Time out for Nseries PC Suite 2.0

The Nseries PC Suite 2.0 was released for public beta testing last week and now it has been temporarily removed from Nokia Beta Labs. It just wasn't ready for public release yet.

This was definitely the right decision and hopefully soon we'll have a better version to test. At least I'm looking forward to it.

Nokia Nseries PC-Suite 2.0 Beta

Nokia has released a new beta version of Nseries PC-Suite. It is actually a collections of Nokia Nseries and third-party PC applications, such as Nseries Update Manager, Map Loader, Software Updater, Nokia Music Manager, Nokia PC Sync, Download!, Nokia Photos. In theory it sounds great to integrate all this into one easy to use package. In practice it's not that simple.

First of all, before you download this application make sure you have a fast broadband connection - the installation package is huge, roughly 350 MB. Even though it includes the latest version of .Net framework, it's still huge. And why do I have to download the .Net framework if I already have it installed. It just doesn't make any sense.

Also if you have an older computer with not so much memory, don't even think about installing it. It's a real memory hog. I have a fast computer with 2 GB memory but I still don't want to install and use applications that use a lot of memory for practically nothing. I need the memory available for other applications that I frequently use.

I like the idea of bringing all the applications under one application launcher. However, a lot of software development and optimization is still needed before Nseries PC-Suite will be permanently installed in my computer. I already uninstalled it from my computer.

If you still want to try it visit Nokia Beta Labs.

US 3G variant of N95 announced

Symbian has officially announced the US 3G version of Nokia N95.

Some improvements over standard N95:

• US 3G/HSDPA/UMTS
• 124 MB of RAM
• 1 GB microSD included
• higher capacity battery

Sounds good! Unfortunately, just like the N95 8GB, also this version comes without camera lens protection. In my opinion this is a big minus. The lens protector in N95 works really well and has kept my N95 camera clean - no dust and no scratches after months of hard use.