Mar 25, 2011 13:27 GMT  ·  By

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available a new flavor of its Nokia Ovi Suite desktop syncing/management application for computers running under Microsoft's Windows platform, namely Nokia Ovi Suite 3.1.0.47 Beta. The new beta release comes with a wide range of enhancements, the leading handset vendor notes, and should provide users with a better experience when it comes to the updating of their phone's apps or operating system.

This is the first release of Nokia Ovi Suite 3.1, now offered for download for all those who are interested in beta testing it.

Users who would download and install the new application version on their computers should offer feedback on the experience they receive from the software, so that the development team behind the app would know what needs to be fixed.

Some of the enhancements that the new app release brings forth would include a simpler way of updating the phone software and mobile applications. Moreover, the new software version comes with improved stability when it comes to the connectivity between device and computer.

Other improvements would include:

- Simplified experience for Ovi Store app promotions in Home view. Now you can send from Home view direct link of mobile application to your phone and proceed with download and installation inside your mobile phone. No need to open web browser anymore in desktop. - Sync log: now you can view results of your last sync session and see, what details where added, updated or deleted from different sync end points. - Critical fixes to sync with Microsoft Outlook. We have put lots of effort into improving sync with Microsoft Outlook and are very interested to see, how many of different problems we have solved. - Sending text message to group. Create a contacts group from your favorite contacts in Contacts view and then you can send text messages to all members of that group easily from Messaging view. - Improved video playback. HD video captured with Nokia phone plays now more smoothly in Nokia Ovi Suite. - Maps download view. You can easily see what maps you have added to your download queue.

Based on users' feedback, the company plans on delivering even more software updates to the new application, so as to improve the overall experience further more. Thus, those who would download and install the new release are advised to do the same with newer Ovi Suite 3.1 versions as well.

Nokia Ovi Suite 3.1.0.47 Beta is available for download from Softpedia as well, via this link.