Nokia 9300i now fact not fiction

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Nokia has just announced the Series 80-based 9300i smartphone in New York. As previously rumoured, the main hardware changes are Wi-Fi (802.11g), a larger battery and predictive text input on the cover phone. There's a huge software bundle, mainly aimed at businesses. Read on....

9300i montageThe software bundle includes the Birdstep IM client, the Picsel attachment viewer, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Symantec Client Security, SAP Mobile Sales Online, the Irma Bluetooth slideshow viewer and Psiloc's HotSpot Finder. The press release also talks about 'multiple' email clients, with solutions for all popular 'push' solutions:  Nokia Business Center, Seven Always-On Mail, Visto email technology, BlackBerry Connect and Data Access.

Availability is Q1, 2006 worldwide. Here's the gory detail over at the multimedia official page for the 9300i. Lots to see, have a good long browse!


For quick reference, here are the main 'features', straight from Nokia's site:

  • Small and stylish, yet powerful
  • Wide color screen and full keyboard
  • Flexible and fast data connections with integrated WLAN and EGPRS
  • Large memory: 80MB built-in, expandable with hot swappable MultiMediaCard (MMC)
  • Native email client (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) data synchronization) with attachment viewers (documents, spreadsheets, presentations)
  • Compatible with several email solutions: Nokia Business Center, Seven Always-On Mail, Visto email technology, BlackBerry Connect , Data Access
  • SMS and MMS
  • Mobile Fax 
  • Personal Information Management: contacts, calendar, and to-do lists
  • Local and remote PC synchronization via Bluetooth wireless technology, infrared, USB cable, and OMA data synchronization
  • Office applications: documents, spreadsheets, and presentations compatible with the most common features of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (MS Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003)
  • One-to-one, one-to-many voice communication features: speakerphone and conference call capability
  • Device lock, remote locking via SMS, MultiMediaCard lock, security features for WLAN use, Nokia Mobile VPN client
  • Supports third-party security solutions: Pointsec Data Protection, Symantic Firewall and Anti-Virus 
     

For full details and pictures/animations, see the official page for the 9300i.