Mac.sis making macs and S60 handsets talk

Season's greetings from the dark depths of Finland to all Mac.sis readers! As we're winding down 2007 and bracing ourselves for 2008 I thought that a little bit of a retrospective would be in order, so here are a few thoughts on the past year and expectations for the next.

Thanks to Eric for pointing this out – the mobile syncing hotness Nokia Multimedia Transfer has been updated to version 1.2.1. The upgrade can be carried out conveniently through the Check for updates now option in the NMT (have to love the acronym).

Alas! The NMT web page says nada about the contents of the upgrade, so I suppose time will tell. Any clever observations on new or improved functionality are greatly appreciated.

The free todo-list manager Anxiety provides a simplistic way to quickly view the centrally managed OS X todos (from Mail or iCal) as well as to create new todos. Since the application taps into the system-wide task list, it means that the data is also easily synced to an S60 handset using iSync.

Title says it all. Get it while it's hot.

The Mac.sis reader stet approached me with the following question:

Based on my tests, iTuneMyWalkman can be added to the list of applications that do not quite work on Leopard. The application starts up fine, but trying to edit the preferences leads to an AppleScript error.

I received my pre-ordered copy of Leopard yesterday like a good fanboy should, and did a fresh install on a newly installed 200GB 7200 RPM Seagate Momentus on my Macbook. The installation went without a hitch, and I am currently migrating applications from my old HD, now comfortably seated in an external enclosure.

The Device Status application which was published some time ago by Nokia Beta Labs is now available as a standalone SIS package for those users unwilling to use Windows. Previously, the S60 application was bundled with the PC app, which obviously did not provide a whole lotta love to Mac users.

From the Beta Labs page:

I ran across this article in MacOSXHints and immediately realised that the basics described in the Finder Plugin article can be used to convert your BT mobile into a virtual printer. I tested the hint using my N95 as a test subject, and lo and behold, a Send PDF to N95 as JPEG item appeared in the OS X print dialog.

As noted by Darla Mack in Apple Dashboard Widgets Coming Soon To Nokia, the Forum Nokia developer site is offering instructions on how to port Mac Dashboard widgets to the upcoming Web Run-Time (WRT) platform in S60 3rd Edition FP2.