Nokia Beta Suite for Windows

Question

I was very excited when I saw this was available as the MS supplied Outlook Connector does not do a complete job of syncing contacts.
http://betalabs.nokia.com/trials/nokia-suite-beta
I've tried via Bluetooth, and via multiple USB ports using my Nokia USB cable, and can't get the Suite to recognize my Lumia 710.  I've seen multiple reports of similar situations, I'm wondering if anyone has actually been able to get this to work?

Answer 1

Now that the new Lumias have arrived, could Nokia confirm the following:
1. It is not possible to sync contacts and calendar between MS Outlook and a Lumia 820 or 920 directly via Nokia Suite and USB cable.
2. Nokia suite can be used to copy contacts and calendar from older Nokia phones to a Lumia 820 or 920, but only by using Skydrive.  And when using this method, not all contact fields will be copied, e.g. contact notes and repeating calendar items will not be copied, and the contacts interface in Windows Live is infuriating.
3. The ease and accuracy of synchronisation of contacts using the "Outlook Connector" add-on is even worse.
4. It seems the mysterious "Windows Companion" or "Windows Phone" app, which supposedly allows direct local synchronisation of MS Outlook contact and calendar entries between a PC and a Lumia phone via USB cable, is only compatible with PC's running the Windows 8 OS.  Anyone running earlier versions of Windows on their PC's will have to upgrade.
5. It seems impossible to obtain specifications as to precisely what the "Windows Companion" or "Windows Phone" app will do and how it will do it.
It is quite incredible that Nokia has allowed the above issues to remain unresolved since the release of the first Lumia phones, especially given the demise of its Symbian OS, which allowed effortless and ACCURATE local synchronisation between phone and MS Outlook via Nokia Suite.  Given the amount of forum posts relating to these issues, one has to assume that MS is deliberately using them to force consumers to use its unsatisfactory cloud services and upgrade their PC OS to Windows 8 - all to achieve very poorly a synchronisation function that Nokia had provided perfectly well for years.
Michael