[talmarsh]

Hello,

1. I wanted to ask any new gen Lumia owners/mods - does the messaging via windows (nokia suite) work for you?

2. Has anyone tried using the old - and far better - PC Suite communicator (i.e. message program)?

This is ONLY thing holding me from buying the 820 - and nokia support is not answering :-\

Regards,

Tal.

P.S. The forum spell checker does not recognize the word Lumia hi hi

[farby]

NO..

In fact the Nokia Suite and the Nokia PC Suite are NOT compatible with the Lumia series..

Hence even to sync your Media / Image files you either need the Windows Phone application or do it thru' the Windows explorer on Windows 7 or 8 PC. To back-up other details like contacts, Messages, Calendar, etc you need to use the Cloud based service (SkyDrive)

[talmarsh]

What? This is awful..
Is there an alternative for messaging via PC?

Thanks!

[farby]

Don't think so ..

[rich]

I send quite a few text messages, did so on my 800 and now 920.

Quick to type some directly on phone, or use speech to text. Alternatively, I've typed in 'Onenote' on PC/Skydrive, which is then sycned to phone where I use cut and paste.

Depends on circumstances.

[talmarsh]

Unfortunately, the phone's for my mom.
Her work is mostly infront of a computer, and uses A LOT of texting.
She's using a very old XpressMusic with old touch -- she can't get anything else because of long-nails!

Thought the new lumias could solve it all :-\

[psychomania]

She's probably like an 820 or 920 because the sensitive screens on them are designed to accept input by fingernails or even gloves.

[halobolola]

I would think about getting an n8, its not a big jump, the touch is decent, and you can still type with pc.

There are quite a few features that are not included in the new phone that the xpress music has.

If you did want to get a lumia, you can always return in in 14 days if it isnt working out.

[talmarsh]

The problem is that all new(er) devices have a capacitive display which she cannot use :-\

Thanks for trying to help guys.. I guess this battle is lost..

[halobolola]

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talmarsh wrote:

The problem is that all new(er) devices have a capacitive display which she cannot use :-\

Thanks for trying to help guys.. I guess this battle is lost..

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I know its not ideal, there is technically no phone (nokia) that would work.

It would have to be a choice between, the touch screen and the way it interacts with a pc. the 8/920 basically acts like a memory card/flash drive atm. thats basically it.

There may be annother make out there that has the combination you would want.