Nokia Beta Labs Ovi Contacts Chat Client Updated

Since Nokia Beta Labs last update of Ovi Contacts, some issues were raised up in the Beta Labs forums, these have now been fixed, so here's one more update: a new and better release of Ovi Contacts for S60 3rd Edition FP2 and S60 5th Edition products.

To name a few from the long list of solved issues, here's a few worth mentioning:

    * Send file was working only from chat view, not from the friend list before, but now it works
    * Issues with Cyrilic and Scandinavian letters were fixed (you may have seen these as broken letters in the friend list)
    * E-mail field in 'My profile' didn't accept "-" character is fixed, as reported by deekay304 in the forum
    * Corrupted pics in personal and friends profile are fixed, as reported by lebb53 in the forum

Also something that was highly requested by many Spanish speaking Beta Labs readers, was that we should put the download up to Beta Labs in a way that it contains all languages supported. Now it should. Download options are available here. More details after the break.

2009-02-01_1322 In addition, the Beta labs team had time to do one more feature from the list you provided in return for your feature suggestion. Simple feature for combining all your sent messages in to a "single bubble" instead of many "subsequent bubbles" was suggested by alsiladka in the Beta Labs forum. Basically, it makes better use of the screen real-estate while you exchange a lot of messages. I think it looks much better.

With Ovi Contacts, you can let your friends know what you are doing and where you are. You can also check your friends' status messages to see what your friends are up to. Ovi Contacts is all about keeping in touch with people who matter.

If you have used Nokia Chat you will find Ovi Contacts mobile application familiar. Key features: (note: supported features depend on the platform)

    * Presence: Let your friends know if you are available, busy or on the phone. Check your friends' availability.
    * Enhanced presence: You can share - or hide - your favorite places with your friends. You can also let your friends know what you are listening to.
    * Chat: Get in touch with your friends with chat. Convey your messages with emotions and share your location on the map via chat.

Here's how it appears:

new look