FINALLY, Nokia Music PC Client Launched At Beta Labs
This is a piece of software that I’ve been looking forward to ever since I saw it demo’d at the Go Play event in London last year. The Nokia Music PC Client is a desktop application that allows you to manage your music and sync fully with your S60 powered handset (as well as any other device that supports Media Transfer Protocol, or mass storage mode). Eventually, it will integrate with the Nokia Music Store, offering a chance for us FireFox users to get in on the goods, and also a further degree of integration.
I’m installing now, and will update this post later today with my findings. If you’re a brave soul willing to give it a run, you can download it here. Also, don’t forget to file any feedback that you may have with the team using the link below.
Nokia Music PC Client - Download | Feedback - there’s no feedback button, but you can take this survey instead.
NOTE - If you are running Windows XP SP2, and are unable to install the Nokia Music PC Client, here’s how I fixed it. Apparently, somehow your .Net v2.0 installation became corrupt, which obviously affects the .Net v3.0 installation. The only way to fix this is to download and run this cleanup file (http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip) and in the drop-down box, choose Microsoft .Net v2.0 *only*. This will take a few minutes and will remove the v2.0 from your system. You’ll need to reboot, and then run Windows Update to reinstall the .Net v2.0 installation. This fixed my issue completely, and I’m now importing my library into the Nokia Music PC Client. You can read more about the issue at Andy Stebner’s blog here: http://astebner.sts.winisp.net
UGH! Scratch that, I was able to run Nokia Music PC Client and import my entire 54GB music library, but after rebooting my computer, the application refuses to open, and my .Net installation appears hosed again. I’ve wasted the better part of the day tinkering with this nonsense, and I’m nearly giving up.
NOKIA - QUIT CREATING THESE .NET APPLICATIONS!! THEY ONLY TARNISH YOUR REPUTATION ON THE SOFTWARE LEVEL. THEY’RE UNSTABLE, LARGE, RESOURCE HUNGRY, AND SLOW.
**Update** - While there are known issues with Windows XP SP3, I’m completely unable to install the application on my Windows XP SP2 machine. I’ll keep trying throughout the day, but there might be a delay on my review of this app.
I was just able to install it on another machine, and it looks nice. I’ll be loading in some music and trying out the syncing, expect a full writeup soon.
It installed fine on my XP SP2 computer.
John, so, how does it look?
It looks great actually: check out the previw on All About Symbian.
And again, another application that leaves out win2k users.
Seems like Nokia doesn’t want to make money…
Does it run on Vista? Because NOTHING ELSE FROM NOKIA runs on Vista, at least not in any useful way.
yeah, it runs nicely on Vista too.
Has the fact they are developing .Net applications (I have no idea what that actually means) something to do with seamless DRM management, and some of the other features they want to build in? I.e. I doubt they are doing it for no reason whatsoever. And Ricky, don’t shout please..
In particular since this is an early beta after all. 
The .Net Framework provides funcions for easier programming. While .Net1 and .Net2 are available for all Windows systems down to Win2000, the .Net3 Framework is only available down to XP Service Pack 2.
So it’s easyer programming vs. satisfied customers
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