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UPnP, the Nokia N95 and Windows Media Player

Posted on May 7, 2008
Filed Under Digital Music, Links to my Articles, Mobile Computing |

Over on All About Symbian, I’ve posted a tutorial on linking the Nokia N95 (and other Nseries devices) to your Windows Media Player collection on your PC, using the Universal Plug and PLay (UPnP) protocols and Nokia’s Home Media client on the handset.

Yes you can still hook up the phone over USB, or a bluetooth connection, but there’s something satisfying about browsing the full collection (about 20GB) on the handset, clicking copy, and it’s there, all without getting up from the sofa.

The Home Media application reminds me a lot of Nokia’s first stab at a podcasting application – the functionality is all there, but it’s lacking a little bit of polish. The podcasting app is now both a separate standalone application and fully integrated into the music player. I think that’s where Home Media application aspires to reach in the next year. For the moment it’s a solid little utility that’s well worth setting up.