New Communicator Device: Nokia 9500

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 €800 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.

Key Features

The device hardware specifications are:
  148 x 56 x 23.6 mm
  222 grams
  Full Qwerty keyboard
  Two 65K colors screens: 640x200 (internal) and 128x128 (external)
  Built-in VGA camera
  Tri-band GSM capability (two variants: 900/1800/1900 MHz and 850/1800/1900 MHz)
  CSD/HSCD/GPRS/EGPRS (EDGE)
  Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b
  Bluetooth audio and data support
  USB connectivity (Nokia Connectivity Cable DKU-2)
  80 MB of free user memory
  Hot swappable MMC support
  Connectivity Desk for convenient charging and PC synchronization

Software features includes:
  Symbian Operating System 7.0s / Nokia Series 80 Platform
  J2ME Personal Profile and MIDP 2.0 environments & Multimedia messaging (including JSR36, JSR46, JSR62, JSR82 (without Obex), JSR120, JSR135, JSR185)
  Opera 6 web browser with HTML, XHTML and Javascript support
  E-mail client (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4)
  Contacts, Calendar, and other PIM applications
  Video and image viewers (H263, MPEG-4, 3GPP, RealMedia formats)
  Audio and ring tone formats include AAC, WB-AMR, MIDI (poly 24), MP3, and WAV.
  Word processing with Microsoft Word compatibility
  Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel compatibility
  Presentation viewer with Microsoft PowerPoint compatibility
  Security: SSL/TLS, Ipsec VPN, OMA Forward lock
  SyncML support