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Shazam

Free* by Shazam Entertainment |
iPhone, iPad, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60, Blackberry

Shazam gives instant satisfaction for when you want to know the name of that song playing on the radio. Just point your phone towards the music source to identify the track- you can also buy it instantly or...

Audio & Music music-discovery, music-recognition, identify-song
+2 more reverse-music-search, find-song
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Skype

Free* by Skype Limited |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online
+3 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, HP webOS

Skype is a proprietary software application that offers free Skype-to-Skype calls and low-cost local, national and international calls to both traditional land-line telephones and mobile phones. Additional...

Social portable Not original portable version: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/skype_portable, chat, voip, instant-messenger, video-chat
+4 more screen-sharing, video-conferencing, video-calls, group-video-chat
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Grooveshark

Free* by Escape Media Group |
iPhone, Android, Online, Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

Grooveshark is a free, internationally-available music streaming service and song recommendation engine. It allows users to search for, stream, and upload music, free of charge.

Audio & Music jailbreak, streaming, music-streaming, internet-radio
+1 more free-music
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SoundHound

Free* by SoundHound Inc. |
iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60

SoundHound offers instant music search and discovery. It can name a song playing from a speaker in as little as four seconds - and even works if you sing or hum! Get lyrics and top songs for all of your...

Audio & Music lyrics, music-discovery, music-recognition
+1 more identify-song
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WhatsApp

Commercial by WhatsApp Inc. |
iPhone, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60, Blackberry

WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messaging app which allows you to exchange messages with your friends and contacts without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is cross platform and is currently...

Social chat, messenger, smartphone-messaging
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Kik

Free by Kik Interactive |
iPhone, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60, Blackberry

Get Kik Messenger for free and enjoy unlimited texting to all Kik users worldwide, no matter what type of smartphone they're into. That's the insanely fast, unifying power of Kik.

iphone retina, messenger, smartphone-messaging
+1 more text-client
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Foxit Reader

Free by Foxit Software |
iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Android + Tablet, Linux
+2 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60

Foxit Reader is a free and light-weight PDF document viewer for Windows. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. Notable features include: Annotation tool: draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save...

Office & Productivity portable Available also as portable app: http://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable, multi-language, pdf-viewer
+8 more tabbed-interface, pdf-reader, pdf-annotation, convert-to-pdf, scan-to-pdf, sign-pdf, pdf-printer, tablet-support
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Adobe Reader

Free by Adobe |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, Linux
+2 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60

Adobe Reader software is the global standard for electronic document sharing. It is the only PDF file viewer that can open and interact with all PDF documents. Use Adobe Reader to view, search, digitally sign,...

Office & Productivity pdf, pdf-viewer, pdf-reader
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LastPass

Free* by LastPass Corp |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, Linux, Online
+4 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

LastPass is a secure, browser-based password manager that supports Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari. Sync your passwords between multiple browsers and computers. With LastPass you can: -Create...

Security & Privacy, Web Browsers portable Version for Portable Firefox and Chrome, also LastPass Pocket, plugin / add-on Plugins for IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, security, password-management
+4 more browser-addon, password-recovery, form-filler, online-password-manager
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SugarSync

Free* by SugarSync |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Android + Tablet, Online
+3 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, Blackberry

SugarSync lets you synchronize, backup and remotely access files and folders across your PC or Mac. You can also remotely view files from Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, and Android. SugarSync offers 5...

Backup & Sync backup, online-storage, storage, german
+7 more file-synchronization, folder-sync, offline-access, selective-sync, remote-sync, mobile-device, sync-any-folder
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Nimbuzz

Free* by Nimbuzz |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Online
+4 more Java (Mobile), Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

Nimbuzz offers limited-availablility-free-calls- and limited-availablility-free-text messaging for users via 3G and WiFi. Calls to other nimbuzz users are free. PAY to call mobile or landline phones for as...

Social plugin / add-on Also as Chrome extension., voip, instant-messenger
+3 more instant-messaging, cell-phone, paid-voip
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Endomondo

Free* |
iPhone, Windows Metro, Windows Phone, Android, Online
+4 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

The Endomondo Sports Tracker is a free state of the art sports application for your smartphone. Using the built-in GPS, it tracks your running, cycling, hiking, kayaking, skiing - you name it! On top, you get...

Sport & Health gps-tracking, sport-tracker, sport-track-gps-running
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Waze

Free by waze Mobile |
iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android, Online, Symbian S60, Blackberry

Waze is a social GPS navigation app that allows drivers to build and use live maps & real-time traffic updates to improve their daily commute. In addition to providing turn-by-turn navigation, Waze also...

Social, Travel & Location social-network, gps, navigation, car, turn-by-turn
+6 more traffic, user-generated, crowdsourcing, road, speed-traps, roadway-hazards
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X-Lite

Free by CounterPath Corporation |
Mac, Windows, Android, Linux, Java (Mobile), Symbian S60

Combining voice calls, video calls and Instant Messaging in a simple interface, CounterPath's X-Lite helps you seamlessly transition from a traditional phone environment into the world of Voice over IP. ...

Social voip, instant-messaging, sip, video-calls, voice-call
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Gmail

Free by Google |
iPhone, iPad, Android, Online, Symbian S60, Blackberry

Gmail is a free search-based web-mail service. It offers a full featured web-based email client with search capabilities, a mailbox with Pop and IMAP access, SPAM protection, display of email threads as...

Office & Productivity webmail, email-client, webmail-service-provider
+1 more mail-filter
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Wechat

Free by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Li... |
iPhone, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Android, Online, Symbian S60, Blackberry

WeChat is the complete mobile communication and private social networking app. Free, cross-platform, and full-featured, WeChat is the best way to keep in touch with everyone you care about. Features -...

Photos & Graphics, Social chat, multi-language, social-network, photo-sharing
+7 more instant-messenger, group-chat, video-call, sync-contacts, qr-code-scanner, phone-number-based, smartphone-messaging
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Spybot - Search & Destroy

Free* by Safer Networking Ltd |
Windows, Windows Mobile, Symbian S60

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Free for private use. Companies and institutions need to buy...

Security & Privacy portable Also available as Bootable Spybot-S&D CDs, security, anti-spyware, spyware
+4 more malware-scanner, multi-language, anti-rootkit, spyware-removal
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Google Latitude

Free by Google |
iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android, Online, Java (Mobile), Symbian S60, Blackberry

See where your friends are right now: Google Latitude is a location-aware mobile app developed by Google. Latitude allows a mobile phone user to allow certain other people on his or her Google Mail contact...

Travel & Location iphone retina, plugin / add-on Google Maps option., friends, location, location-based
+1 more google-maps
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Google Maps

Free by Google |
iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android + Tablet, Online, Java (Mobile), Symbian S60, Blackberry

Google Maps is a basic web mapping service application and technology provided by Google. It offers street maps, a route planner for traveling by foot, car, or public transport and an urban business locator...

Travel & Location maps, navigation, map-online, maps-navigation-trips
+1 more maping
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Opera Mini

Free by Opera |
iPhone, iPad, Windows Mobile, Android + Tablet, Java (Mobile), Symbian S60, Blackberry

Opera Mini enables you to take your full Web experience to your phone. It offers faster mobile internet, since its data is compressed before being sent to your phone. And most importantly, Opera Mini is free...

Web Browsers iphone retina, web-browser, mobile-browser
+1 more compressing
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IM+

Free* by SHAPE Services |
iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, Android, Online
+5 more Windows Mobile, Java (Mobile), Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

Chat everywhere! IM+ is the most widely used mobile IM app! Connect all-in-one to MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Facebook, MySpace, Skype, and Twitter on ALL popular mobile platforms. The...

Social twitter, facebook, instant-messenger, jabber, msn
+10 more skype, yahoo, chat-client, icq, aim, google-talk, myspace, aol, windows-live, ichat
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4Shared

Free* by pmStation |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Linux, Online
+2 more Symbian S60, Blackberry

4Shared is a large online storage facility where Internet users store their text, audio, video, photo, and other files and share them, if they wish, with other people. It is easy, handy, and free! 15GB storage...

Backup & Sync, File Sharing, Photos & Graphics, Social backup, file-sharing, online-storage, storage
+2 more file-storage, photo-sharing
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JoikuSpot

Free* by Joikusoft |
Symbian S60

Turn your phone to an open WiFi HotSpot.

Network & Admin wifi, hotspot, wifi-hotspot
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Mobipocket eBook Reader

Free by Mobipocket.com |
Windows, Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

Try the Mobipocket eBook Reader on your mobile device, and enjoy the reading experience. The application is free, and then you can buy ebooks and read eBooks created with the desktop application from your PC,...

News & Books ebook, ebook-reader, e-book, pocketpc
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eBuddy

Free by Paulo Taylor |
iPhone, Android, Online, Java (Mobile), Symbian S60

eBuddy is a web and mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging services. Features include chat on Windows Live Messenger (also known as MSN), Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ,...

Social chat, facebook, instant-messenger, messenger, aim
+3 more gtalk, aol, web-messenger