I just had a chat with the program manager of Nokia Multimedia Transfer for Mac, and he told me the story about how Eseries devices became compatible with Mac (which he said I could share with you).
Last June, after a period of hard work, the team proudly released the first version 1.0 of their app, designed to delight Nseries users. As their surprise, loads of Eseries users started loudly complaining about the lack of support for them (see for example the comments thread to my post). Nobody expected the overlap of Mac and Eseries users to be that high. Anyway, the team humbly took your feedback, and worked extra hours to make it compatible with Eseries.
Simple as that. You talked, the team listened. Happy end.
Ps. at this point, we decided not to include Nokia Multimedia Transfer 1.2 in Beta Labs app portfolio, as it’s very mature as a “beta” already. However, please send your feedback to the system that they have built into the application, it can really make a difference!
Now, this looks promising. The guys from Nokia Research Center have built a beta concept that I really like:
Nokia Audiobooks is a beta concept that enables you to enjoy audiobooks while on the go. It includes a highly efficient audio compression technology optimized for voice (AMR-WB), a player application for S60 (Nokia Audiobook Player), and an audio converter tool for PC (Nokia Audiobook Manager). Whereas traditional music player applications are optimized for music, Nokia Audiobook Player is optimized for audiobooks, enabling you to browse chapters, set bookmarks, and automatically continue from where you last time stopped listening.
A typical 400 page novel translates into a 10-20 hours long audiobook, which would traditionally take more than dozen CDs or hundreds of megabytes of low-quality MP3 files. Nokia Audiobooks uses a codec called AMR-WB, which is optimized for voice. With Nokia Audiobooks, you will get 5-10 times more content to your phone with similar voice quality, compared to content compressed with MP3 at 64 or 128 kbps.
I’ve been listening the book Master and Margarita, and I really like it. You want to try this too.
Download here.
As always, please send your feedback either privately to the feedback form, publicly to the comments section of this post, or by writing your thoughts at your own blog! (just link back, and we’ll hear about it)
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Ps. I did’nt add 2D barcodes pointing to download links this time, because I haven’t been able to figure out an easy way to keep them up-to-date…
MOSH Client is now available for download at Nokia Beta Labs:
MOSH is a service by Nokia, providing a user-driven distribution channel for applications and other content for mobile devices. It enables you to create, upload and share your applications, games, audio, images, and video instantaneously. Or you can be a spectator, and just enjoy what other people have shared.
The service is available at: mosh.nokia.com.
The MOSH client, available for download below, serves as a shortcut to all the basic functions in MOSH, such as searching and browsing content, uploading content, and checking your stats.
Right now, the MOSH team is planning how to make the client application richer, and how to provide the best user experience for you. Try it and tell us what you think!
Download here.
For those of you who wonder, the MOSH team had already launched the same client application under MOSH website. However, we wanted to release it under Beta Labs too, for two reasons:
1) to make Beta Labs application catalogue comprehensive
2) to collect your feedback
Go for it, tiger.
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Update: as you wished, here are the barcode-links pointing directly to the download files:
All you Mac lovers*, attention!
Nokia Multimedia Transfer 1.2 Beta for Mac just became available for download.
What’s new:
* Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is now supported
* Improved Nokia Device Browser with folder view
* Ability to customise the transcoding of files in iTunes and iPhoto transfers
* Performance of iTunes and iPhoto transfers with a large number of files has been improved
* Many bug fixes and minor improvements
Note: we at Nokia Beta Labs didn’t have anything to do with this launch, but I’ll find out who are the right contact persons from the team, and make sure they will hear your feedback!
* = from now on, count me in this group, as I finally managed to convince my wife that a new Mac with Leopard would be a good investment…
