Today at Cannes Nokia announced the long awaited Communicator successor Nokia 9500. The tri-band device supporting I-GPRS (EDGE) and Wi-Fi 802.11b is expected to be available in volume during the fourth quarter of 2004. The device is running Series 80 on the inside and Series 40 on the outside.

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Nokia launches new enterprise-class Communicator
February 23, 2004

The Nokia 9500 Communicator extends business mobility as leading IT vendors offer new solutions and support


Cannes, February 23, 2004--Nokia today renewed its commitment to enterprise mobility with the introduction of the first in a series of new enterprise-grade mobile devices designed for corporate customers. The new Nokia 9500 Communicator is one of the first cellular devices on the market designed to meet the demands of corporate IT departments for customization, manageability and security. The tri-band device supporting E-GPRS (EDGE) and Wi-Fi 802.11b is expected to be available in volume during the fourth quarter of 2004. The price (unsubsidized) of the Nokia 9500 Communicator is expected to be around ˆ800 in Europe.

With the announcement of the new enterprise-class communicator series, Nokia's recently formed Enterprise Solutions business group evolves the company's portfolio of business-optimised devices to include a full range of differentiated devices.

"Nokia understands mobility better than anyone," said Mary McDowell, Nokia Enterprise Solutions' newly appointed senior vice president and general manager. "The Nokia 9500 Communicator combines our knowledge of enterprise customer needs and critical usability issues with our expertise in mobile connectivity and security, resulting in the first mobile device that enables fast and universal access to corporate services, and is backed by proven application and software support from leading IT vendors."

Key Functions and Features
Like its predecessors from the first Communicator family, the Nokia 9500 Communicator takes the most popular office solutions mobile by bringing e-mail, personal information management, with PC synchronization, browsing, vertical enterprise applications and even document, spreadsheet and presentation creation into the pockets of mobile professionals, allowing them to effectively utilize their time while on the road. Other features of the sleek 222-gram (7.83 oz.) device include:

Tri-band GSM capability (two variants: 900/1800/1900 MHz and 850/1800/1900 MHz)
GPRS/EGPRS (EDGE)
Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b
Symbian Operating System 7.0S Platform with J2ME Personal Profile environment
In-built VGA camera & Multimedia messaging
Bluetooth audio and data support
USB connectivity (Nokia Connectivity Cable DKU-2)
80 MB of free user memory
Two color (up to 65k colors) displays with
640x200 pixels, Series 80 User Interface
128x128 pixels, Series 40 User Interface
E-mail support: POP3, IMAP,
Email: IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, SyncML
Security: SSL/TLS, Ipsec VPN
Browsing: HTML/XHTML, HTML 4.01, JavaScript 1.3
Office tool support: documents, spreadsheet, presentations

Also unveiled were the Connectivity desk stand for convenient charging and synchronization with a compatible PC, the Mobile Holder, which firmly holds the Nokia 9500 communicator in place in the car, and the Antenna Coupler, which provides a connection to an external antenna. For personalization, optional color covers are expected to be available.

Interoperability and Compatibility
Compatible and interoperable with existing IT infrastructures, the Nokia 9500 Communicator supports remote management using over-the-air provisioning, PC tools for device management, and customization capabilities. It also provides IT managers with a cost effective, easy-to-maintain and frequently updated device base, easing maintenance and deployment. Based on the Symbian operating system 7.0, JavaTM Personal Profile and MIDP2.0, the Nokia 9500 Communicator series offers developers a well-known and respected foundation upon which to build innovative solutions, facilitating forward compatibility with future members of the new enterprise Communicator family.

Secure Mobile Connectivity
The Nokia 9500 Communicator supports a broad range of standards-based security solutions. Data traffic can be effectively secured by a variety of standard Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions. For example, the Nokia Mobile (VPN) solution - consisting of the Nokia Security Service Manager and the Nokia Mobile VPN Client - integrates with existing corporate infrastructure and extends the use of IPSec VPN to mobile devices. Additionally, Symantec plans to provide unique firewall and antivirus protection with advanced over-the-air update features. The Nokia 9500 Communicator also supports other key security features such as device lock and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption for web-based applications.

Broad IT Industry Endorsement
Leading corporate information and communications technology vendors are already endorsing and/or supporting the new Communicator series with applications and software built especially for the new platform. Nokia's close collaboration with these vendors will provide corporate customers with best-in-class solutions that enable them to mobilize business processes, and make effective and secure remote connections to their existing IT infrastructures.

Companies that have already committed their support for the Nokia 9500 Communicator series include:

Cap Gemini Ernst &Young -@Anyplace Mobility Offerings
Cisco Systems, Inc. -Wireless LAN infrastructure interoperability
Computer Associates -streamlined management of mobile devices
Fujitsu -IT services and solutions provider
HP - mobile printing solutions
IBM - IBM's WebSphere Everyplace software offerings optimized for the Nokia Communicator
Oracle -Access to Oracle Collaboration Suite - email, files, calendar, web conferencing, faxes etc.
SAP AG -intends to investigate opportunities for SAP® solutions for mobile business arising from Nokia's Communicator platform
Symantec -mobile device Internet security solutions, including firewall and antivirus

Global Developer Support
Forum Nokia, Nokia's global developer program, offers multiple resources to support developers in building enterprise applications for the new Nokia 9500 Communicator. SDKs available at launch include Nokia Communicator SDK 1.0 Beta for Symbian OS 7.0s, Nokia Communicator MIDP SDK 1.0 Beta for Symbian OS 7.0s, and Personal Profile Plug-in 1.0 Beta for Nokia Communicator SDK. Developers also can access more than 20 relevant white papers and documents covering topics such as migrating both existing Nokia 9200 Communicator applications as well as existing Series 90 applications to the Nokia 9500 Communicator and guidelines for enterprise development. For more information and downloads of these resources visit www.forum.nokia.com/9500.

About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia is dedicated to enhancing people's lives and productivity by providing easy-to-use and secure products like mobile phones, and solutions for imaging, games, media, mobile network operators and businesses. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on five major exchanges.

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hmm so it's not comes with touch screen right ??

nowhere mention touchscreen and it says it is still using Series 80 which not meant to be for touchscreen layout

maybe i'm wrong

Full Nokia 9500 page with more details here (http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,8764,54106,00.html).

LAuRA's gonna love this. She has been waiting for new Communicator news for ages!

Hopefully won't be too long until it's in shops, but certainly looks the business.

Personally I'm a bit disappointed with it. It's just an upgrade to the old communicator with the obvious additions made i.e. put in the missing funtionality from the 6600 and add WiFi. I dont see why they could not have brought this out last year? It just feels like it's too little too late.

same thoughts here.
I don't really like the look of it for one thing. Screen resolution is the same as the 9210, too.

I agree with langoda and CyberFred,i expected more,at least a touchscreen and being Series 90 powered.

Originally posted by GhostDog
I agree with langoda and CyberFred,i expected more,at least a touchscreen and being Series 90 powered.

Dissapointed once more by Nokia.
Always confirming one thing. They will never release the perfect device. I expected at least being series 90 with touchscreen in the inside and series 60 outside.

I think it's gorgeous! I like everything about it, except the fact that I can't get it before Q4.

I've always liked the communicator, and would be using one today, if it only had GPRS.

The fact that it doesn't have a touch screen don't bother me much. The full QWERTY makes up for it, with shortcuts to practically anything. It also has a "rocker" key that can be used as a mouse on the screen, so what do you need a touch screen for?

I also like the fact that it uses a slightly improved version of the Series 80 interface, because that means compatibility with all the existing S80 3rd party software.

Love it! :)

I just heard about the "rocker" key so i love it too :D

The release date really bothers me!

me 2

anyway since its series 40 outside does that mean u can download 7210 games on it?

and also anyone know the diffrence between it and series 90?

Hi,

Contrary to many others, I think the Nokia 9500 rocks. But a Nokia 9310 could have being launched 8 months ago with half of features of the Nokia 9500, just to keep the users who need to buy new units : GPRS, MMS, Bluetooth, USB, 104 MHz, 8 MB of free RAM, 32 MB of free flash RAM and minor improvements. But the softwares would be compatible with a slow mode running at 52 MHz (needed for games).

Well, let's talk about the future. At least now Nokia says that there will be more Communicators, the Nokia 9500 is just the first one of the line. I support the strategy of frequently releasing new hardware while keeping the same OS and softwares, like PalmOne does.

The Forum Nokia says that Java programs have a max. heap size of 20 MB, so the available RAM of the Nokia 9500 is at least 20 MB ! Very nice. I say at least because other Symbian devices have approx. half the available RAM as max. heap size, like the Nokia 7650 with 1.4 MB of max. heap size compared to approx. 3.0 MB of free RAM. The current Nokia 92xx has approx. 3 to 3.5 MB of free RAM, so it is a huge improvement, now only the sky is the limit for the programmers :-)

I like the new Nokia 9500, it looks more like the Psion Revo with respect to the keyboard (better than the Nokia 92xx keyboard). Also comparing with the Revo, the touch screen/stylus is not so important, IMHO, I rarely use it. The IRDA is also present, unlike the N-Gage. I was not hoping for the VGA camera, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, stereo sound and 80-90 MB of available flash RAM.

Oh, the price seems to be good, 800 euros, if compared to SX1 (600 euros), P900 (800 euros), etc.

Starting to save money...

Roberto

Originally posted by Roberto
Hi,

Contrary to many others, I think the Nokia 9500 rocks. But a Nokia 9310 could have being launched 8 months ago with half of features of the Nokia 9500
Roberto

i would agree but then sales would be less and also more disappointed nokia users cause a knew phone arrived faster(as usual)

by the way has it been 4 years for the 9210?

Originally posted by Raven
I also like the fact that it uses a slightly improved version of the Series 80 interface, because that means compatibility with all the existing S80 3rd party software.



If this really is the case (and it sounds logical), then that is a bonus. I was sure that all the apps I had would be useless in the new device. Maybe they aren't :)

I haven't really decided if I love it yet. At first I was slightly disappointed as it looked so much like the old one... But maybe I will start saving the money :)

No matter what, and no matter the delay, it is an impressive set of features.

My take, many people will prefer the Series 80 user interface since they are used to it, especially if they originally came from GEOS.

It is also good that Series 80 survives, now that a lot of investment in applications, OPL etc has gone into it, though people from Psion 5mx/Revo background might prefer Series 90 if it ever shows up in a Communicator.

I am very curious about the keyboard. Having been used to Psion-keyboards, I found the 9210 keyboard apalling. The 9500 looks much better, a bit like a HP calculator, though not ergonomically shaped keys like the Revo.

cheers
Martin

I really don't get it. Quite apart from the questionable looks (could they not have tried, even just a little bit, to make it look less like a large, grey, plastic brick) it seems bulkier and heavier than a traditional PDA, costs way more, but seems to have no added benefits bar a tiny keyboard - and there are even plenty of PDA's on the market today with those!

The advantage of the smartphone over the PDA has (IMO) always been a combination of built in comms and form factor. Now that the PDA market has (nearly) caught up in terms of comms, what has the 9500 got left to offer?

Technology has moved far ahead of the Communicator series over the last few years, and the 9500's incremental improvements are way short of what's needed to catch up.

IMO the only problem witht he 9500 is that its the topnotch device of today!God knows what will pop up in Q4?

Originally posted by GhostDog
IMO the only problem witht he 9500 is that its the topnotch device of today!God knows what will pop up in Q4?

What makes it the top notch device of today?

What does the 9500 have that, for eample, a Treo 600 with a Wi-Fi card doesn't?

1. EDGE
2. Erm......

For me, Nokia needs to justify the extra cost and massive weight\bulk of the communicator series. A few years ago it was revolutionary and that was justification enough. It was the ONLY alternative to a laptop\IR cell-phone combination.

But now the market is much more competitive and I don't see many people being prepared to carry around such a huge device when far slicker alternatives are available.

I think that having a one device with a FULL QWERTY keyboard,big screen,WLAN,EGDE and Symbian OS on top of that is pretty topnotch for today.

What extra cost are you talking about,it will have the same price as the p800/p900 when they were released.I really don't have a clue how can you make a smaller device that will feature a FULL QWERTY keyboard.

I love it, and I love the fact that they didn't include a touchscreen :D
Have you read the specs? No symbian phone comes near it, 80mb internal memory ... 640*480 resolution.

It could become a serious multimediamobile device...
Talking about multimedia, the video/audio does seem to be ok, anyone know if it will have stereo output 2?

Well now I've got used to my P900 I'm not sure I would want to go back a communicator type device. However I don't tend to do a lot of typing on the move at the moment.

Anyway Infosync have a good brief preview (http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4644.html) of the device.

Originally posted by Dazler
640*480 resolution.

Actually it has the same resolution as the old commie; 640x200

anyone know if it will have stereo output 2?

It doesn't appear to have a stereo headset jack, but it has a com-port (-or whatever it's called) which could be used with a Nokia stereo headset. Another thing is that apparently a stereo Bluetooth headset is due for release later this year, which would let you listen to those MP3s wirelessly. :)

Btw, here's a video of the device in use: http://cheminots06.free.fr/95000.wmv

Yes it has a pop-port so it will have stereo output.

Originally posted by langdona

Anyway Infosync have a good brief preview (http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4644.html) of the device.

They are not impressed with the keyboard,IMO the most important factor for geting a Commi.I hope the final release is improved.

Why don't they have a proper keyboard like the revo? So simple, make so much sense. That makes the People at Nokia very ...stupid? Similarly for a touch screen, it a must for such a thing. So obvious!!!! The people at Psion were genius, but they can't be that far smarter then the people at Nokia.

Once again, common sense fail. Not happy, my Revo replacement is not showing up anytime soon. Sure the new nokia has all the bells and whistles, it doesn't provide the very basic requirements for it to be a work horse.

I think that this looks sexy and sounds sexy and is likely to be the only thing that will ever manage to replace my 9210. The timescale is of concern though, especially when it often happens that things get released after a given date.

Nevertheless, I do like the look of this. Nobody ever bought a 9210 because it looked good, so this is going to be a bit of an improvement!

It has looks, power, functionality and so much more (IMHO)!

Go 9500! Go 9500!

Don't like the proprietry lock-ins though :-(

A blast from the past!Nice to see you here again TANKERx.I sure miss your waffles :o

Back to the subject,Motorola announced the MPx,a possible 9500 competitor: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20698

Today Motorola announced the MPx - the latest in its line of smartphones. The MPx has one of the most innovative form-factors seen in a mobile device, with dual hinges to allow the device to open both lengthways (as a clamshell phone) and in landscape mode with a wide screen and full QWERTY keyboard.

The MPx is a tri-band GSM device with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support as well as a large 2.8 inch, 16-bit color display (320x240 pixels). Since it is based on Windows Mobile software, the MPx is compatible with a wide variety of advanced PDA applications and utilities. This also means that the MPx can view and edit Microsoft Office file formats.

The device is also very strong when it comes to multimedia. It supports MMC/SD cards of up to 1GB capacity, has a 1.3 megapixel camera (with flash), Java technology, and video recording. The video recordings can later be sent via e-mail, MMS, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.

Motorola hasn't released pricing details yet, but claims that the MPx will be available in the second half of 2004.

Hello everybody

I can only say that the new communicator rocks.
I have been playing with it for awhile here at the 3GSM show
in Cannes and I really cannot wait to get it.

Btw, the 9500 will come with a 128 MB MMC, at least in some countries... :)

Cheers,

Tilman

Originally posted by upponalle
Btw, the 9500 will come with a 128 MB MMC, at least in some countries... :)

Wow, that's great! But do you know for sure if the 9500 will be able to use higher capacity MMC cards, like 512MB-1G cards?

I can try to find that out.

Cheers,

Tilman

the only thing letting me down is release date q4:(

im already impressed with the motorola

god knows what other phones will appear by then

maybe something better:rolleyes:

The register having doubts: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/35822.html

what did he mean by" It will hit the market at the end of the year with a strong catalog of binary compatible software.
"
??

anyway i heard ppl say that about the nokia 9210 and it turned out to be a swell phone

i thinke 9500 well be even better

The 9500 runs on Series 80 2.x.The 9200 Series run on Series 80 1.x.There are loads of applications available for Series 80 1.x.Some applications will be compatible and some will need small modifications to work.A similar case was with Series 60 1.x devices(7650,3650 etc) and the 6600,Series 60 2.x device.Some application did work when the 6600 was released and some needed and still need some modification to work.

well thats good news to hear:)

but im falling in love with the motorola

That is your choice.IMO,the 9500 is a better option by far.

hey ghost dog u know a good furom for the motorola?

Don't like the proprietry lock-ins though :-(

What proprietary lock-ins? Do you know something I don't know?

cheers
Martin

Why don't they have a proper keyboard like the revo? So simple, make so much sense. That makes the People at Nokia very ...stupid? Similarly for a touch screen, it a must for such a thing.

The Psion 5mx keyboard is probably the best keyboard any PDA has seen, and the Psion Revo's keyboard was not far behind. Why this legacy has not lived on to later generation Symbian devices is puzzling, in particular in view of the very large professional markets in need of mobile devices suitable for fast typing of text, e.g. journalists, lawyers, doctors, mobile salesagents ...

Well, the Nokia 7700 with a Bluetooth keyboard might still be the way to go.

cheers
Martin

I think Psion hold patents on their keyboard designs which could explain why similar ones have not been produced by other manufacturors. It's why they don't license the design from Psion that confuses me?

It's why they don't license the design from Psion that confuses me?

Exactly!

Or will the continue to think that they can attract masses of mobile professionals with something that has the tactile feel of the very first Sinclair Spectrum...

cheers
Martin

Why do people moan on the one hand that it's big bulky and brick like, and then want a bigger keyboard that will increase the size of the device. I don't like the look of the new keyboard compared to the 9210 one. Hell I don't like the outward styling one bit, they've just tried to make it look more like a "fashionable phone". Who gives a monkeys arse what it looks like, it's got everything I need and I HAVE THE MONEY NOW! SHOW ME THE DEVICE NOKIA, SOD Q4!

and then want a bigger keyboard that will increase the size of the device.

Eerr, are you sure? If anything, a Revo-type keyboard could make it rather smaller...but then again, the key word here is typeability, not size...

Now, this machine's got almost everything I need as well, but I wouldn't invest in a Jag if the steering wheel feels like a Trabant.

Nokia, ye can do better than that!

cheers
Martin

The Revo had a larger footprint than the 9210, although I don't think it was as deep. Anyway I find the current keyboard perfectly usable as long as I'm not typing anything past the realms of 2000 words otherwise I get annoyed mini-touch-typing.

Infosync were not very impressed with the keyboard.Rumours are that keyboard on the 9210 was better.Like I said before,if its not improved in the final release,I'm not buying,heck,the biggest reason for getting a Commi is the keyboard.

@Raven

The 9500 should handle MMC larger than 256 MB!


I had again a chance on Thursday morning to test the new communicatior and now I personally think that I will wait until next year and not buy one of the first releases. The main reason is that the Series 80 inside did not yet work so smoothly and calendar, contacts and bluetooth were crashing a few times. Anything else seem to work quite okay.

The new UI is very nice and I like the idea of having Series 40 in the small display (actually very small 128x128 and the only way to take pictures with) and Series 80 inside. The inside display is 640x200 and could be bigger as well.

WLAN work very smoothly at the Nokia booth. Whenever you need an Internet connection (browser, email) you will be presented with all the possible option. The browser should be Opera, but I could find any indications for this.

I take a picture with the 9500 and transferred it to my 7650 via bluetooth, unfortunately it took 3 tries until I got it :(

According to Nokia people at the booth, the existing software for the 9210(i) is not working in the 9500 :(

Let's hope that the 9500 really will come out until Christmas this year.

Cheers,

Tilman

Thanks for info, upponalle. :)

Since it's only a prototype, I'm not surprised that the firmware isn't rock solid yet, but I am very surprised that existing S80 software won't be compatible. Hopefully it will only require minor tweaks to work with the 9500 though.

The picture quality doesn't look good either, but I rather wish manufacturers would just lose those cr@ppy VGA cams anyway. It's just a waste of space IMO.

Another thing I'm curious about is whether Nokia will allow the firmware (ROM) to be flashed from home (OTA like the P900) with the 9500...

Did you happen to notice if you can use T9 on the phone side this time?

And, what about the speed maneuvering around in the PDA side, was it good? You didn't happen to get any info on the actual processor speed did you? Or the amount of free RAM?

Thanks again.

Originally posted by Raven

Another thing I'm curious about is whether Nokia will allow the firmware (ROM) to be flashed from home (OTA like the P900) with the 9500...

Did you happen to notice if you can use T9 on the phone side this time?

And, what about the speed maneuvering around in the PDA side, was it good? You didn't happen to get any info on the actual processor speed did you? Or the amount of free RAM?



Unfortunately, I didn't check the flash ROM possibility, but I'd be surprised if it would work.

T9 I didn't notice, but I will check as well about processor speed and free RAM.
Maneuvering was smoothly and it felt faster than with the 9210(i). One thing that I forgot to mention is the possibility to close any of the application (e.g calendar or contacts) so that they do not use memory unnecessarily.

Cheers,

Tilman

Upponalle, have you seen the pointer key, the "rocker" key? I've heard the rumours about it but nothing concrete.

InfoSync states there is "...the navigational pad which doubles as a mouse cursor that can be called upon when browsing web sites in the Opera browser. " So what is it? Is it anything more than the cursor there already is in 9210 which appears only in the browser?
:confused:

LAuRA, do mean this pseudo track ball "mouse" on the right side of the keyboard?
The navigation, not only in the web browser, is much easier than with arrow keys of the old communicator.

Cheers,

T9 I didn't notice, but I will check as well about processor speed and free RAM.

SMTP Authentication?

Should of course be there since it is v7s, but just to be sure...

I'm far more excited about this that anything I've seen from Motorola. That phone looks like a clumsy fumble IMO. Nah, this 9500 is going to bring it all home!

All I need now is for Frank Butcher to come back to Eastenders and the world will be as it should.

One thing is certain, that MPx thing does not pose any quandries for me against this baby. That double-hinge thing looks like a right regular pain in the bottom that reminds me of a naff puzzle I was given back in the 80s.

I'm far more excited about this that anything I've seen from Motorola.

Whereas I agree that Motorola is responsible for some of the worst phones in the history of humanity, the A1000, in fact, looks quite OK, doesn't it?

As others have said, the pictures of the 9500 don't do the new phone justice.

For me the 9500 and the Motorola were the stars of 3GSM and being lucky enough toplay with them, I think they are both great phones.

I am also very impressed with the Panasonic Series 60 phone - it is very compact and from what the Panasonic guys were saying (as opposed to anything in print) will weigh in under 80g.

Wirelessly posted (6600+9210+Special owner =9500: Nokia6600/1.0 (3.42.1) SymbianOS/7.0s Series60/2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.0)

Originally posted by Raven
Originally posted by upponalle
Btw, the 9500 will come with a 128 MB MMC, at least in some countries... :)

Wow, that's great! But do you know for sure if the 9500 will be able to use higher capacity MMC cards, like 512MB-1G cards?

Well i agree with it. If is supposed to replace laptop for mobile users then the most important documents and e.mail with attachment must be taken . 1 Gb is fair enough

Hi,

Contrary to many others, I think the Nokia 9500 rocks. But a Nokia 9310 could have being launched 8 months ago with half of features of the Nokia 9500, just to keep the users who need to buy new units : GPRS, MMS, Bluetooth, USB, 104 MHz, 8 MB of free RAM, 32 MB of free flash RAM and minor improvements. But the softwares would be compatible with a slow mode running at 52 MHz (needed for games).

Well, let's talk about the future. At least now Nokia says that there will be more Communicators, the Nokia 9500 is just the first one of the line. I support the strategy of frequently releasing new hardware while keeping the same OS and softwares, like PalmOne does.

The Forum Nokia says that Java programs have a max. heap size of 20 MB, so the available RAM of the Nokia 9500 is at least 20 MB ! Very nice. I say at least because other Symbian devices have approx. half the available RAM as max. heap size, like the Nokia 7650 with 1.4 MB of max. heap size compared to approx. 3.0 MB of free RAM. The current Nokia 92xx has approx. 3 to 3.5 MB of free RAM, so it is a huge improvement, now only the sky is the limit for the programmers :-)

I like the new Nokia 9500, it looks more like the Psion Revo with respect to the keyboard (better than the Nokia 92xx keyboard). Also comparing with the Revo, the touch screen/stylus is not so important, IMHO, I rarely use it. The IRDA is also present, unlike the N-Gage. I was not hoping for the VGA camera, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, stereo sound and 80-90 MB of available flash RAM.

Oh, the price seems to be good, 800 euros, if compared to SX1 (600 euros), P900 (800 euros), etc.

Starting to save money...

Roberto

Wirelessly posted (6600+9210+Special owner =9500: Nokia6600/1.0 (3.42.1) SymbianOS/7.0s Series60/2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.0)



Well i agree with it. If is supposed to replace laptop for mobile users then the most important documents and e.mail with attachment must be taken . 1 Gb is fair enough

It should be not problem to use High capacity MMC in N9300/N9500. ;)
So far I'm using 512Mb MMC in my N9300. :icon14: