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'''WaveSecure''' - S60 - Allows remote backup, tracking and locking of a stollen phone. Like : https://www.wavesecure.com/
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| [https://www.wavesecure.com/ WaveSecure] || allows remote backup, tracking and locking of a stolen phone || Symbian
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'''Stanza''' - Iphone - ebook reader able toread many ebook format. Like : http://www.lexcycle.com/
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| [http://www.lexcycle.com/ Stanza] || ebook reader able toread many ebook format. A possible solution is [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/fbreader/ FBReader] in [[extras]] || iPhone
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| [http://spb.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell/ SPB shell] || mobileshell || Windows Mobile (touchscreens),Symbian
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| [http://spb.com/symbian-software/weather/ SPB weather] || weather forecast ||
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| [http://www.Unity3d.com Unity3D] || a plugin for displaying 3d content ||
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| [http://www.iambic.com/agendus/palmos/ Agendus] || a real usable calendar application ||
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| [http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/ Pimlical] || a real usable calendar application with SyncML or Activesync ||
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== Open Source ==
== Open Source ==
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Insert here, instead, those '''free and open-source application''' you wish on your maemo 5 device. Being non commercial software, with source available, they might be more straightforward to port, needing only (!) good-will, time and energy.
Insert here, instead, those '''free and open-source application''' you wish on your maemo 5 device. Being non commercial software, with source available, they might be more straightforward to port, needing only (!) good-will, time and energy.
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=== Office ===
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'''Abiword''' the fantastic Maemo 4 version ported to Maemo 5 - http://www.abisource.com/ https://garage.maemo.org/projects/abiword/
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'''Aeskulap''' - Ubuntu linux, Windows - http://aeskulap.nongnu.org - radiology viewer (or any other that works, for that matter)
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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''By the way, Aeskulap is already available in debian repositories through [[Easy_Debian|Easy Debian]]''
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| [http://basket.kde.org/index.php BasKet Note Pads] || A powerful Outliner with which you can organize all your notes easily. || Linux
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| [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP] || GNU image manipulation program. Preinstalled within [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/easy-deb-chroot/ Easy Debian] in [[extras]]. || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://www.inkscape.org/ Inkscape] || scalable vector graphics editor.  It can be installed within [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/easy-deb-chroot/ Easy Debian] in [[extras]]. || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://www.lyx.org/ Lyx] || excellent word processor, well suited to use with a small screen. Uses Qt toolkit, so should be a straightforward port. || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://www.openoffice.org Openoffice.org] || open-source, free office suite. Already available for armel architecture in Debian. Preinstalled within [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/easy-deb-chroot/ Easy Debian] in [[extras]]. || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://siag.nu/ Siag Office] || tightly integrated, free office package || Linux
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=== Communication ===
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'''BasKet Note Pads''' - Linux - A powerful Outliner with which you can organize all your notes easily. - http://basket.kde.org/index.php
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'''Bub's Brothers''' - Linux - http://bub-n-bros.sourceforge.net/ - Bubble Bobble clone
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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| [http://cabbagetexter.com/ Cabbage] || Send free txts via SMS.  Irish only and Java, so unsure if it should be here, but a more sophisticated version would be nice. [http://maemo.org/packages/view/webtexter/ WebTexter] is based on Cabbage || Java
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| [http://www.mcleaner.com/ mcleaner] || SMS and phone call blacklisting || Symbian, iPhone
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| [https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure TextSecure] || Send and recieve encrypted SMS messages via OTR || Android
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| [http://code.google.com/p/microblog-purple/ microblog-purple] || microblogging support for libpurble clients, for example Pidgin || Linux, Windows
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| [https://telegram.org/ Telegram Messenger] || Cross-platform community driven instant-messenger. A libpurple based [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94324/ plugin] is available. A ported version of the Android client would be heavily appreciated|| Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, Firefox OS, Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
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=== Games ===
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'''Cabbage''' - Java - http://cabbagetexter.com/ - Send free txts via SMS.  Irish only and Java, so unsure if it should be here, but a more sophisticated version would be nice.
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'''Comix''' - Linux -  
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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http://comix.sourceforge.net/ - Image viewer specifically designed for comics.
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| [http://rephial.org/ Angband] || Nethack-like || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://www.armagetronad.net/ Armegatron advanced] || a tron clone in 3D || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://bub-n-bros.sourceforge.net/ Bub's Brothers] || Bubble Bobble clone || Linux
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| [http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/ Eboard] || Chess board interface to ICS (Internet Chess Servers) like FICS and to chess engines like GNU Chess, Sjeng and Crafty || Linux, [[Open development/Maemo roadmap/Diablo|Diablo]]
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| [http://exult.sourceforge.net/ Exult Game engine] ||  An engine for Ultima 7 BlackGate and SerpentIsle, also available for symbian from anotherguest.se || Linux, Windows, Symbian
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| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecnc FreeCNC] / [http://freera.sourceforge.net/ FreeRA] || Free and open source engines for Command and Conquer and Red Alert. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openredalert/ OpenRedAlert] is a fork of FreeRA and a preliminary (rather unstable) version for N900 is available. Installation instructions [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=563097&postcount=4 here]. Note: the original Red Alert has been released as freeware in 2008, so it is legal to use the original game files. || Linux, Windows
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| [http://www.flightgear.org/ FlightGear] || Free open source flight simulator || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, sgi, FreeBSD
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| [http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/ FreeSynd] || A critically-acclaimed RPG with online play || Linux, Windows
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| [http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/ Frets on Fire] || Free open source variant on Guitar Hero || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://www.hedgewars.org/ Hedgewars] || Worms clone.  || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://neverball.org/index.php Neverball] || Similar game to Bounce, excellent graphics and very nice levels. [http://blog.mardy.it/search/label/neverball IN PROGRESS]|| Linux
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| Quake 1 || http://koti.mbnet.fi/hinkka/Download.html - not fully open source but ported on as many platforms as it gets. || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Symbian
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| [http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/ Rocks 'n' diamonds] || Boulderdash clone || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://scid.sourceforge.net/ Scid] || Chess database application || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://wargus.sourceforge.net/ Wargus] / Stratagus || Wargus is a Warcraft2 Mod that allows you to play Warcraft2 (original DOS version required) with the Stratagus engine, also available for symbian from anotherguest.se. [http://maemo.org/packages/view/wargus/ IN PROGRESS, in extras-devel] || Linux, Windows, Symbian
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=== Misc ===
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'''KeepassX''' - Linux, Windows - http://www.keepassx.org/ - Password management.
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* How does [http://maemo.org/packages/view/pwsafe/ Password Safe] compare?
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 +
'''Lyx''' -- excellent word processor which runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Well suited to use with a small screen. Uses Qt toolkit, so should be a straightforward port. http://www.lyx.org/
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'''Musicbrainz Picard''' - Linux, Mac, Windows - http://musicbrainz.org - Mp3 tagger.
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'''Octave''' - Linux, Windows - A high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations - http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
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(There is a Qt GUI available called QtOctave: http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/QtOctave?content=76811 )
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'''Neverball''' - Linux - http://neverball.org/index.php
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'''Openoffice.org''' - Linux, Windows, Mac OS - http://www.openoffice.org - open-source, free office suite. Already available for armel architecture in debian.
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'''PulseAudio Equalizer''' - Linux - http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/SystemEqualizer - provides system-wide equalizer via PA
 +
 
 +
'''Remuco-Client''' - Java - http://code.google.com/p/remuco - duplex remote control system for Linux media players and mobile phones equipped with Bluetooth or WiFi.
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 +
'''Tellico''' - Linux - http://tellico-project.org/ - Collection manager, books, videos, etc.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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'''sshfs''' - Linux - Include in openssh but not yet in the maemo package...
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! Application !! class="unsortable" | Description !! class="unsortable" | Current platforms
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| [http://aeskulap.nongnu.org/ Aeskulap] || radiology viewer (or any other that works, for that matter) || Linux, Windows
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| [http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/ Alexandria] || Book collection manager || Linux
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| [http://www.blender.org/ Blender] || 3D modelling || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://dooble.sourceforge.net/ dooble] || web browser || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (and any ARMEL platform, including N900 and untested iPhone)
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| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Freemind] || Mind-mapping application || Java
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| [http://gcstar.org/ GCStar] || collection management || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://grecipe-manager.sourceforge.net/ Gourmet recipe manager] || recipe manager. [http://pyrecipe.garage.maemo.org Pyrecipe] is a good alternative || Linux, Windows
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| [http://code.google.com/p/hpcalc-iphone/ hpcalc] || HP Calculator (HP-11c Scientific, HP-15c Scientific, HP-12c Financial, HP-16c Programmer) Emulator || Iphone
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| [http://symbianresources.com/projects/hourpower.php Hour Power] || speaks the current time (see Ovi). An alternative: [https://garage.maemo.org/projects/espeaktime eSpeaktime] || Symbian
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| [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ Hugin] ||  Panorama photo stitcher, With Hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more. Check the [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=63215 Panorama application], available in the Ovi Store || Linux
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| [[Java]] || virtual machine for running Java applications. [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/icedtea6/ IcedTea6] version of the OpenJDK is available in [[extras]]. || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, others
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| [[:wikipedia:Java_Platform,_Micro_Edition|J2ME]] || virtual machine for running 'mobile' (actually micro) edition Java applications. [http://maemo.org/packages/view/microemulator/ MicroEmulator] is available in [[extras-testing]].  ||
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| [http://musicbrainz.org/ Musicbrainz Picard] || MP3 tagger || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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+
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| [http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/SystemEqualizer PulseAudio Equalizer] || provides system-wide equalizer via PA || Linux
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| [http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyBasic PuppyBasic] || BASIC programming language || Linux
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| [http://pyjs.org/ Pyjamas] || write your own AJAX framework || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://www.qgis.org/ Quantum GIS] || geographic information system || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://code.google.com/p/remuco Remuco-Client] || duplex remote control system for Linux media players and mobile phones equipped with Bluetooth or WiFi || Java
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| [http://code.google.com/p/android-shuffle/ Shuffle] || Android GTD application, similar to [http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/ OmniFocus] || Android
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| [http://www.taskcoach.org/ Task Coach] || task management || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, iPhone
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| [http://tellico-project.org/ Tellico] || Collection manager, books, videos, etc. || Linux
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| [http://www.truecrypt.org/ TrueCrypt] || Cross platform Disk Encryption, allows encrypted containers or partitions. Command-line port exists, GUI port wanted || Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| [http://x48.berlios.de/ x48] || HP 48 calculator emulator || Linux
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| [http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/ xoscope] || digital oscilloscope || Linux
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|  [http://www.qsl.net/n1vtn/petittrack.html Petittrack] || A great free/OSS satellite prediction and sky tracking application using NASA TLE elements, designed for handhelds. used mostly for portable amateur radio satellite communications|| Trolltech Linux, Sharp Zaurus QTopia
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