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How do I get the Nokia Ovi Suite to sync my N97? (Help!)

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I've been at it for a couple of hours now, and I'm about to give up.

I installed the Nokia Ovi Suite from the DVD that came with the Nokia N97, onto my PC running Windows Vista. (I had to do that twice; first time around, some of the applications failed to install)

I connected the N97 to the PC via USB cable. I chose "Select USB mode: PC Suite" on the phone.

In the Nokia Ovi Suite, I connected the device.

It would appear to be connected indeed, since the Ovi Suite on the PC shows the N97's available memory.

[UPDATE, August 16: It is clearly connected, as I can browse the files on my N97 through the Ovi Suite on my PC.]

Then I chose to synchronize, i.e. to "copy images, sounds, videos, and messages from N97 to your PC", and clicked "OK".

After a few seconds, a small dialog box appears, saying:

Synchronization completed
0 files successfully copied to PC
0 files failed

I did this five times, and the transfer log in the Suite shows a history of five (finished) synchronizations.

The Photos application on my N97 shows 34 captured items.

What's going wrong here? Does the sync software somehow look at the wrong directory on the N97?

[UPDATE, August 16: In the lower left corner in Nokia Photos on the PC, it reads "Updating Nokia device view", which seems to go on forever. Should I wait for that to finish before I can sync? (LATER: It stopped, but that didn't help)

I've just submitted a question to Nokia Ovi sync support:

STARTS

Dear Support,

I've installed the Nokia Ovi Suite from the CD enclosed in the Nokia N97 package, onto my PC.

I've connected the N97 via USB cable, choosing the "PC Suite" connection mode.

In the Nokia Ovi Suite on the PC, and in Nokia Photos, I have repeatedly tried to synchronize the 34 photos and video clips in the camera folder on the device, to be imported in Nokia Photos on the PC. Alas, to no avail.

I have over 6000 items in Nokia Photos, but no lack of hardware memory.

For more details, please see: http://ping.fm/73D1E

Thank you!

ENDS

The response:

"Thanks for your message. We'll get back to you as soon as possible."]

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"(…) The best new feature is the inclusion of Nokia Photos, which replaces the old ‘Image Store’ application, as well as Lifeblog, so it seems. The best part of this is that now, when you sync pictures and videos from your phone to your desktop, they’re no longer both stored lumped together in a folder in your My Photos folder! Videos are appropriately placed in their own folder within your My Videos folder in Windows XP, and pictures in their own folders within My Photos. I really love that, as it makes it so much easier to keep track of where things are at when it comes time to edit. (…)"

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My first 100 days with EverNote (day 1)

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I signed up for EverNote online yesterday and installed the beta for Windows today.
At least when sitting behind a PC, this beats writing notes in Notepad, which has been my practice until now. One thing I like is that all my notes are available in one chronological view within the same application. It is much easier to switch between notes than this way than between Notepad files in a Windows file directory.
The synchronization between the PC client and the online tool seems to work nicely. While staying logged in through Firefox, I’ve been switching between the browser and the PC client without problems so far.
In terms of features, as mentioned in the Web Tick (Wired?) article, an RSS feed could be really neat. That way, my public online persona, by way of my blog entries, could be captured by EverNote automatically.
Reversely, I’d very much like to blog straight from EverNote. Let’s say that EverNote would publish /synchronize all notes tagged “www.josschuurmans.com” as blog entries through the TypePad API. Have to find out if something like this is possible.
Perhaps equally urgently, I’d really like a Symbian client, which would then compete rather heads-on with Nokia Lifeblog.
I wonder about compatibility. Can today’s exports be read by next releases of EverNote? By other applications? Will there be an open source, more future-proof alternative?
I wonder about privacy. Is the CIA going to read my notes? Or rather Supo, who according to Sitemeter dropped in on my blog after I posted about the Jokela drama. Or my neighbor? Can it be hacked? Leaked?
I wonder about data security. Can EverNote guarantee sufficient physical backup? Should I do as Crhistian, and keep physical backups in several countries. (the answer is yes, of course)
I also wonder if the competition will be more reliable. Nokia is part of this value chain through the device input, Lifeblog and Ovi. Google can be. My email provider is.
Further, Flock comes to mind. Haven’t heard much about the “social browser” lately. Sounded so nice, in particular – and most relevant to EverNote – the capturing functionalities.
Okay, so far so good: this works quite nicely as a blog post drafter/editor. So I think I won’t spend too much time on Qumana.

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