Nokia Lumia ok with MBP?

[Politis]

I am thinking of getting a Nokia Lumia windows phone (I cannot afford iPhone ) ). Right now I have an old phone that makes calls and sends txt only. Are the two easily compatible?

I want the Nokia to interact with my MBP laptop when I transfer pics to or from the phone; when I transfer word files to or from the phone; and some tunes).

 

[Meister]

I have a Lumia 900. Its a beautiful phone (hardware wise), but Windows Phone sux big time!
No proper appstore, no vpn, constant crashes, no support from nokia or microsoft, requires you to constantly enable location services for everything, pathetic appstore is bound to your ip adress, and so on.
You can use windows phone connector to connect to mbp via usb. Bluetooth does not work. Transfering files is best done through cloud. Transfering anything via windows phone connector works sometimes, but sometimes not
I recommend the lumia 620. U can get it for about 120€.

 

[Politis]

I have a Lumia 900. Its a beautiful phone (hardware wise), but Windows Phone sux big time!
... I recommend the lumia 620. U can get it for about 120€.

Do you now wish you had gone for an Android or something? It sound like you are happy with your choice but not with Nokia Window phone in general?

 

[GoCubsGo]

Looks like it'll be fine. With the right software, many phones can sync. I used to use The Missing Sync for everything on windows then when I went to Android, I used it to sync to my Mac.

http://www.megamobilecontent.com/software/Nokia-Lumia+822/google-sync-i24371/
http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/02/07/syncing-your-nokia-lumia-with-a-mac/
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...mac-os-x/b8bf0485-0b03-47b6-ae31-921c10939ee4
http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/PC-...-sync-with-Mac-in-OS-X-10-7-Lion/td-p/1087815

 

[Meister]

Do you now wish you had gone for an Android or something? It sound like you are happy with your choice but not with Nokia Window phone in general?

I have mixed feelings.
No. I would not choose android. I think its buggy and unsafe.
Honestly: Get an iphone if u can.
You can get a 4s with 8gb for about 350,-
Lumias r tempting, cuz they look nice, but u will miss the itunes and appstore. I know I do!

 

[MatthewAMEL]

My daughter has a Lumia 920 she uses with a 13" MBP.

Works great, syncs everything.

Use the Windows Phone app
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp8/windows-phone-app-for-mac

 

[Jessica Lares]

Yeah, unlike Android, you can actually sync stuff easily. The app is great, if you've ever used the Image Capture app, the Windows Phone app is a no-brainer.

 

[b166er]

MS has an official app in the mac app store. I used it with a Lumia 920 and it worked very much like using iTunes with an iPhone works.

 

[Meister]

This said app "windows phone connector" doesn't always work

 

[yjchua95]

There's Windows Phone connector.

WP8 is practically the only mobile OS that syncs natively with a Mac properly, thanks to WP Connector. It's the most Mac-friendly non-iOS OS.

I snub Android, because I hate open platforms, because of the security risks and vulnerabilities. Closed environments work better and smoother in a more unified way. And are more secure, above all.

Letting an OEM tweak the OS means having the original OS being bloated up, slowing down the entire user experience.

I use a Lumia 1020 and iPhone 5s. They're both great, and I use them equally. The Lumia for work and photography and the 5s for games, Instagram and music.

 

[ichii]

Just make sure you have OSX 10.7 or higher for Windows Connect. My Lumia 1020 doesn't work on my old Macbook.

 

[jamezr]

I am thinking of getting a Nokia Lumia windows phone (I cannot afford iPhone ) ). Right now I have an old phone that makes calls and sends txt only. Are the two easily compatible?

I want the Nokia to interact with my MBP laptop when I transfer pics to or from the phone; when I transfer word files to or from the phone; and some tunes).

This should be no problem at all for you. Download dropbox for your MBP and install it. The install it on your Lumia (http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/dropbox/c6ac78a7-6bab-492a-827f-f21b8f3195ae) Enable the feature in dropbox that uploads and syncs all picture taken with you lumia to dropbox. This will also sync it with the dropbox client installed on your MBP. This way dropbox works just like Photostream only better. You can also upload and store all of your documents and files you want to dropbox. these files will be available on any computer PC/Mac that has the dropbox client installed on it.

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There's Windows Phone connector.

WP8 is practically the only mobile OS that syncs natively with a Mac properly, thanks to WP Connector. It's the most Mac-friendly non-iOS OS.

I snub Android, because I hate open platforms, because of the security risks and vulnerabilities. Closed environments work better and smoother in a more unified way. And are more secure, above all.

Letting an OEM tweak the OS means having the original OS being bloated up, slowing down the entire user experience.

I use a Lumia 1020 and iPhone 5s. They're both great, and I use them equally. The Lumia for work and photography and the 5s for games, Instagram and music.

Nice tip about WP Connector. But as for your assumption about open source software is misplaced. Linux runs most of the web servers in the world. It is widely known as the most secure operating system available. But ANY operating system can be compromised...closed platforms or open platforms have exploits and vulnerabilities. The mac platform OSX is based on Unix/Linux. Android is based on SELinux......