Combining huge screens with usable keyboards in a pocketable package is the challenge phone manufacturers are eternally doomed to try to solve, leading to an endless stream of (mostly comical) patent applications for ridiculous form factors that will never see the light of day. That's where we think -- well, we hope -- Nokia's latest app comes into play, combining a portrait-oriented QWERTY keyboard with a wide display that somehow swivels behind the body of the phone when you only need a little bit of screen real estate. Looks cool on paper, but realistically, we think this thing would be the most unwieldy Frankenstein of a handset since the MPx were it ever to be produced. Tilt-slide on the N97 looks fine, guys. Seriously.

Google Maps for Nokia N series! A little story before I introduce this software:

Yesterday, after a lot of insistence from my mother, I had to head down to my mother’s cousin’s place; whom I hadn’t seen for seven year due to their hiatus abroad, which ended recently. Anyway to keep things interesting, the place was extremely arcane and I had no idea where to head from home. TECHNOLOGY to the RESCUE. I quickly found the first GPS maps software I could find on Google for my trusty N95 :: simply named Google Maps. Feeding in my end location, it seamlessly guided me through every turn. Yes! reaching this arcane destination was as easy as having a TomTom in your car.

Go ahead and try it yourself:

http://www.youpark.com/symbian/google-maps-nokia-symbian-s60-3rd-edition-/mobile-software/30914/

Oh! and there is a wonderful repository of mobile software on the above site. Please do comment back, if you find other software gems on this site.