Text and numbers: new versions of DEdit and Calc4M

DEdit

JBak DEdit is better than the built-in Notes application of your phone. DEdit can handle large text files, has search & replace options, and you can use (and search) bookmarks to find your way in your texts.

The latest update lets you search in the file history.

• JBak DEdit


Calc4M

Mobile java calculator Calc4M for basic and scientific calculations has lots of conversion options, all the important physical constants are built in, and the user interface is simple and effective.

Conversions from miles per gallon to liters per 100 km were a factor 10 off. The latest update fixes that bug.

• Calc4M

Fring streamlines your contacts, Slick kills bugs

fring

Instant messenger and VoIP application fring lets you chat and call on Skype and standard SIP VoIP, GoogleTalk, MSN (Windows Live), ICQ, Yahoo, AIM, Twitter, and social networking sites like Facebook and orkut. Fring is also a GMail notifier, last.fm radio, Facebook tool, Twitter application, and it includes WeFi, a tool to find free Wi-Fi hotspots.

Update: fring is no longer a multi-network messenger. They kicked 'em all out, fring now only works on it's own fring network. My advice: don't use fring.

The new fring update lets you unclutter your contacts list by grouping similar contacts on different networks under one single entry.

• fring


Slick

Multi network instant messaging client Slick connects to GoogleTalk and other Jabber networks, and to MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, and AIM. It has file transfer but not voice chat.

The latest updates don't offer more features, but some minor bugs were fixed.

Slick is free while beta testing lasts. But with so many free alternatives it's hard to believe that Slick will ever cost money.

• Slick

PhoNetInfo now shows Wi-Fi details

PhoNetInfo displays your phone's firmware version, IMEI and IMSI numbers, Wi-Fi and bluetooth MAC addresses, network signal strength, how much RAM your phone really has and how much is available for your programs, which tasks are running (including those that Symbian's own task manager hides), and much more.

PhoNetInfo can restart your phone in less button push actions than switching your phone off and on. It worked on my Feature Pack 1 phones, but not on my Feature Pack 2 phone.

The latest update shows Wi-Fi SSID and security mode of your active wireless connection, and it displays correct processor speed for more Nokia phone models.

PhoNetInfo is unsigned. You can sign it yourself, install it on a hacked phone with certificate checking switched off, or you can download the old, signed version.

• PhoNetInfo

PowerMP3: more shakes, less noise

Music in mp3, ogg, aac, and mp4 format, and m3u playlists too: PowerMP3 plays 'em all. Comes with sleeptimer, exclude option to keep your ringtones out of your music library, album art display, and it can download album art for you. It sorts music by mp3 tags and folder structure.

PowerMP3 received two updates in the last few days. Version 1.15 has less bugs, shows album art stored as folder.jpg, and when you delete songs from the playlist you can wipe 'em off your phone in one go if you want to. Version 1.16 adds a sort option in the play queue, optional vibration when you click the buttons, and the annoying background noise when you play music at low volume is gone.

You can use the test versions for free, so get one before Mobifactor starts asking money (which may happen sooner than you think). If you install the latest version of PowerMP3 on top of an older version and it doesn't work, uninstall the older version first. If the old version won't go away just switch your phone off and back on.

• PowerMP3 1.16 beta at Mobifactor (this version may go offline soon)
• PowerMP3 1.16 beta at Mobile Castle (use this if the Mobifactor link is dead)

• PowerMP3 1.15 beta at Mobile Castle

Older versions of PowerMP3:

• PowerMP3 v1.14 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 v1.13 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 v1.11 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 v1.10 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 v1.09 at Ziddu
• PowerMP3 v1.08 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 v1.07 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 v1.06 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 v1.05 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 beta 2 at Mobile Castle
• PowerMP3 beta 2 at Mobifactor