02-23-2004, 11:30 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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�and in the Blue Corner, the Nokia 9500!
Quite a day for official announcements. Today Nokia announced the 9500 (what a coincidence � Nokia 9500, say hello to the nice Motorola MPx :wink: ) and Infosync World have managed to get their hands on a unit.
"The 9500 features tri-band GSM capability (two variants: 900/1800/1900 MHz and 850/1800/1900 MHz), GPRS/EGPRS (EDGE), wireless LAN (802.11b), a built-in VGA camera for MMS messaging, Bluetooth for audio and data, USB for synchronization and J2ME. The device runs Symbian 7.0 as its operating system.
Connectivity takes the form of an e-mail client supporting POP3, IMAP4, SMTP and SyncML, while browsing is possible via HTML / XHTML and JavaScript 1.3. Full security is present through SSL/TLS and Ipsec VPN. Documents in a range of popular formats can be viewed directly on the device.
The latest Communicator is equipped with two colour screens, one running at 640 x 200 16-bit, displaying Nokia's Series 80 user interface. A second screen runs at 128 x 128 pixels and features the Series 40 interface. The device has 80 MB of memory for users."
That's quite a set of features. 8) Oh � and it has a Full QWERTY keyboard as well. :mrgreen: Nice. It's expected to be available in volume during the fourth quarter of 2004. The price (unsubsidized) is expected to be around �800 in Europe.
It's really good to see devices with decent keyboards in the mainstream again (forget thumb-boards). More please! :way to go:
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02-24-2004, 01:22 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Yes indeed on the nice qwerty keyboard. Thank you sir, may I have another?
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02-24-2004, 01:44 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2004
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I love this device, and I hope that in time the price will fall to about 500$, and then I definetly will buy one of those.
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02-24-2004, 01:45 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: �and in the Blue Corner, the Nokia 9500!
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Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins
It's really good to see devices with decent keyboards in the mainstream again (forget thumb-boards). More please! :way to go:
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02-24-2004, 01:45 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Nov 2003
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> It's really good to see devices with decent keyboards in the mainstream again (forget thumb-boards). More please!
This reminds me of the HPC's that no-one wanted to buy. Maybe they should have put a cellphone in the Jornada 720, it would have been the killer product!
Just kidding 
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02-24-2004, 01:53 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by The PocketTV Team
This reminds me of the HPC's that no-one wanted to buy. Maybe they should have put a cellphone in the Jornada 720, it would have been the killer product!
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Nah.  The 720 was just too..... chunky. The Psion Revo was (IMHO) the perfect balance of size and function - small enough to be truly portable, yet large enough to type comfortably. I could live with a PDA a bit larger & heavier, but not much.
Still, this is a good trend. :mrgreen:
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02-24-2004, 01:58 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2003
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the communicator runs symbian 8 on the inside, symbian 4 on the inside, must be a typ-oh in the article.
i wonder why they don't give it a touch screen. it just begs for it.
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02-24-2004, 02:34 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by dMores
the communicator runs symbian 8 on the inside, symbian 4 on the inside, must be a typ-oh in the article.
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No - it could be right. Symbian 80 is more suited for large screens, Symbian 40 is better on smaller screens. Look Here for a matrix of Nokia phones. Notice the range of Symbian Series 40, Series 60 and Series 80 phones, each with different sized screens?
It it actually makes a lot of sense to have a different OS/UI for each screen.
Each is optimised for a different task & you don't have to open the phone up to take a call. It solves a lot of problems!
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i wonder why they don't give it a touch screen. it just begs for it.
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True - that's odd. Or maybe not - not everyone wants to 'mess about; with a stylus. Scares the horses?
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02-24-2004, 05:16 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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the moment i see it for sale is the moment i buy it.... 8O
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02-24-2004, 06:01 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Too bad that I have Nextel, I guess we'll get the cool phones sooner or later--probably later.
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