A small screen compatible PDF reader is a must have mobile application for any of us who owns a Nokia smartphone of Series S60. Thanks to both Adobe and Quickoffice for developing such a quality intensive Nokia app for our symbian devices called the Adobe Reader LE for S60 mobile. Adobe Reader LE 2.5 helps you read PDF documents and books on the move and straight from your mobile phone without the need of any other phone memory intensive unsigned 3rd party software which may hamper security of the important documents.

Adobe Reader LE for Nokia offers an intuitive yet powerful file manager, on screen zooming capabilities and easy reformatting of text when needed with the push of a single button. The biggest advantage of Adobe Reader LE for Nokia is that it can render any kind of PDF documents, including images, exactly the same way as on the laptop or PC. To use this mobile PDF reader it is recommend that you have at least 2MB of phone memory available at all times. It has the option to render PDF files in different modes so that, whichever your preferences are you can choose. Let us take a detailed look at the key features that Adobe Reader for S60 3rd edition symbian devices brings:

All in all this mobile PDF reader can handle both small sized to gigantic sized PDF files easily provided that you have enough phone memory available. I tried to render a 9MB PDF file and though it took around 30 seconds to properly display the entire file but it actually rendered the file perfectly without any flaws.

Nokia Magnifier application utilizes the existing camera functionality on your Nokia S60 phone. It can be used to improve readability in every-day life situations such as reading “fine print”. Anyone who has difficulty seeing “fine print” or small objects can benefit from using this application readily available on their S60 phone. Nokia Magnifier has a built in stabilizer to reduce the effects of a shaky hand and negative filter enabling users to switch from light to dark backgrounds improving readability. By using the existing camera technology, users can also snap a picture of the enhanced image for later reference.

* Position the the phone in front of the text you want to read (or whatever you want to magnify)
* Click OK button (phone’s center key) to start focusing.
* If the application can’t get a good focus, move the phone a little bit away from the object, and press OK again.
* Use the ‘#’ (hash) key to turn stabilization mode on/off.
* Use the ‘0, (zero) key to turn contrast mode on/off.
* Use the ‘*’ (asterisk) key to turn negative mode on/off. (the negative mode applies stabilization)
* Use the up/down keys to change the zoom factor.
* There are also menu options for these features.

Nokia Maps version 3 for S60 3rd, 4th and 5th edition smartphones have introduced several new functions like:

1. Automatic GPS positioning during the application start up. In case it does not find a validated position it will automatically switch back to manual mode so that you can easily set it up like in the previous version.
2. Nokia has finally upgraded and implemented 360 degree zoom view for any recognizable 3D landmarks. The camera views of Nokia Maps 3 can be easily controlled by the 4 (left) 6 (right) and 5 (straight up northbound).
3. Easy integration of the views in tilt mode, thus providing you with even more detailed views on any 3D or 2D maps.
4. A complete implementation of the 2D and 3D views for the maps, terrain and satellite GPS navigation.
5. A little change in the “here and there” things like GPS navigation history, favorites menu etc.
6. The highly popular ‘My Places’ now also includes a built in ‘Help’ feature which can easily Point you to the right directions during navigation.
7. Bug fixes of numerous amount on this version of Nokia Maps.