Comments on: How To: Connecting a Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone to a Mac (and PC)

By: stella mcgowan

stella mcgowan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:48:01 +0000

when I tried to download Windows Phone Connector it told me I need a Mac with Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. but my my mac is 10.5.8.

do you have any other tips or will my phone remain incompatible with my computer forever

By: dave

dave — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:45:43 +0000

yes this is pretty poor, i wanted one of these phones and my pc`s run linux, now do microsoft and nokia think im going to leave the pc o/s of my choice just to run one of these phones lol i think not, now they have lost a customer. i could accept linux support being in a more basic form (as usual) but this is just shabby from two companies that are supposed to be world leaders. surely m.s its better that i have a windows phone and linux pc than no windows devices

By: rad

rad — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:28:06 +0000

Zune software is not installing in my system. Its been one month..I cant connect my lumia 710 with pc

By: IZWIZZ

IZWIZZ — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:46:55 +0000

I’d appreciate it if one you lovely people would tell me why im being told to reconnect?

By: IZWIZZ

IZWIZZ — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:43:42 +0000

Hello there, I just got a Nokia lumia 800 yesterday and have been trying to connect to my Mac computer so that I can sync my music to my new phone, I followed the instructions by downloading windows 7 connector but when I connect my phone to the computer nothing happens im a bit worried how do I sync my music to my phone? is there a separate usb port i need in order to sync my music? Im new to windows phones so im still getting used to how everything works. This is very strange..the windows connector seems to pick it up for a second then keeps on telling me to reconnect?

thankyou

By: Arbegla

Arbegla — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:28:16 +0000

That’s the thing, just because it works for you, doesn’t mean it’ll work for everybody. 6 out of 10 WP phones are returned because of the lack of drag and drop functionality that Android/Symbian offers. This is coming from a guy that sells phones for a living. People just don’t wanna bother with software suites to transfer data. Installing apps and accessing platform specific functionality is another story.

By: abcs

abcs — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:12:11 +0000

For one, less dependency on internet connection, i.e. less data rates. What if no connection or only EDGE connection(that happens)? With mass storage, at least dont have to worry about that. I use the USB cable to copy over stuff almost everday.

With SD card, just slip it into another phone, transfer over data, done, settled, dont need internet connection(once again, data rates). Plus the other person dont need to have phone with internet connectivity for me to do it.
Or plug in the usb on the go cable to their pen drive, laptop,etc.

There’s no unlimited 3G data rates in my country,if there is, only in the city capital.
Basically all this is useful for those often on the go. Not everyone work in office setting.

By: abcs

abcs — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:50:43 +0000

No as long they dont have as least mass storage support, with SD Card. Unless Microsoft/Nokia subsize my internet bill very month, lol.

By: abcs

abcs — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:46:39 +0000

Similar scenario to Iphone, still need to get online to get to Zune. That means data rates, a lot of it. In areas where it charges according to the GB used, problem. In areas where the connection isnt good, problem.
That’s why the offline method (SD card, usb on the go) is still very popular in non 1st world countries.

By: Sfu

Sfu — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:46:01 +0000

Ow and everything wireless/cloud/streaming drains battery ALOT.

So not a everyday solution, even more so when most smartphones can’t last a day.

Wake up.