Ori said....

Having owned Nokias for a lot of years, the only one that was easy to
work with in respect to PC software was the 5110 series and the Nokia
Data Suite software.

While it didn't have mp3, camera, music, etc. functionality, you could
edit contacts within the software, update the phonebook on the phone,
back it up, archive it, export it to applications such as Palm Desktop
software (and vice versa).

The last lot of Nokias that we have owned were difficult to work with.
Not only could we not edit the contacts, import from other applications,
etc. the software itself is flaky.

We currently have problems getting Bluetooth to recognise the phone.
It's mroe or less the only way that we can transfer photos off the
phone, or load mp3s, ringtones, etc. onto it.

In contrast, my new Samsung A501 is a piece of piss to work with.
However, it too has limited functionality with its contacts editing,
saving, backups etc. But with a bit of rooting around, it can be done.

With respect to copying larger files, such as MP3s to the phone, it's
quicker for me to remove the micro-SD card and plug it into the adapter
and a card reader and to transfer the files over the USB port. It takes
forever doing via Samsung's software.

It's frustrating, though, to see an option in the Samsumg software to
allow SMSing via the desktop, or editing, adding, deleting of contacts,
all greyed out as "this function is not supported by the connected
phone".

Maybe the more expensive A701 has this functionality. If it doesn't,
then it's a prick.

I wonder if there is the perfect phone where there is full
functionality/connectivity between PC and phone.