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22Sep/084

Incoming call desktop notification in new PC Suite 7

I have been looking for something like this for a long time. I hate ring tones with a passion and my phone is almost always on silent. Enter my ipod and a productive morning and I miss a lot of calls. So, Nokia has built in a desktop call notification feature in their new PC Suite. “Be informed of incoming calls and new messages received on your computer!”

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But, after a lot of searching (And I mean a LOT, there is no documentation for this feature anywhere. Not even in the PC Suite User Guide) it appears that not all phones are supported and the ones that are need to be connected via cable, not Bluetooth.

What an absolute bugger. I dont want to have to plug my phone in all the time. Whats the point of having a phone with Bluetooth if all the features of PC Suite cant be utilised with it?

Further Reading;
No incoming call notification - PC and Mac Software - Nokia Support Discussions
Re: Incoming SMS and Call notification - PC and Mac Software - Nokia Support Discussions
Re: No New Call Notification with the New 7.0 PC Suit - PC and Mac Software - Nokia Support Discussions