Following closely behind the launch of free Ovi navigation for [almost] everyone, Nokia Beta Labs have opened up testing for Ovi Suite v2.1, which I’ve been privately testing for a few weeks now. This one is actually quite a leap ahead, so let’s talk about the improvements and why I think this might be the [...]
I realize it’s a bit late, but I’ve been spending some quality time with Mrs. Guru and our families for the past couple of days, celebrating the holidays. It’s been an awesome year here at Symbian-Guru, and we’re way thankful that you guys and girls have kept coming back to the site day after day. [...]
A couple of days ago, I reset my Nokia E71 then went on to change all my settings, then got back all my data and installed my must-have applications using only a bluetooth connection with my Macbook. Being used to the process, it only took me an hour to get my E71 back to an [...]
Windows 7 is now readily available, but not all companies have updated their applications to run properly in this new operating system, surprisingly. Unsurprisingly, Nokia is included in this group, as their Nokia Software Update tool refuses to work properly in Windows 7, under normal circumstances. This makes it quite difficult to update your device’s [...]
The Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta that’s been available through the Nokia Beta Labs has been a point of contention since it was first released. While most testers have found it to be quite nice, those of us who are comfortable with the extended capabilities of the vanilla PC Suite, which has had close to a [...]
Ovi Suite is the culmination of all Nokia’s various PC Suites into a single application, with close ties to various Ovi services, such as Ovi Maps, Ovi Share, etc. The application has been in beta for quite a while now, recently growing up to Beta v2.0, with the ability to install applications onto your phone. [...]
Over the past few years, we’ve frequently wondered when Nokia is going to consolidate its many PC applications into a single app. Currently, there are 4 different PC Suites (Vanilla, Ovi Suite, Nseries, and Eseries), as well as a host of other PC applications that you can download and use to manage various aspects of [...]
While we wait for new exciting mobile software to keep rolling out from Beta Labs, Nokia’s PC applications have stood still for a while. I’ve been using the Vanilla PC Suite since it’s early releases and stuck to it through good and bad times, switching it out only briefly to test the N-series PC Suite [...]
Remember when we covered the integration (and lack of it) between our beloved S60 phones and Mac computers? Well, now we have a solution for some of your woes, if you’re a Mac S60 user, in the name of nova media. nova media is a german company that specializes in developing software to ease the [...]
