YouTube for S60 has just received an update, taking it to version 2.4 (2.04). This release brings a host of new features and finally allows you to log-in to your YouTube account. Now you can access all your favorites, subscriptions and playlists directly from your handset. Browsing for videos is also as fast as ever, and you now also have the option to browse through ‘My Videos’ on your device.

Marble Maze 2 is the sequel to the very well known Marble Maze game, and brings with it a host of cool new features and 70 new levels. Marble Maze 2 has a new treadmill feature, which drags the ball in different directions at set points, making it even more challenging. Check out the video demo of the game after the break, and you can see just how tricky this new version can be. Marble Maze 2 is available for all S60 5th Edition devices and can be downloaded for free from our S60 5th Edition Applications page.

FreeMinMon for S60 is an Inclusive Allowance monitor for your Nokia smartphone. It estimates the usage of your inclusive minutes and texts/SMS in the allocated period using the data from the built in Log application. The duration of all outgoing voice calls in the accounting period is calculated along with the sum of all sent texts/SMS, providing you with enough information to avoid those costly bills. FreeMinMon is available for all S60 3rd Edition and 5th Edition devices.

Skype and Nokia today announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is now downloadable for free from the Ovi Store, or you can pick it up along with a host of other apps in our Nokia Applications section. Check out the video demo after the break.

LCG Slick for Symbian has recently been uptaded to v0.60. Slick is a messenger application for mobile phones and allows you to chat with your friends though various online messaging services. This new updated version of Slick now supports Facebook chat, along with a few more cool features. Check out the rest of the details after the jump.

The Sky TV Mobile app for S60 5th Edition has just hit Nokia’s Ovi Store and is available to download right now absolutely free. Sky Mobile lets you watch Sky TV live on your Nokia handset, including live Premier League matches or highlights from previous games. Even if you’re not a football fan, being able to set your Sky+ box using the Remote Record will come in handy next time you realise you’re going to miss an episode of your favourite TV show.

Phil Shwarzmann of Nokia Conversations got Niklas Savander, EVP of Services at Nokia, to answer your questions sent in to @NokConv. Want to know how it went? Check out the video after the break.

Check out this cool demo showing a how Manikantan interfaced his Nokia N97 mini with GameFactory and used it to control a jeep in the game. GameFactory is an advanced game engine developed by research teams inside NTU’s GameLab, headed by Prof. Seah. As you can see, he controls the jeep in the game by using the built in accelerometer of the Nokia N97 mini. Video after the break.

The Nokia Messaging team have been hard at work over this Winter, and have today announced that the third and final update of the Winter 2010 updates is complete. To begin with the client was updated for S60 5th Edition devices. This update was available as Nokia Messaging 10.2 in the Software Update application last week. Later, there was a significant update that changed the way emails were stored on the device, which was automatically pushed into Nokia Messaging 10.2. The final update sees Nokia Messaging automatically consolidate accounts when the user adds an email address that belongs to another Nokia Messaging account. Nokia Messaging now always aligns the Nokia Messaging password with the Email Service Provider (ESP) password. Read on to find out more about each of the updates.

When taking a step back from the fast growing mobile devices industry, we can see that technology has progressed far beyond what we initially expected. Mobile phones as we knew them are now a thing of the past as they now pack more than just telephony features. Most mobile handsets now come with many modern standards in terms of features; high quality photo capture and video recording capabilities, turn-by-turn navigation, connectivity choices from Bluetooth to sharing online, and web browsing technologies emulating the desktop experience.