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Nokia 9000 Communicator

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Nokia 9000/9000i Communicator
ManufacturerNokia
Compatible networksGSM-900
Availability by regionDiscontinued
PredecessorNokia 2170 (9000/9000i)
SuccessorNokia 9110 Communicator (9000)
Nokia 9110i Communicator (9000i)
Form factorFlip
Dimensions173 mm × 64 mm × 38 mm (6.8 in × 2.5 in × 1.5 in)
Weight397 g (14.0 oz)
Operating systemGEOS (on the PDA side)
CPUIntel 386
Memory8 MB (9110)
16 MB (9110i)
Removable storageNo
Display640x200 Monochrome LCD
External display84x48 Monochrome LCD

The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first product in Nokia's Communicator series, announced at CeBIT 1996 and introduced into the market on 15 August 1996.[1] The phone weighed 397 grams (14.0 oz),[2] was powered by an Intel 24 MHz i386 CPU,[3] and had 8 MB of memory. The memory was divided between applications (4 MB), program memory (2 MB) and user data (2 MB).[2] The operating system was PEN/GEOS 3.0. The Communicator was one of the earliest smartphones on the market,[4] after the IBM Simon in 1994 and the HP OmniGo 700LX, a DOS-based palmtop PC with integrated cradle for the Nokia 2110 cellular mobile phone, announced in late 1995 and shipped in March 1996.[5]

It was priced £1,000 in the UK upon launch (equivalent to £2,400 in 2023). Then-CEO of Nokia, Jorma Ollila, said in 2012 regarding the device: "We were five years ahead."[6]

Features

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The Communicator was highly advanced, featuring sending and receiving e-mail and fax via its CSD (Circuit Switched Data) modem, to transmit data over the GSM network at a bitrate of 9.6 kbit/s,[7] printing documents using its IrDA port,[7] and it also had a web browser and business programs.[8] It was formed of a clamshell design that opened up to reveal a monochrome LCD display with a 640 × 200 resolution and a full QWERTY keyboard similar to a Psion PDA.[2]

Variants

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9000i Communicator

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9000iL Communicator

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Awards

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The Nokia 9000 Communicator received several awards including:[9]

  • GSM World Award (for innovation) at GSM World Conference 1997
  • Best Technological Advance by Mobile News UK
  • Best New Product 1997 by Business Week magazine
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The Nokia 9000 is used by Val Kilmer when he played Simon Templar in the 1997 remake of The Saint,[10] and by Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock in the action comedy Bad Company.

The phone is also mentioned in Bret Easton Ellis' book Glamorama.

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b c "Nokia 9000 Communicator | Device Specs". PhoneDB. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Vor 20 Jahren: Die Smartphone-Ära beginnt mit großem Communicator, heise.de (German)
  5. ^ "HP's OmniGo 700LX Communicator Plus". www.palmtoppaper.com.
  6. ^ Baguley, Richard (August 1, 2013). "The Gadget We Miss: The Nokia 9000 Communicator". Medium.
  7. ^ a b Brombach, Harald (2021-08-06). "For 25 år siden brakte Nokia 9000 internett til mobilen". Digi.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  8. ^ Meadows, Andy (January 2013). ASP.Net MVC 4 Mobile App Development. ISBN 9781849687379.
  9. ^ "Nokia Annual Report 1997" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  10. ^ 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
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