Ovi Suite 3.0 out of Beta
In the upheaval that was our move to self-hosting and the associated problems we missed a few days of news and happenings, of note was the news that Ovi Suite 3.0, the desktop syncing, messaging and firmware update client for Nokia’s devices had moved out of Beta and into a full release.
Opening the Ovi Suite client that I had, version 2.2, I clicked the update feature and waited for what felt like an eternity while the ~100Mb installation file downloaded followed by what seemed like an eternity while the application installed. In essence, what should have been a simple update was a lesson in patience and how best to handle frustration. Added to the length of time the entire process took, the installation gave no indication of how much progress had been made in the installation. Seriously, dropped points Nokia. In terms of changes to the actual client, they were/are minimal but not entirely useless included slight changes to music interaction and Ovi Store suggestions right on the home page. Nothing ground-breaking but nothing particularly unwelcome.
Some changes we’d like to see implemented:
- Integrate with Ovi Calendar thus increasing the likelihood of using the client for PIM functions. This in turn should increase the utilization of the services you already provide.
- Advertise your services like the never-mention Ovi Contacts which is a lot like BBM for Nokia devices.
- Improve installation experience, seriously frustrating!
- Better integration with web services like Ovi Store, should not need to leave the client in order to use ANY of your services.
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The download and install is a pain. I keep it on a flashdrive/n8 just to install on a variety of pcs without having to go through the painstakingly long download. (Even on a fast connection – I think something slow on Nokia servers).
Ovi Suite works so much nicer on N8 (maybe other s^3 too) as you don’t have to tell your phone to be in pcsuite/media/mass storage. It just connects both to ovi suite and you can still access file manager to transfer files quickly. (Though actually, come to think of it, you don’t need Ovi Suite for the file transfer option, N8 just does it).
The Sync feature is ok. Old version took a millennium to sync messages. Calendar doesn’t work without exchange.
One thing I don’t get – why have apps on the page without an option to download/install directly from the suite? Coming soon maybe?e
I said the same thing!
finally some suppoert for the n900
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Man, you people find the most ridiculous things to complain about. I’m currently updating Ovi Suite. I downloaded the installation file (73MB), all the while there was a progress bar with the number of MBs remaining.
Afterwards, the installation window popped up, saying “Hello! Installing Ovi Suite” also with a progress bar and a window rotating through the features of Ovi Suite! I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Now, it has just finished, and I need to restart my computer. It took like 5 minutes max, during which time I read a few posts here, and typed up this reply!
Seriously, find genuine issues to complain about. There are many to be found.
My installation file was larger, took forever to download, took the better part of an hour to install and I cancelled the installation at that point btw and the progress bar never moved.
So our experiences have been vastly different.
When updating from a 3 beta version, I noticed it pops up some new hardware wizard in the background (N8 was connected I think, not sure if related) and the progress then stopped until that was cancelled. Bit stupid. Otherwise installed fine.
I’ve done the update for many times now (2 pc’s on work, 2 at home) and it took me for about 5min max!
Europe, Netherlands that is.
Version 3 is so much better than v2 it’s ridiculous. Ovi music actually works and works well! I never thought I’d say that.
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