The Nokia 96 may have fallen out of the spotlight of late but this is still a great little Nokia device and making it even better are a whole host of news apps for the Nokia N96 on the Nokia Ovi Store. Among other tools, we check out the free version of Shazam, get down with PowerMP3 and are hearing Flying VoiceNotes. Check out how we got on with the best new Nokia N96 apps…

This week we take a look at the latest apps for the Nokia N96, as recommended by Nokia Ovi Store.

Shazam
Type: Music
Price: Free (for limited period)
Size: 0.562MB
Download: Shazam
Shazam is the original music identification app – you just let your phone listen to a tune and Shazam will search its online database of musical ‘fingerprints’ and identify it for you. Shazam usually charge £3.00 per month for their service (which includes artist recommendations, reviews and album art) but are offering you the chance to try it out for free until the end of November.

PowerMP3
Type: Music
Price: £8.00
Size:1.022MB
Download: PowerMP3
There are many plus points to the built-in Nokia media player, but many find it a little too iTunes-y. PowerMP3 comes with some powerful features – a 10-band equalizer, Spectrum analyser and support for the OGG Vorbis audio format absent from most other mobile players. The app can be customised with downloadable ‘skins’ and integrates into the multimedia keys on most Nokia handsets.

WWIGO – Mobile Wireless Webcam
Type: Photo & Video
Price: £8.00
Size:0.46MB
Download: WWIGO – Mobile Wireless Webcam
Take a look at your Nokia. High quality digital camera? check. Does video? check. Wifi? check. Sounds like a webcam to us – and so it does to WWIGO developers Motvik. WWIGO turns your phone into a mobile webcam that can connect to your PC via wifi or Bluetooth. Use it for impromptu Skype video chats or as part of your secret agent spycam toolkit.

FlyingVoiceNotes
Type:Business
Price:£3.00
Size:0.086MB
Download: FlyingVoiceNotes
The Voice Memo app that comes with your phone is occasionally handy but information tends to get ’stuck’ in it. FlyingVoiceNotes gives the same basic functionality, but lets your memos out into the world by automatically emailing them to you once they are done. That way your dictated notes end up somewhere useful and can be forwarded to others, edited or even listened to.

Speereo Voice Translator 4.5
Type: City Guides/Maps
Price: Free
Size: City 1.048MB
Download: Speereo Voice Translator 4.5
Not quite the Star Trek translator, but a good effort nevertheless. Speak into your phone and this app will try to translate into one of 16 languages. The app also comes with city guides and a flight timetabler – just the thing for your holiday to foreign parts.

Before you can download any of these apps you’ll need to register your device with Ovi Store, which also entitles you to updates and message alerts from Nokia and is a great way of keeping abreast of what’s going on at the Ovi Store.