Nokia Communicator
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The Nokia Communicator is a brand name for a series of business-optimized mobile phones marketed by Nokia Corporation, featuring a laptop-like form factor, which opens in a clamshell format to access its QWERTY keyboard and an LCD screen nearly the size of the device footprint.
Nokia Communicators have Internet connectivity and clients for Internet and non-Internet communication services. The earlier 9000 series Communicators introduced features which later developed into smartphones. The latest Communicator model, the Nokia E90 Communicator, is part of the Nokia Eseries. The Nokia E7, released in 2010, is considered a successor to the Communicator series.
Models
| Model | Nokia 9000 Communicator, 9000i | Nokia 9110 Communicator, 9110i | Nokia 9210 Communicator, 9210i, 9290 | Nokia 9300 Communicator, 9300i, 9500 | Nokia E90 Communicator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released | 1996 | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 | |
| Operating system | PEN/GEOS 3.0 | Symbian OS version 6.0, Series 80 v1.0 | Symbian OS version 7.0s, Series 80 v2.0 | Symbian OS version 9.2, S60 3rd Edition | ||
| Processor | Model | Intel 80386EX | AMD Élan SC450 Am486 | ARM920T | Ti OMAP 1510 | Ti OMAP 2420 |
| clock speed | 24 MHz | 33 MHz | 52 MHz | 150 MHz | 332 MHz | |
| Memory | RAM (accessible) | 4 MB (4×220 bytes) | 4 MB | 8 MB | 64 MB (39.6 MB) | 128 MB (110 MB) |
| ROM (accessible) | 4 MB (2 MB) | 4 MB (2 MB) | 16 MB (2 MB) | 128 MB (79.8 MB) | 256 MB (136 MB) | |
| Screen | Internal | 4.5 in (110 mm) 640×200 monochrome STN, 4 grayscales | 4.5 in (110 mm) 640×200 backlit monochrome STN, 8 grayscales | 4.5 in (110 mm) 640×200 color transflective TFT, 4,096 scales | 4.5 in (110 mm) 640×200 color transflective TFT, 4,096 scales | 3.9 in (99 mm) 800×352 color transflective TFT, 16,777,216 scales |
| External | 50×38 backlit monochrome STN, 2 grayscales | 1.3 in (33 mm) 80×48 backlit monochrome STN, 2 grayscales | 1.3 in (33 mm) 84×48 backlit monochrome STN, 2 grayscales | 1.3 in (33 mm) 84×48 backlit monochrome STN, 2 grayscales | 2 in (51 mm) 240×320 color transflective TFT, 16,777,216 scales | |
| Weight | 397 g (14.0 oz) | 253 g (8.9 oz) | 222 g (7.8 oz) | 222 g (7.8 oz) | 210 g (7.4 oz) |
The Nokia 9300 and 9300i (running Symbian OS version 7.0s and Series 80 v2.0) are very similar to the Nokia 9500 but were not marketed under the Communicator name by Nokia. Likewise, the Nokia N97 and Nokia E7 (running Symbian^3) from 2009 and 2011 respectively are also similar to the Communicator series, but not marketed as it.
Movies & Popular culture
- The first Nokia smartphone in the movies was Nokia Communicator 9000: Val Kilmer as The Saint used the device to foil the plans of a villainous Russian oligarch back in 1997.
- In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines the Terminatrix (T-X), played by Kristanna Loken, hijacks a silver Lexus SC 430 and uses a Nokia 9210 inside the car to dial-up a remote link to a local phone systems server.
- In Bad Company (2002) the special phone used by Chris Rock is the Nokia 9210.
- In Dilemma (Nelly song) music video, singer Kelly Rowland attempts to send a text to her love interest Nelly using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet on a Nokia 9210. The absurdity of this led to online mockery.
Gallery
- Nokia 9000 Communicator (right) Nokia 9110 Communicator (left)
- Nokia 9110 Communicator
- Nokia 9210 Communicator
- Nokia 9500 Communicator
- Nokia E90 Communicator
- Nokia 9210i, 9500 and E90 Communicators
See also
- "Communicator" (Star Trek)
- Nokia Eseries
- Nokia PC Suite
- OpenSync
- Series 80 (software platform)
- Asus M930w and Toshiba G910 / G920, adopted Nokia's design
- Cosmo Communicator, adopted Nokia's design and name
- List of Nokia products