Missing features in Symbian Anna (Is it only me? o...

I installed the Symbian Anna Update which was released yesterday (18th August 2011) and got trough the update process despite the difficulties the Software Updater in my phone caused. After the update I noticed some features are missing:
(Not Adobe reader or Quickoffice, they were available after the update.)
1. The animated pop-up notification that I got when I connected to the internet is missing in Symbian anna. (It's really annoying because I can't actually see what access point my phone is using unless I look harder.)
2. The Games folder is missing (The Icon with the game controller on it)
3. No wallpaper in the Default "Midnight" Themes.
4. Homescreen Rotation is a bit jumpy. (The operators name doesn't appear with the rotation animation. It jumps in)
If anyone encountered any of these problems, please let me know. If you have a solution I'd really appreciate it. Or if these things are normal. Well I'll wait for a future software update from Nokia.
I have a Nokia C7-00, I tried reinstalling the Software update and Soft-Resetting but non of it worked. Just so you know.
Thanks,
Lasiru.

Hi,
Seems that you have downloaded an old version of OWB. The new version is 9.2, not 9.0.2 and it is as far as I know only available as a standalone download.
The version of Developer Suite currently on OTN is more than a year old.

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Symbian Anna missing split screen keyboard / no sp...

Dear Nokia,
It's very good news to have symbian anna in my phone, nokia n8. IT's very well build.
However, in my country product code, Malaysia, I dont have split screen keyboard appear in every section that should appear in firmware. I have clean all my phone state in zero apps and i flash my n8 with symbian anna together with 1gb memory card content which means i have fresh , pure symbian anna without any system disturbances.
I update all symbian anna packages in software update, but split screen doesnt appear in most of my country variant.
Returning back to old PR 1.2, what we had was no smart dialler to easy contact calling. Then in symbian anna again, we still missing split screen keyboard which had been promised to be in symbian anna.
I have waited this feature for almost 8 months, but misssing this split screen is kind of dissappointment to us.
I need full explaination how exactly this missing feature happen, I wrote this not for myself, but for whole people who still miss split screen keyboard. I have fresh symbian anna, 0 apps installed, empty memory card, resulting no software conflicts.
THANKS YOU for Symbian Anna and we still waiting for this missing feature.
PIRATES_KILLER
Solved!
Go to Solution.

deanfredericks wrote:
There is no split screen text input on any firmware that has Chinese. So Malaysian, Singapore, China and Indonesian phones all do not support split screen. Futhermore, the pinyin input does not support portriate qwerty.
If you install a firmware version which does not support Chinese, you get split screen activated. I have tested both Thailand and Indian versions, both working with split screen.
Also, the 2 software updates that come after your have installed Anna will not add portrait qwerty.
Furthermore - this issue has NOTHING to do with swype. Please ignore any message your read which mentions swype.
I'm from Malaysia, didn't get it either.
This is very upsetting! Ten months of waiting, this is what Nokia has given us? This silly reason behind not including split-keyboard in our FW variant is not even a reason at all!
It's an obviously missing feature, and they seem to have not mentioned of this in any of their marketing videos or pages. Should have at least put a disclaimer saying it's not available for us. *Misrepresentation*

Nokia E6 or Symbian Anna Bug ?

Nokia really needs to update nokia E6 Firmware to resolve the bugs regarding no call waiting or divert onscreen notification
whats wrong guys ?
This feature is always present in any other cellphone but in Symbian Anna or E6 does`nt show if the caller is already on another call or the calling number is on divert.
my nokia E5 can show if the number called is on divert or already on call (Waiting notification)
Nokia kindly reply or anyone can eloborate from Nokia Team or Any Technical Advisor ?
These two features are really mandatory in any other cellphone but why not in Symbian Anna or Nokia E6 ?

I live in Bucharest, Romania, and have the same problem since more than two months now! I called Nokia customer support and, after having waited for two weeks, they called me back to say they checked with their "headquarters" and that there's no way the phone has such a problem... That this function works perfectly in Finland etc. They advised me to go to the Nokia Care center to get the phone fixed... So I went there. In order for them not to claim anything else later, I asked the Nokia Care clerk to call another number from his mobile and meanwhile I called him from my old Nokia E71. The "Waiting" sign appeared immediately. Then I put the same SIM card into the brand new Nokia E6 and did the same test but no "Waiting" appeared...!!! They kept my phone there for another 15 days, and, at the end they told me that the Symbian Anna doesn't (yet) support this function... And guess what: I found out the E7 (the new Nokia Communicator) has the same issue.... Why? Because it also carries the... Symbian Anna! Honestly speaking, this "Waiting" function that Nokia had but Blackberry didn't still kept me with Nokia... But with this one gone, I really have no other reasons to stick to Nokia... Pity, Nokia, that you're sinking like this...But before you do, just let me hope for another week: are you going to fix this shortcoming with a new software update or do you really not care anymore???
Honestly, people: when someone buys the latest, state-of-the-art phone, it expects that it shall feature much more WITHOUT giving up on the main functions that made them what they are... It's like buying an Audi because it has the best 4x4 Quattro system, only to discover that the shiny car doesn't have it anymore and no one has told you...!The fact that you guys at Nokia have put out a phone missing a basic, IMPORTANT function that nearly all previous releases had is abuse of trust to us, your buyers. May I say in my case I felt like I got stolen the money I spent buying this phone... And the Nokia corporate reactions I went through in order to solve this issue were simply pathetic... Too bad, and I'm genuinely bitter with this experience... !

E7 Symbian Anna music player vs N8 PR1.2 music pla...

Does anyone here happen to have both the E7 (with Symbian Anna), as well as an N8 9with PR1.2)?
If so, can you do a comparison of the Anna music player compared to the poor default player of the N8?
Are there any noticeable UI differences at all, or have Nokia plainly just neglected the music player entirely with the Anna update? Are we destined to continue using such a broken piece of music software until further updates? Have Nokia ignored all feedback relating to the N8's music player, and failed to rectify the problems which plague it currently?
I think many people will agree that the music player on older Nokia handsets is far superior than that of the N8, so I am wondering whether they have listened to complaints and fixed the problems which were reported (Ie, a major gripe was having the Artists and Albums combined)
Any heads-up of what to expect with our N8 Anna update would be very useful!

Well for starters, how are songs organised on the E7? Are artists and albums still grouped together, or have Nokia split them up as they should be?
One of the main problems of the N8 music player is that multiple artists who share an album name (Ie, "Greatest Hits") seem to get grouped together under just one album title. Is this still true on the E7?
Also, how are compilation albums displayed? This has also been an issue on the N8, mainly because artists and albums have been grouped together, rather than separately as per older Nokia devices such as the N91, N82, N95, and N96
Does Anna on the E7 feature a graphical equaliser? This was something else which was missing from the N8, but present on previous handsets.
Have Nokia added an alphabetical search field for the music player, as promised? With split-screen QWERTY text entry, there is now no reason why this should not have been added
Little things like these. How does the E7 Anna software compare to the N8 PR1.2 software? Or have Nokia just blatantly ignored the music player entirely?

Symbian Anna...Deja Vu

I KNOW everyone is **bleep**, I KNOW everyone is disppointed, frustrated, angry....gosh the words does not cover the emotions involved...
I have gone through all the emotions...first the excitement when the news came out 'new update coming soon!'...then disappointment, followed by anger and now...a lil' bit i-don't-give-a-fruitcake' lol...
People, please realise, Nokia is a business...they make phones and they need to sell phones. They said they still have 10 phones to come out between now and approximately end of next year (2012). So you have to understand, they need to have a tactic in place, to get people to keep buying their phones. Otherwise, Nokia would go bankrupt and that's a no no (business 101). So their tactic is to delay software updates, bring in 'new phones' with the new updates in place, so that this will entice new buyers. They're then told 'oh there's a new update, coming soon'. They don't care about the old customers...they've got your money already...they're not entitled to give you 'free stuff'. (they missed the memo, coz loyal fans are GOLD).
Suppose if Nokia had given the anna update at end of q1 as 'planned'. That means all the old and loyal customers would've been super happy (SUPER DUPER HAPPY). BUTTTTT, then the x7 would've been obsolete, EVEN before it had came out!!! There would be no reason for people to buy an x7, especially since it would've been super duper expensive. On the other hand, people would be buying the n8/c7/c6 coz they'd be cheap...AND have the latest software. Now this would've been very silly!!
So relax people. Nokia is stuck in a rut...they can't do anything right, because...the only options they've got are either go bankrupt really early, or...get the people angry. They simply chose the lesser of the two devils, which makes sense. The job of a CEO is to keep the company floating...Now whether this tactic will work or not...well, it got many of you to buy the n8 early to get the update...so it might work again in the future...maybe
Yes there's heaps of problems, yes you've worked hard for your money, YES YOU'RE SUPER DUPER ANGRYYYY...but that won't change the tactic at Nokia. So take it down a notch, go ahead and vent your frustrations and anger (in a sensible way...). IT IS NOKIA'S FAULT, but they gotta do what's right for them...
Hoping you all have the best of days ahead...
MODERATOR'S NOTE:
Post edited to removed discussions of speculations concerning products which have not been announced by Nokia.

mangbecak wrote:
Hey Jerspa!!
I think we can agree that symbian is dead. it's not the future. We should've seen it coming, i mean...like you said years and years but that only produced a still unfinished product. I think meego's the future.yes it's not dual core or has a super duper awesome plus and multipled amoled screen. but the clear black display is awesome when comboed with a normal amoled. no complaints there. I doubt a duo core/quad core is that important for a mobile (ok my point of view). The only thing i'd miss is the 1080i vids. but games and other apps...i'm gonna stick with my laptop/computer.
Now i'll wait for a meego with 1080i vid +30fps caf, xenon flash, and usb otg. note, that's MY dream phone...mine, not anyone elses...
oh and a good battery of course
First off: I didnt claim that symbian is dead.
Then why i rant here?
Answer:
My last phone were 3720 classic, it were fine working phone. Everything worked as expected without bugs.
Now when i take the N8 from my pocket which is premium phone and 3x more expensive than 3720 classic, the 2 first months were horrible. Everyday that "insert sim" "phone rebooting" "program crashed" stuff. Then Pr1.1 came, which still didnt provided the support. PR1.2 fixed the problems with email etc. That were only corporate stuff.
So lets talk about those leaked vids about PR2.0:
In february we saw allready working splitscreen qwerty and draggable HS + new browser. <- less than 4 months from the delivery date to market. That was impressive, but it isnt anymore since it takes 6 months to deliver that damn update. Thats unacceptable.
Lets look the PR2.0 press release in Conversations:
http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/04/12/announcing-symbian-anna-aka-pr2/
Now lets pick up the cherries:
Enhanced Browser (v7.3): <- This is new
Enhanced Ovi Maps (v3.06): <- This is allready newer
Enhanced Ovi Store (v2.06.xx) >- Same for here
Enhanced Social (v1.3) <- Same for here
So as you can see, wheres the all time spend? theres nothing new, Nokia is really lettings us like without clothes to middle of antartica with S^3 phones, the support for this is horrible.
Theres no way that any of PR team or Dev team can defend this situation until they let the iron curtains down and show us the one fact: Why it takes so long? What is wrong? AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE IT BETTER?
As we seen above, Skyee's team aint working at the social team, nor in maps team nor in ovi store team.
So while i debunked the all "we are working hard" claims, theres really nothing that can explain the delay.
Funny fact is that S40 phones are getting the same functionalities as S^3 so why would anybody buy this over priced N8?
I mean, Compare N8 to C6-01 that phone is 2.5X cheaper than N8. Still the N8 doesnt have ANY extra that would justify the price?. This also the thing why i am very angry.
When Comparing to E7 and N8, E7 is in lower stage in the portfolio pyramid and still its more worth, it has more functionalities than N8, same price.In the S^3 phones, N8 is the loser. Nothing really supports the price.
Also when i bought the N8, i skipped the N95 and N97* because i saw those via friends, i know that those got problems. So i hoped so much that the S^3 would be new symbian, rewritten and a os that have rid off the same old failures that N95 and N97* got in software quality.
Damn it, everything were even worse than those phones, even small basic functionalities are missing here and there. This so half baked product, Even the MP3 player is mising a EQ <- A basic function, been on phones for many years. Even N95 and N97* have that LMAO.
Theres really nothing new in this Anna update, this is why the stocks goes down, this why the sales wont go up. S^3 is the total failure in nokias history, how it can be, that the S^3 phones are in 3rd generation which fails in SOFTWARE QUALITY.
Moderator's Note: Post has been edited to remove discussion of speculations concerning products which have not been announced by Nokia.

Symbian Anna launch - week38 add-on's

Hi all,
we don’t have new countries added to our Symbian Anna rollout this week, but have Symbian Anna officially live in Bosnia & Croatia now and additionally released more updates for countries that have already launched Anna in the previous weeks. (Attached is as usually the list of product codes that now have Symbian Anna available for download.)
Additional variants added for the following countries:
- Singapore: N8 + C7/E7
- Croatia: T-mobile & Tele2
- Greece: Vodafone
- Portugal: Vodafone
- Poland: Play
- Ireleand: Meteor
- Spain: Vodafone (OviSuite updates only)
- Switzerland: Swisscom
We’re still working on Symbian Anna for US, Canada & Australia.
BR,
yvonne
Attachments:
Symbian Anna 22092011.xls ‏171 KB

skyee wrote:
I guess you've seen my latest announcement of the countries we've just published. So, if you are in Italy, Taiwan or Turkey, you can have a look for your updates.
- 059D8G5 N8 Hungary: The update is already available - please check in OviSuite or via the software update client in your phone.
Skyee Hi, thanks for your answer but my phone is password Hungary but bought in Greece, if we pass to Anna through the ovi suites will miss the Greek language, so I'm asking if you know when it will come through or if local OTA Why is the only way of installation without loss of the Greek language.
Thanks and waiting your reply soon

Symbian Anna huge Display brightness bug ? !! Be ...

hi
english is not my native language.
i have two nokia c7`s. one with the symbian anna (updated today) and one without the anna update.
the old one has 3 settings for the diplay brightness from min /medium/to max
the c7 updated with anna has only 2. minimum and medium . if you push it to the right= max nothing happend. the brightness still is medium.
the screen is much darker now with symbian anna, even if i set the brightness to max..
is this a bug??. can anyone confirm this? .. if it`s a bug please fix it asap. its horrible. you cant see anything if the sun is shining.
thanks

now i really figured it out.
it´s the light sensor at the top right of the phone. if you are in a dark room or something like that, it turns down brightness automaticly (you only can choose between 2 steps). if you are in a bright room or outside you can turn the brightness up to max in 5 steps.
i dont like this feature. i cannot find a way to turn the light sensor feature off. is there a way??
thanks

Typing experience in Symbian Anna and its touch in...

Coming from a symbian 9.2 device (more exactly the Nokia N95), I've tested Nokia N8 input system before buying it, and I've got very surprised when I've known symbian ^3 had a keyboard layout that simulates the physical alpha numeric keyboard found in non-QWERTY phones (called "alphanumeric keyboard" in Symbian Anna).For an even greater surprise, the "predictive text" feature is also present, what for me, makes "alphanumeric keyboard" the best and fastest one to type.
Of course QWERTY keyboard is cool, but as I live in Brazil, the keys are smaller (to give room for special characters like ^, ~, `,' and c) if I use Portuguese as the Writing Language.On the other hand, the alphanumeric keyboard.has big keys, that are easily selectable.
Although "porting" the keyboard to a touch screen environment was very well done by Nokia in my opinion, there are a few features that were availiable for physical keyboards, and that aren't found in its touch screen counterpart.Below are the improvements that could also by ported, allowing an even faster typing experience in Symbian ^3 phones, and that would make typing almost perfect: (everything you read below is based on my experience as an user of a Nokia N8 with Symbian Anna, version 025.007)
-Multi-touch support for the key pressing.This is the number one addition, and the one I'd choose if only one of the improvements stated here could be done.Currently, only one key can be pressed at a time when typing, and that really slow things down, specially when you alternate keys using both fingers.Commonly, you find out the desired key didn't have its input processed cause you were already holding another key when the later was pressed.In physical keyboards of phones running (for example) Symbian 9.2, at least two keys can be securely pressed at the same time, and both inputs are processed
-Navigate by word.When Predictive text is active, and you move the cursor to some word, it could be underlined, meaning you could navigate quickly through words, and most importantly, make corrections more easily.Let's imagine you are trying to write the word "congratulations".After typing "congratu", you unwillingly press space, thus going out of the word.If you move the cursor back to it, i doesn't "stick" to the word.Instead, it just navigate through the letters.To complete the word, you'd need to either delete the whole word and rewrite it, or complement it as an independent word (typing with predictive text disabled, for example).If the same behaviour available to physical alphanumeric keyboards were implemented, it would be very easier to correct words, as moving the cursor to some word would cause it to stick to that word, entering immediately into an active prediction of that word.
- # key as "previous" during prediction.When you are typin some word with predictive text active, * key move forward in the matches list, but # key does absolutely nothing.In Nokia N95, for example, pressing it would go to previous word in list.
The following isn't a feature that were available in previous phones, it's just an improvement to the input system that could be implemented:
- Double-click in a word would select it, and a triple-click would select the whole text.It's possible in an other operating system for phones, and that makes it very easy to select text.
Please post your tips and feelings about the typing system in Symbian ^3 (related to touch input system).
Note: This goal of this post is to state some things that counld be improved by Nokia when releasing new updates
Best Regards

messenges will never ever ever ever work if both devices use the same appleID

Symbian Anna update 1/2 not available

Hi,
I have just updated my phone (N8 Hungarian T-Mobile version) to Symbian Anna but the update package 1/2 is not available. Could anyone help? Thanks.
Some details
First I tried to update many times using Ovi Suite but it failed during the backup phase (service not available message) - finally I updated using Nokia Software Updater and the update to Anna was completed successfully.
I went to check the additional update packages but only Update package 2/2, Ovi Store update and Social update were available. All installed successfully. Update package 1/2 was missing from the list of available updates!
As expected, without update package 1/2 the PDF Reader and QuickOffice are not available.
I checked many times yet again but 1/2 still not available. Is there a way I can install update package 1/2?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Symbian Anna update package 1/2 appeared today as an available update and installed successfully. This issue is solved. Thanks.

Symbian Anna update 1/2 failed to install

The story so far. I did the first round Anna update (around 27 mb i think) OTA cos my Ovi Suite never able to update firmware on my n8 since trying to update it to PR 1.2, and I did try reinstalling, redownload, reboot PC, reg clean, ccleaner to fix the Suite but it still do not update my firmware at all. But that's another story.
So I installed the 1st round, n8 rebooted to white screen, rebooted into homesceen with Midnight theme. SW update then shows 4 more items: Anna update 1/2, 2/2, Store and Social. The 1/2 was showing around 20++ mb. So I selected all 4 and update. Halfway through the installing process of 1/2 update (note the download part of 1/2 was very fast), I did plug in the power pin, cos the installation process was damn slow for 1/2. I did not notice wheher it finised installing cos later i checked it was already on 2/2 (downloaded and installing). It then went to the last two items and installed ok.
Rebooted device, but SW update still showed Anna update 1/2 available (the only one left) and the download size is now 7166 kb. I proceed to update it, it failes with error but no error codes or any message what was the error about. I tried again and again, with fresh reboots, still failes. What gives?
Even more, split screen not here. I did the uninstalling Swype, activating qwerty mode in portrait, still no split screen. I do not have any Betalabs apps.
My Quickoffice & Reader is not here anymore (the app manager not showing them too). Heck I bought the full ver of Quickoffice 6 last time. Wat a waste of my money now that ver 7 is out!!
Anyone knows how to delete the "dowloaded cache" of SW updates? I want to force SW update to redownload this 1/2 item to try fix this issue.
Thanks for listening and please help. Cheers!!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I got the same problem since this morning on both my N8 & just found out solution on a previous update error similar to this & completed the update on one of the N8. Re-trying on another one.
Working Solution for failed update was found on Flashism's website quoted & "touched up" per below:
Big thanks to user “Unick” on Nokia Support Forums, who posted a working solution to the problem, and there are couple of successful installs reported from the solution.
I just deleted folder E:\Private\20019119\. After that I ran SW update on the phone & it restarted download of Symbian Anna Update 1/2 & 2/2 as well as Social, they finished updates successfully.
To delete the mentioned folder, follow these simple steps:
• Connect your Nokia N8/C7 in Mass Storage mode to PC via USB cable
• Locate and delete folder named “20019119″ under \Private folder of Mass Storage
• Unplug the device from PC, and retry again. It should work.
However, I still got no popup split keyboard after completing the updates & restarted the phone.

Missing Features, Bugs, and Wish List for Apple Engineers

I LOVE my iPhone. It is by far the best phone I have ever had. The interface is awesome. Great job Apple, but there are missing features and bugs that all of us want updated or wish were added. I know they were probably already thought of by Apple, but in an effort to make the phone perfect removed to make it more stable. Now that it is out lets make it perfect.
This thread will hopefully give you guys guidance from the early adopters who share your love for the phone (and others who want to chime in). I want to separate the list into a few categories and hope everyone will add to this thread with their ideas:
1) BUGS/CHANGES TO EXISTING APPS:
- Period should be in alphabet keyboard (make space smaller) or when you go to symbol keyboard and hit period it should automatically go back to the alphabet keyboard (unless you double click the symbol button which means stay there like caps lock)
- Individual delete (like Mail) of all lists (eg. call list, bookmarks list, history etc.
- Multiple item in a List delete (see below for how to select). This is also so un-Mac like to not be able to select multiple items to delete. It is all or none for clear/delete on the iPhone.
- Implement double finger slide...in maps double finger tap zooms out so the OS recognizes this, why don't you use a double finger drag to mean "select". There is no way to select some words in a sentence or a group of items. This could be how. eg. In a list (eg Mail) double finger slide over items you want to select (instead of singer finger drag which moves the list) then one finger slide to the right to delete the selected items from the list.
- Copy and paste. Since there are no menus this would require a gesture (ala newton)
- when you tap the battery icon it should bring up a battery status dialog (ala wifi join dialog where the screen dims): present charge, big battery icon (like the charging one), time left. In addition, instead of giving battery usage details only after a full charge, give it at any point.
- Since you know that nights and weekends are at set times (and not variable like it was on Sprint where I came from)...the phone usage details should be broken down into: peak minutes used and N+W minutes used (not hard to figure out since you know the time and dates of calls)
- Be able to change font/background etc in Notes app
- faster way to get to favorites in the killer phone app after turning on phone. Just seems like it takes too many taps to get there to make a call on a phone.
2) WISH LIST FOR NEW APPS (apps that can be added with existing hardware, see #3 for other wishes)
- iChat (obvious and probably almost done)
- VOIP (probably not going to happen, and wouldn't work in Europe where I would need it most gven network speeds there)
- Flight tracker widget
- Exchange support (probably in the works)
- Push email from gmail and .Mac (probably in the works)
- Bluetooth sync
- DUN (probably not going to happen since AT+T does not want it)
- Data/File storage with sync
- TODO APP that syncs to to do in iCal
- Ringtones, definitely from songs from iPod side (obvious and coming soon I am sure)
-Search function like spotlight. Global would be awesome, but even just in contacts
3) FUTURE HARDWARE RELATED WISHES (stuff we wish could be in hardware version 1 but know require a version 2):
- GPS
- 3G
- LED that changes color and/or pulses (like MacBooks sleep light) that indicates things (eg charge status, Voice mail status, roaming status etc) without turning on the phone
- Move camera to front to allow video conferencing (I doubt Steve would allow since it would mess up the clean front look)
Well I could go on and will add to this thread later, but I need to go to work to show everyone (and sell more apple stuff since many of my colleagues have been converted to macs). Now, all you pioneers, start adding things to help our beloved phone become better!
Peter
iMac Mac OS X (10.3.6)

I agree with your post! I'm amazed by the simplicity, the screen, and the apps on the iPhone. They all have worked wonderfully for me, with just a few crashes while surfing or loading big email images. (I heard that shutting down the phone and restarting helps that.)
The single flaw for me is that the phone app itself should be primary, with more options (quicker access, unique ringtones, voicedial?) and ease of use. The other applications are so elegant, but I need my phone to be very accessible and practical too.
My wish list:
1) Make it fewer taps to get to the point where you can make a phone call. How about the main button can be programmed to take you wherever you want. I'd choose to go to Phone Favorites, so I could speed dial right away.
2) Be able to set a preference as to what app you're in when you wake up the phone. I'd choose phone keypad, some might choose iCal, etc.
3) Add the period and comma symbols to the alpha keyboard.
4) Allow different ringtones for specific caller ID's.
5) Copy and paste.
V2) With new hardware, add a "back" button to return to prev. screen. It could be small, on the side near volume?
2.33 ghz dual core Intel Imac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Missing Features in BT Cloud

The thread is intended to keep together a list of BT Cloud features that people would like but that are not present. It is sometimes difficult to keep buts and missing features apart; if posting please try to keep to the 'missing features' subject. While I can, I will edit this first post rather than adding extra posts as I add extra comments.
BT Cloud is a new service (or a new interface to an old service) so has many missing features; with luck if we record these the team will try to get them added at some point. I have found them very responsive on the issues with speed (even though they haven't yet managed to resolve them), and I hope they will be equally responsive here.
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Sharing of directories
I can share files but not directories. On the Windows GUI, 'Share' is greyed out when a directory is selected. On the web GUI, you can select 'Share', but all the options are then greyed out except 'Show Sharing History'
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Multi-select
Normal multi-select options don't work in either GUI.
Expect shift-click to select a range of files/directories.
Expect ctrl-a to select all.
etc.
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Not enough control of when backup happens
No control to prevent BT Cloud starting when computer starts
Also, it starts instances for ALL users ~ in many cases backup will only be required from one 'main' user.
No pause button to pause backup
No exit button to stop backup altogether
Correction: these buttons do exist, but are in a completely non-conventional place,
after clicking left button on the notification icon a secondary (nonstandard) pair of icons comes up,
if you right-click on the left of these you get a useful menu with pause, exit and help.
These should all appear on a right button click of the notification icon,
and help should be available from the main screen as a button or by hitting F1.
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Backup of folders from network drive
Don't seem to be able to select folders from a network drive to back up.
Dones not work using either network drive directly, or via mapped drive letter.
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Easy backup of music files from android
This is available on Windows, and can be done manually on android, but esasier interface needed on Android

sjtp wrote:
The thread is intended to keep together a list of BT Cloud features that people would like but that are not present. It is sometimes difficult to keep buts and missing features apart; if posting please try to keep to the 'missing features' subject. While I can, I will edit this first post rather than adding extra posts as I add extra comments.
BT Cloud is a new service (or a new interface to an old service) so has many missing features; with luck if we record these the team will try to get them added at some point. I have found them very responsive on the issues with speed (even though they haven't yet managed to resolve them), and I hope they will be equally responsive here.
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Sharing of directories
I can share files but not directories. On the Windows GUI, 'Share' is greyed out when a directory is selected. On the web GUI, you can select 'Share', but all the options are then greyed out except 'Show Sharing History'
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Multi-select
Normal multi-select options don't work in either GUI.
Expect shift-click to select a range of files/directories.
Expect ctrl-a to select all.
etc.
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Not enough control of when backup happens
No pause button to pause backup
No exit button to stop backup altogether
No control to prevent BT Cloud starting when computer starts
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Backup of folders from network drive
Don't seem to be able to select folders from a network drive to back up.
Dones not work using either network drive directly, or via mapped drive letter.
You will have to disregard my previous comments. It seems that when I tried to use the BT Cloud app for the first time it had not set up fully. There was no access to the help pages.
A section by section read through the instructions shows that most features in my listing are there. Even a pause feature, and of course, being able to quit the app..
For every day use the app seems to be fully effective.
Other users with more advanced demands may find some problems.
The demands on the Windows 7 operating system are low, using little processing time and only a minor RAM usage.

My list of missing features

Ok, some are repeats:
PivotTables and Grouping.
Although I'm no scientist or engineer, missing those two key features is frustrating.
Another thing I find missing is summaries within the graphs themselves. And especially auto-update. Right now to get that to work I can drag my series to include the footer, but then it includes the footers value into my chart. In Excel, the tables know when you've added an additional row and adds that to the chart. I mostly use trend graphs, so having to go back to each chart and update the selection is very tedious. Or having the Sum value at the end throw off the averages I'm trying to trend. Nothing like having a bunch of values around 2-3 or 20-30 over an average and then a huge 10k number at the end to make the rest unreadable.
While I may just be missing how to do this, but I don't see any easy way of bringing data in from another workbook.
I know this one is a little silly, but clipart. I love the idea of iPhoto integration (and Aperature) it's only a shame I use LightRoom but at the same time, I'm a photographer, so why would I have little silly clipart's in my DAM system? It would be nice to have a clipart gallery that's separate from iPhoto that can be accessed through all the iWork programs.
Another thing, Data Validation. Either in the form of verifying data is within a certain range or doesn't exceed a set amount, to creating lists.
Oh, and a Divide function. Why can't this ever be easy? lol I know you can just us / but they have a Quotient function, but it only rounds to whole numbers and then MOD which does the remainder, why not just a simple function for both?
And password protection.
Yes, I know it's just a 1.0.0 release, and I think it's pretty good for a start, but I do think it's a little premature and hopefully not going to follow the XBox trap of ruining itself before it's supposed to be released. However, the same things happened with Aperature and Apple was quick to address many of those issues. So here's to ditching Office for good . . . just not yet.

Since I don't know how to edit my own posts . . .
Another missing feature, automatically filling in formulas when a new row is created. For instance, say you have 3 columns, 1 + 2 = 3. In Office 2004, when I add a new row, that formula is automatically inserted. It's just one of those nice little time saving features that would be nice.

808 Belle FP2 gallery missing features

Nokia 808 Belle FP2's gallery is still crippled. There is no way to organize photos into folders or tag them in any useful manner. And there no possibility to select multiple items for sharing etc. Gallery cannot zoom images that are downloaded to the phone from other sources no matter how big these images are.
None of these limitations were present in Symbian Anna, so this is a major drawback and downgrade in terms of features even this 808 shoud be Nokias's current flag ship phone on photography domain.

I Updated my Nokia 603 to FP2.
New Camera UI, music Player and details tab in gallery are very appreciated.
Also, several new widgets and performance improvements are satisfactory.
Problems I encountered are,
1) I can't send several photos from gallery by marking them, and don't see the option to sort by ascending or descending dates.
2) Also, Message Editor takes 3-4 sec. to rotate when keyboard is raised.
3) Contacts are scrambled, not sorted Alphabeticaly. They keep changing everytime.
4) Music Player takes 2-3 seconds to play a song when clicked on it.
5) Another minor bug is the time stamp of Message Sending. Sometimes, a message fails to be sent. It's then scheduled to be 'Resend at .......' But if you send it manually, that 'resend' time is attached to the message. not the actual one. It's not a major bug but it makes the Conversational View scattered.

Just brought home newly purchased MacBook Pro 15"/Maverick/Retinal Display. To my astonishment, there is NO DVD slot! No one in the store told me about this missing feature. Intolerable, How does one install software? Insert CDs to copy for iTunes?Do I ha

Just brought home newly purchased MacBook Pro 15"/Maverick/Retinal Display. To my astonishment, there is NO DVD slot! No one in the store told me about this missing feature. Intolerable, How does one install software? Insert CDs to copy for iTunes?Do I have to purchase an external DVD drive? Is one even available? What a crock!

I’ve owned Macs since 1990 (IICX my first), mostly desktops. Having had DVD/CD drives in all my previous laptop Macs since 2001 - (2) G4 Powerbooks, A 17” Mac Book Pro - and also inspecting a friend’s year-old Mac Book Pro which had the DVD slot - unless someone told me at purchase, I had no reason to know that the Retina display version of the 15” had NO DVD drive. ANYHOW, I fully intended to buy the non-Retina display version, because it was cheaper. Unfortunately by the time I got to the Apple store they were no longer selling the non-Retina display version; all versions were ONLY with the Retina display. And the fine distinction of a DVD vs. a non-DVD drive was not pointed out. So now I have to shell out an additional $80 bucks for an external SuperDrive.

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