Nokia 9000 Communicator
The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first product in
The Communicator was highly advanced, featuring sending and receiving
9110
The Nokia 9110 Communicator was the updated model of the Nokia 9000 Communicator in the Communicator series. Its biggest change from the 9000 was that it weighed much less.
Specifications
- Operating system: ROM-DOS) on the PDA side
- Main applications: short messages, email, Wireless imaging: digital camera connectivity, Smart messaging, TextWeb, Web browser, Serial Terminal, Telnet, Contacts, Notes, Calendar, Calculator, world time clock, Composer.
- Display: 640 × 200 Pixels
- Size: 158 mm × 56 mm × 27 mm
- Weight: 253 g
- Processor: Embedded AMD Élan SC450 Am486 processor at 33 MHz[8][9]
- Memory: 8 MB total, 4 MB Operating System and applications, 2 MB program execution, 2 MB user data storage, MMC card.
Successors
The product line was discontinued in 2000 with the introduction of Nokia 9210 Communicator which introduced a wide TFT colour internal screen, 32-bit ARM9-based RISC CPU at 52 MHz, 16 MB of internal memory, enhanced web abilities and most importantly saw the operating system change to the Symbian operating system. The 9210i launched in 2002 increased the internal memory to 40 MB, video streaming and flash 5 support for the web browser.
The 9xxx Communicators introduced features which later evolved into smartphones.
Awards
The Nokia 9000 Communicator received several awards including:[10]
- GSM World Award (for innovation) at GSM World Conference 1997
- Best Technological Advance by Mobile News UK
- Best New Product 1997 by Business Weekmagazine
In popular culture
The Nokia 9000 is used by
The phone is also mentioned in Bret Easton Ellis' book Glamorama.
References
- ^ "First GSM-based communicator product hits the market Nokia Starts Sales of the Nokia 9000 Communicator". Nokia (Press release). 15 August 1996. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Nokia 9000 Communicator | Device Specs". PhoneDB. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Nokia Unveils World's First All-In-One Communicator For The Americas". Nokia (Press release). 19 September 1996. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Vor 20 Jahren: Die Smartphone-Ära beginnt mit großem Communicator, heise.de (German)
- ^ "HP's OmniGo 700LX Communicator Plus". www.palmtoppaper.com.
- ISBN 9781849687379.
- ^ Baguley, Richard (August 1, 2013). "The Gadget We Miss: The Nokia 9000 Communicator". Medium.
- ^ A photograph of the insides of the case, with the CPU, can be seen in the last picture on the right side of this page.
- ^ Data sheet of the processor
- ^ "Nokia Annual Report 1997" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ^ Nokia. (1997, Apr 9). Nokia 9000 Communicator makes a visible appearance in "THE SAINT" Archived 2012-06-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Apr 30, 2016, from Nokia
External links
- (in Finnish) More info