Nokia 9500 Communicator
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Nokia supplies to the public the 9500 Communicator smartphone. It runs on the Symbian-based Series 80 platform.
The 9500 is equipped with a 150MHz Texas Instruments OMAP Processor and 64 megabytes of SDRAM. The outside screen has a stripped down Series 40 interface that will not run any applications, has no organiser functions and lacks voice-dialing and bluetooth control. It is also much larger than many other cellphones.
The 9500 supports the following technologies:
- Two variants of "tri-band" Global System for Mobile Communications: 900/1800/1900 MHz and 850/1800/1900 MHz
- General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
- IEEE 802.11b
- Bluetooth
Due to technical limitations this phone is one of the few modern phones not to have a Vibrating alert.
The 9500 is a highly capable communications and worktool for the busy executive or e-worker. Connectivity features include: Bluetooth, Infrared, USB, Wi-fi, CSD, HSCSD, GPRS and EDGE. It comes with a built-in fax machine and multi-account POP3/IMAP email client.
The built-in Web browser, a Nokia-branded version of Opera, renders both WAP and Web pages excellently. The 9500 has a full QWERTY keyboard that's large and functional enough to allow almost anyone to input text efficiently.
Built-in software includes a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation program, largely compatible with the Microsoft Office suite equivalents, as well as an MP3 player. There is a reasonable quantity of 3rd party software available; many programs written for older Nokia Communicators are compatible with the 9500 and new software can be written in C++ or OPL.
The 9500 will also run Java ME applications but some of these are not compatible with the unusual screen size. Many existing Java games will run, but only use the top left hand corner of the screen.
External links
Game emulators for S80 phones
- Picodrive (Sega Megadrive/Genesis)
- Frodo (Commodore 64 emulator for S80)
- Doom emulator for S80
- SCUMM emulator for S80,, allows you to play games like Monkey Island, etc.
- E²MAME, a MAME emulator