Where’s the OVI sync support the 5800 XpressMusic?

Written by Devin
Posted February 26, 2009 at 5:00 pm

The 5800 XpressMusic has been available for some time now and even the NAM version is set to be available this week. The 5800 with its fresh-out-of-the-oven S60 5th edition is arguably Nokia’s way of paving the way for the N97 set to be released this June.

While there is a steady stream of third party apps supporting the 5800 and S60 5th edition, Nokia itself has been lacking with it’s own software support. But why leave out something so important as Ovi Sync? For many of us, our contacts are invaluable and having them stored up the clouds to a service like Nokia’s Ovi is like a second or third backup in the case of an unfortunate incident. So where is the support for the 5800 XpressMusic? After months of being released, the 5800 has yet to appear on the list of supported devices. What’s stranger is the fact that there’s no reason why it shouldn’t work. I’ve been using it on my 5800 for a few weeks now, without any problems. I did have to choose another device for it to work, but once synced everything worked fine, as it even added contact images to the phone book that I uploaded to OVI. Worth mentioning though is that OVI recognizes 5800 as the “N95.”