Comments on: Comparing Nokia Backup and MobileMe

By: Counsel

Counsel — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:32:10 +0000

I am not sure that “unified” services are required. So long as the service is required, I am happy. Of course, it is quicker to set up if you require 1 service, but past setup, there should be no difference.

if there is a difference, Nokia should make the difference as minimal as possible–I think they should be able to make it seem seemless…

By: Matt Radford

Matt Radford — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:34:27 +0000

@mco
That’s a fair point about Apple’s desktop sync mishmash. When I had my N70, I found it frustrating that I had to use iSync for some things, Nokia Multimedia Transfer for others. I can’t see Apple changing that anytime soon. Nokia and others could consider using the iSync engine (rather than the app) within their own sync apps (such as Multimedia Transfer) for the one-stop sync experience that PC Suite delivers under Windows.

By: MCO

MCO — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:06:53 +0000

Another big difference is that Mobile Me works on Windows and OS X. I find this a curious omission.

As an Apple user, I’d love to have all these desktop apps working on my OS too. The mishmash of iSync and Multimedia transfer, while they work OK, are hardly as seamless as PC Suite.

–mco

By: stephen

stephen — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:09:36 +0000

agree that its only a matte rof time before they integrate all this in ovi – but i wish they’d include more syncing functionality: SMSs/etc; and why not a version fo lifeblog online?

By: christexaport

christexaport — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:13:39 +0000

The reason for separate initial logins was that some of the services were and are free for all users, even bad photo posting iPhone users! Ovi Share is popular for image and video, and the built-in photo syncing function in S60 devices supports multiple photo services.

Nokia’s services are very much converged. For instance, Nokia’s PC Suite has graduated into the new Ovi Suite, with built-in unified syncing, Maps management, on-demand firmware upgrading and reflashing, and the typical local storage and backup tools. And I wouldn’t describe Nokia’s PC Suite or Ovi Suite as bloated, but feature packed. It’s interface is simple enough for both my 13 year old niece and 53 year old mother, but all the features any tweaker and power user might want are still accessible.

The new Nokia Email service is much better than IMAP idle. Ask Blackberry owners, true PUSH email is unbeatable for business users who know how important it is to save time and beat the clock.

Nokia has indeed unleashed a true titan of a service umbrella, all under one roof with one login/passport.

How can anyone not deny that from day one, Apple has been climbing uphill to keep up with Nokia and Symbian? The marketing, media, and business agreements have helped, but consumers are getting wiser, more tech savvy, and keen to features. This happened with PC’s in the 90’s, and now smartphones.

(However, I don’t consider any phone that lacks multitasking a smartphone. What other smartphone on the market 4 years ago didn’t multitask? iPhone is merely an innovative feature phone.)

And wait until Haptikos handsets come to market… Apples are pretty phones. Nseries phones are power phones. Hands down. I love whipping my N95 8gb out in front of iPhone users, and running 20 apps at once, while also hacking my phone without the need to plug to a PC. I play any video and audio format I find, unconverted, and use custom apps my buddies make online for free at http://www.symbian-freak.com using M, Python, or c++. Life’s good. Don’t believe the iPhone hype. Follow the real geeks!

christexaport
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By: Hardeep Singh

Hardeep Singh — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:01:39 +0000

This isn’t another account, this is ‘the’ account that will bring all nokia services under one roof. This login came up a few days back and would soon support ALL nokia services, killing the need for multiple logins. I guess after launching so many services like files sync, push email, nokia chat within the last few weeks, they felt the need for a single login and came up with this.

By: Sergey Zak

Sergey Zak — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:00:21 +0000

Sheesh! Yet another account! What are they smoking?

By: Hardeep Singh

Hardeep Singh — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:45:53 +0000

[quote]If these were all offered as a single Nokia login into ONE site where all the services could be amdinistrated it would be a real competitor.[/quote]

Nokia knows about it, they already have the solution ready. Register here…
https://account.nokia.com/acct/register

By: Tes

Tes — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:16:08 +0000

I think Nokia has really shot themselves with all the fragmented services. I need separate logins for Ovi share, N-Gage, My Nokia and now the beta of Nokia Chat. If these were all offered as a single Nokia login into ONE site where all the services could be amdinistrated it would be a real competitor.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:17:25 +0000

@roman: Most Nokias have built in push email with IMAP-Idle. GMail pushes emails to my Nokia within seconds.

Gonna give Ovi a go…