At least there is some response now:

http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia...0-connectivity

Has anyone heard anything new concerning this?

Why on earth is the N900 displayed all over the Ovi pages if it is NOT supported??

The official Nokia Ovi Suite release 2.1.0.87 is out.
Still NOT supporting the N900..

Key new features in Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1 release:

- Contacts sync with Ovi.com - keep your contacts safe online. This makes it easy to get your contacts from Nokia Ovi Suite and connected device to ovi.com and get those contacts used in other Ovi services, for example in Ovi Mail.

- Video support - transfer, play and share your videos

- Get new device applications (Independent Application Delivery, IAD) - keep your device applications up-to-date

- Nokia Ovi Suite with Windows 7 support - extended support for new operating system versions

- Download Ovi Share library - get a copy of your Ovi Share content to your computer

- Contacts sync with Mozilla Thunderbird - support for new, popular desktop PIM applications (Currently only Thunderbird 2.0 supported, work ongoing for Thunderbird 3.0 support)

- Error fixes and performance improvements


System requirements:
- Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or newer, or Windows XP SP2 or newer
- 2 GB hard disk space
- 1 GHz Intel Pentium 4
- 64 MB display memory
- 512 MB RAM
- 1024x768 screen resolution and 24-bit color graphics card

Connection types:
- USB Cable (DKE-2, CA-101, CA-53, CA-70, CA-126, DKU-2)
- Bluetooth

Operating systems::
- Windows XP 32-bit and 64-bit editions

Professional, SP2 or newer


Home, SP2 or newer


- Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit editions

Home Basic, SP1 or newer


Home Premium, SP1 or newer


- Windows 7

Additionally, "Media Feature Pack for Windows 7 N and Windows 7 KN" is required for Windows 7N and 7KN versions.



Email/Calendar/Contacts Software:

Microsoft Windows Vista Contacts


Microsoft Windows Vista Calendar


Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007


Microsoft Outlook Express


Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0


Windows 7 Contacts



Supported Bluetooth software:
- Windows 7 or Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit editions

Microsoft Windows Bluetooth stack


WIDCOMM Bluetooth stack, driver version 6.x


Toshiba Bluetooth stack, driver version 5.10.12, 6.10.10, 6.30.01


IVT BlueSoleil Bluetooth stack, driver version 5.0.5, 6.2.227.11, 6.4.245.0


- Windows XP x64

Microsoft Windows Bluetooth stack


Toshiba Bluetooth stack, driver version 5.10.12, 6.10.10


IVT BlueSoleil Bluetooth stack, driver version 5.0.5, 6.2.227.11


- Windows XP

Microsoft Windows Bluetooth stack


Toshiba Bluetooth stack, driver version 4.0, 5.0, 5.10.12, 6.10.10, 6.30.01


WIDCOMM Bluetooth stack, driver version 1.4.2.18, 3.x, 4.x, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5


IVT BlueSoleil Bluetooth stack, driver version 3.x, 5.0.5, 6.2.227.11, 6.4.245.0




Supported phones include:
Nokia 2323 classic
Nokia 2330 classic
Nokia 2600 classic
Nokia 2630
Nokia 2660
Nokia 2680 Slide
Nokia 2690
Nokia 2692
Nokia 2700 classic
Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition
Nokia 2720 fold
Nokia 2730 classic
Nokia 2760
Nokia 3109 classic
Nokia 3110 classic
Nokia 3110 Evolve
Nokia 3120 classic
Nokia 3208c
Nokia 3250
Nokia 3500 classic
Nokia 3555
Nokia 3600 slide
Nokia 3610 fold
Nokia 3710 fold
Nokia 3720 classic
Nokia 5000
Nokia 5130 XpressMusic
Nokia 5200
Nokia 5220 XpressMusic
Nokia 5230
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
Nokia 5320 XpressMusic
Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition
Nokia 5500 Sport
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
Nokia 5610 XpressMusic
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic
Nokia 5730 XpressMusic
Nokia 5800
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Nokia 5802 XpressMusic
Nokia 6086
Nokia 6110 Navigator
Nokia 6120 classic
Nokia 6121 classic
Nokia 6122c
Nokia 6124 classic
Nokia 6208c
Nokia 6210 Navigator
Nokia 6210 slide
Nokia 6212 classic
Nokia 6216 classic
Nokia 6220 classic
Nokia 6260 slide
Nokia 6263
Nokia 6267
Nokia 6290
Nokia 6300
Nokia 6300i
Nokia 6301
Nokia 6303 classic
Nokia 6500 slide
Nokia 6555
Nokia 6600 fold
Nokia 6600 slide
Nokia 6600i slide
Nokia 6650
Nokia 6650 fold
Nokia 6700 classic
Nokia 6700 slide
Nokia 6710 Navigator
Nokia 6720 classic
Nokia 6730 classic
Nokia 6750
Nokia 6760 slide
Nokia 6788
Nokia 6790 slide
Nokia 6790 Surge
Nokia 7020
Nokia 7100 Supernova
Nokia 7210 Supernova
Nokia 7230
Nokia 7310 Supernova
Nokia 7500 Prism
Nokia 7510 Supernova
Nokia 7610 Supernova
Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism
Nokia 7900 Prism
Nokia 8800 Arte
Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte
Nokia 8800 Gold Arte
Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte
Nokia 8800a
Nokia E50
Nokia E51
Nokia E52
Nokia E55
Nokia E60
Nokia E61
Nokia E61i
Nokia E62
Nokia E63
Nokia E65
Nokia E66
Nokia E70
Nokia E71
Nokia E71x
Nokia E72
Nokia E75
Nokia E90 Communicator
Nokia N71
Nokia N73
Nokia N75
Nokia N76
Nokia N77
Nokia N78
Nokia N79
Nokia N80
Nokia N81
Nokia N81 8GB
Nokia N82
Nokia N85
Nokia N86 8MP
Nokia N91
Nokia N92
Nokia N93
Nokia N93i
Nokia N95
Nokia N95 8GB
Nokia N96
Nokia N97
Nokia N97 Mini
Nokia X3
Nokia X6

thank you for the news... but, I do not know what nokia is thinking about we, n900 customers.

I seriously do not understand why nokia is taking so long to make these things compatible to maemo 5.

I am sure they can double the no. of n900's sold by just adding two things:

1. Ovi maps 3.0 with free navigation
2. Nokia ovi suite.

And both of them are nokia products.

Come on nokia get them working with the next firmware update and i promise you that the no. of n900 sold will be double in half the time until now.

hope this is of use to you all

i have just had this email from nokia customer care:

Dear Neo,

Thank you for contacting Nokia Care. We do apologize for the inconvinience. Regarding to your concern, I can check that for you. Let's start with when will be the flash payer 10.1 will be released, actually the flash player 10.1 is still on its beta version and its already been released for notebooks but not yet for mobile phones.

Second about the maps 3 for N900 is not available its because of the OS or operating system of the N900 is different from other nokia phones, the platform of the N900 is linux based while other nokia phones have Symbian os. Dont worry Neo soon the maps 3 will be compatible to your phone N900.

Third is about the PC Suite not fully functioning for N900 is because the PC suite is built for Symbian os phones, but some functions of the PC Suite is functioning for N900 to update the firmware of the phone.

I hope you will be satisfied to my answers to your questions.

For future reference, please feel free to check our website. Kindly refer to the link below:

http://www.nokia.co.uk/home

You may also call our Customer Care Hotline at 0845-045-5555, Mon-Fri 9am - 7pm (except bank and public holidays)
Please don't hesitate to contact us again if you have any further questions.

Thank you for contacting us.

Yours faithfully,
Nokia Service Professional
UK & Ireland Team
Nokia Care

Venomrush, please just supply the URL instead of pasting pages worth of text...

neotalk, good news! It seems that both Ovi support and maps are on the way! Well, if Nokia delivered the N900 with a bunch of Ovi logos, it would be a Wrong Thing to not include the Ovi support later.

Patience... The summer is coming, and then I'll have more time to play/hack/debug/code!

When it will be "soon"?

I remember a teacher I had in the University that hated us when we used terms like "much", "a few", "a lot"... he always insisted that "much" or "a few" are not numbers. He always wanted any answer being supported by facts/numbers.

So, "soon" is not a date.

Thank you neotalk for the post, but for that guy that answer you from Nokia, it would be nice to ask him what he consider 'soon' is.

From someone (Nokia) who is really pushing Qt on the developers on the grounds that it'll allow easier porting between Symbian/Maemo, you'd think they would at least lead by example. Instead, their own internal processes can't even be ported between the two unrelated OS's...

has the latest update made the ovi suite compatible just curious coz for some strange reason havent still recieved over the air update notification in the uk.