Attention N9 users: Nokia Link beta extends support to Windows XP and Vista
Wed, 2011-12-28 15:25To set the tune for a holiday mood, the new version of Nokia Link is available exclusively for our Nokia Beta Labs users.
Download the latest Nokia Link beta version (sign-in required)
The first public version of Nokia Link was released a few months ago. Since then, we’ve got plenty of feedback from our users, and acted upon the most popular improvement suggestions.
Nokia Link now runs on a computer with Windows XP or Windows Vista (in addition to Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion), which is one of the most requested improvements to the program. Being able to copy mobile content to and from smart playlists in iTunes and Windows Media Player is another useful addition. And because people were looking for an easy way to remove content, such as music, from the memory of their Nokia N9 phone, we wanted to make sure that this would be an easy thing to do with Nokia Link. Plus, we’ve done a lot of polishing and fixed a bunch of errors that had been found in the previous version.
Many of you have also asked if it would be possible to sync your contacts and calendar with Nokia Link. This is not part of our plans, because Nokia N9 has made it simple and effortless to sync over the air. Here's how.
We look forward hearing from you how the new features work, what’s not working – and what new stuff you would like to see as part of Nokia Link. So dig in, try it out and join the discussion at our feedback forum. if you find bugs, please read the instructions for bug reporting.
- The Nokia Link team
Comments
nokia C7-00
What you call useful is just another piece of nothing. The only useful features would be syncing all messages and contacts.
Nokia Link is still only a media copy tool. Your plans are completely against that what your customers want.
Even if Nokia now wants to sell Windows phones. If you treat your customers the same way this is the real reason why Nokia is loosing market shares.
Listen to your customers. They want to have the functionality to sync their mobile OFFLINE. No matter what you, your developer team, Mr. Elop or anyone else decided. People don't understand your decision. As a consecuence they will thankfully buy devices from any other smartphone vendor.
You need your customers. But no customer really needs Nokia. There are plenty of options out there.
Does NL give N9 owners a more powerful/versatile experience than Nokia Suite?
Do you honestly think it's a generous offering for users of your marquee phone?
The power-users/devs that've stuck by you for so many years...
And helped you bring your 1st mass-market, consumer-focused, Maemo device.
A segment of your customers who are Symbian users & the earliest Maemo users.
We've been shafted constantly, only to get up again & help with your OS/ecosystem ambitions.
And in-the-end this is how you re-pay us, like the little whores we've always been.
I use evolution-sync to synchronize my Contacts and Calendar with the Evolution Mail program over bluetooth (not stable at all, but it works more or less).
It dose not work on windows xp sp2 japanese. w/N9.
I'll wait beta2. thanks.
I have Windows XP sp3, and 90% of the time Nokia Link on the computer does not see my phone. I have F-Secure Client Security 9.01 build 22. I am using the USB cable that came with the phone. My computer is a 2008 Panasonic Toughbook CF-F8. When I connect the phone, it presents me the choices, I select connect and sync, the phone says that it is connected, but the computer doesn't see anything. A little black bar appears on the bottom bar of windows, and if I click it, it shows the window where it asks, what would you like to do, play music, open and view folders, do nothing...? Anyone got any tips?
Maybe it is just easier for Nokia to listen to the people that are trying, and trying hard not to switch to iphone and just give us Ovi Suite support for the N9...oh, and while you're at it voice command, flash support and other goodies that it is lacking :) If you take care of me and my N9, you will have a chance to take care of me and my Windows communicator when it comes out. Not just me, but millions of others..
Couldn't possibly agree more. It remains a challenge justifying my choice of the N9 over the iPhone 4S. In addition to Ovi Suite support, I would love to remain in touch with my CD collection, and finally be able to part ways with a centuries-old E-71.
@markotanninen - As a tip, the product team is more active following the feedback forum than this blog post.
http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-link/forum
John - Community Facilitator @ Beta Labs
I am sorry but this is a futile effort... Why should I install a program to do what most SOs can do out of the box? Instead I would suggest Nokia to bring N9 support for Nokia Suite... Most of us would appreciate some N9 love...
Nokia link not connect with N9 if it already has been connected by windows, this is a bug, first you must uninstall nokia usb cable driver from windows and then install link!
Hi mckonen,
Thank you for your feedback!
This not quite true.
a) I tested it with Nokia connectivity cable driver 7.1.69.0 already installed and also the Nokia Suite was running in the background.
b) Nokia Link 1.2 was already installed but was not running in the background.
c) I connected the phone, windows connected it. Then when I opened the Nokia Link, it also detected the N9 and was working properly.
Could you please tell us which version of Nokia connectivity cable driver (Nokia USB cable driver) you have already uninstalled to make the phone working? Which version of Nokia Suite was already installed on your PC?
Thanks,
Best regards,
taza99
Nokia Suite Team.