So Long Sony/Nokia Media Mess

Remember that Sony DSC-T50 Cybershot camera I raved about some time ago? I have returned it for a full refund and it is now gone away forever. I didn't use the camera enough to justify the $400 price tag, so I took it back to CompUSA and said farewell. All remains positive as I await the release of the E90 and I am still excited!

Despite these all these warm and fuzzy feelings for Nokia, there is a little bit of frustration. Just recently the company released a new software package for Mac OS X called Nokia Media Transfer 1.0 beta. It is the second wave of Mac support that Nokia is taking initiative on after the Apple iSync plug-ins. I was excited to read about this until I saw that it only supports Nseries phones. WHAT! This leaves my Eseries phones totally in the dark and I am not happy about it at all. At this rate I hope they release an iSync plug-in for the E90, otherwise I will have to do a file transfer from my E61i. But this is not where the main frustration comes. I used this media software on my N93 and was impressed with the iPhoto transfer, but the iTunes transfer was mediocre. Every song transferred to the N93 skipped endlessly upon playback and I was pissed off. I must admit that the Nokia/Mac synching may need some work, but I have faith in Nokia. After all, I have been doing just fine using iSync for my calendar and contacts and the desktop PC Nokia Media Suite for music onto my microSD. Yes, it's a bit of a workaround and the iPhone does have a good upper hand on me, but I am willing to accept it.