What's the least "utilized" feature of S60?

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Toya R

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I know Series 60 has some unique features, and Nokia usually offers some interesting built in applications, but what do you think is the most under-utilized feature of Series 60 Symbian? Is there an app built in or otherwise that some people may be interested in, but never knew what it was or how to use it?

I ask this because I see a few built in apps on my 6682 that I've never really taken the opportunity to find out what they do.

1. Activation Keys
2. Device Manager

Thanks for your input!
 
I actually posted on this a while back: http://symbianguru.typepad.com/welcome/2006/12/useless_feature.html

In my "Crap" folder
1. Realplayer
2. IM
3. Contacts - I have this on my active standby
4. Calendar - same
5. Log - why not just pull up the whole damn log when I press the send key
6. Tutorial
7. 3-D Tones
8. Help
9. About
10. Converter - useless if you don't know the conversion rate
11. Calculator - calcium
12. Radio - useless, imo
13. Flash Player - useless
14. Camera
Found Elsewhere but equally as useless
15. PTT
16. Modem
17. IRDA
18. Device Manager
19. Connection Manager
20. Activation Keys
21. Voice Recorder
 
I wish they would just eliminate this feature for good. Waste of space on the motherboard and in the casing. I wish they would use the space for dual memory card slots like the N800
 
What would you do if an application didn't disconnect a data connection automatically? Or an application that uses a data connection crashes and refuses to quit and keeps the connection open?
 
you can hold the hang up key to turn off a data connection.

The only thing i've found the connection manager useful for is seeing how fast i'm transfering. It's not important, but it's not useless.
 
Though there are shortcuts to some of the more basic apps, I find accessing them during different stages of using the phone to be more difficult if they're just sitting on the active standby, especially if I'm on a call. Contrary to Rcadden, I keep the Log, Calendar, and Contacts readily available on the menu (with Calendar also keeping a spot on my active standby to jump to the month view faster).

Apps that I never use....ever?
-Voicemail (only once on a hard reset)
-Speed Dial ("")
-Voice Commands
-PTT
-Transfer
-Device Manager
-File Manager (Y-Browser and X-plore do a much better job)
-Activation Keys
-Help
-About
-Tutorial
-Infrared
-3D Tones
-Flash Player
-Recorder (not useless, but I never have a use for it)
-Music Player (that's why we have a Media key)
-Realplayer
-Radio (don't use it)
-Converter
-Adobe PDF
-Calculator
-QuickOffice (OfficeSuite is much better)
-IM
-Modem
-Data Cable (one time setting, if that)
-Services (only used it to grab GoogleMaps once)

Now, imagine a world where we could uninstall these applications from our phones? No, that makes way too much sense.

Edit: Another thought. A lot of these "apps" are more like items found in menu settings than actual applications you'd frequently open (voice commands, profiles, modem, speed dial, voicemail, 3D tones, even themes perhaps). Would it be too difficult to add this to the new settings in FP1 or 2? Does someone disagree with me? Has FP1 or 2 already done this?
 
they're real useless, IMO, just different "effects" you can activate for your ringtone, like the train one, makes your ringtone sound like you're standing still and someone's riding a train past with your phone, so the tone fades in and then out, crap like that.
 
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