Nokia Communication Center Beta is now available via Nokia's Beta Labs. It is an add on for PC Suite (a potential replacement for several existing modules) that allows you to manage contacts and messages on your phone from your PC. This includes the ability to send SMS and MMS messages, view the contents of the messaging folders and view, edit and add contacts.
Read on in the full article.
"Center" ... (shudder)
😉
I thought that as I was writing it up.
Clearly centre makes much more sense. Sometimes being a diffident Englishman is hard.
Yes, some of us do indeed read the fake messages.
Being serious though, the contacts application looks like it could be quite useful for small businesses keeping track of customers. Presumably you can take a call and use this application at the same time, so if someone gives you their number you can type it into your contacts on the PC. A laptop and smartphone combined could act as a mini call centre, if you see what I mean.
and to think that oxygen software tries to RIP people off with really stupidly high prices for such software when this is FREE and will be BETTER! Don't go with that oxygen rubbish where you have to install crap that restarts your phone. This looks great - well done beta labs!!
I have tried this and found that the messages do not load (even when left for 30 mins) yet the contacts load in about 2 seconds!
I am using a 9500
Is it supported?
Its not quite there yet. However, thinking along those lines I dont see any reason why it could not be developed into a fully fledged business application.
Make it so it can connect with other installs of communication centre on a network, and sync it.
Also the potential to divert it to headsets etc when plugged into the computer. Although I suppose you could plug it in via USB and have BT headsets paired to the phone.
The company I work for would be willing to pay for such a solution, Im sure others would. Cant see it happening though.
krisse wrote:Yes, some of us do indeed read the fake messages.Being serious though, the contacts application looks like it could be quite useful for small businesses keeping track of customers. Presumably you can take a call and use this application at the same time, so if someone gives you their number you can type it into your contacts on the PC. A laptop and smartphone combined could act as a mini call centre, if you see what I mean.