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  1. #1
    Mirage
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    Any ideas when Nokia will replace current 9210i ?
    Any links with more info perhaps.

    Many thanks,
    Alex





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  2. #2
    Tero Lehto
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator

    Mirage wrote:
    > Any ideas when Nokia will replace current 9210i ?
    > Any links with more info perhaps.


    Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President of Nokia Mobile Phones, has told
    several times that a new Communicator is coming. He also has said that
    "something very exciting is heating up" which many have interpreted so that
    the new Communicator might be something quite different from the current
    9210i/9290 models.

    There are rumours of a Series 90 -- supposed new software platform and rival
    to the UIQ platform used in the SE P800 -- device with Symbian OS 7.0
    operating system and touch-screen opeation. Or maybe this will be a totally
    new product line? Or then it's just another rumour without any fact base.

    Anyway, whatever is "heating up" as successor of the Communicator 92xx
    series, it seems that it's not coming very soon:

    ComputerWire wrote:
    Nokia Corp will not introduce a new version of its flagship smart
    phone this year because of continued confusion in the smart device space.

    According to Marko Luhtala, director business applications with Nokia
    Mobile Phones, a refresh for the 9200 Communicator series is not top of
    Espoo, Finland-based Nokia's to-do list. This is despite the devices running
    the long-in-the-tooth original version of Symbian OS 6 and not incorporating
    GPRS connectivity.

    Source:
    http://www.computerwire.info/brnews/...256D51005A702E


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  3. #3
    Tero Lehto
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator

    Tero Lehto wrote:
    > Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President of Nokia Mobile Phones, has
    > told several times that a new Communicator is coming. He also has
    > said that "something very exciting is heating up"


    I have to correct myself: the exact phrase seemed to be: "something
    wonderful is cooking".

    Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10044

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  4. #4
    Tero Lehto
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator

    And there's another article about the delay (?) of the new Communicator in
    the Computer Business Review Online:

    http://www.cbronline.com/latestnews/...256d520018ba50

    Google is a friend of any Internet user.

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  5. #5
    nookiehunter
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator


    well i just hope they shrink it down to size... the 92xx was as big as a
    brick, but i liked what it could do.


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  6. #6
    Mirage
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator

    Many thanks Tero,

    I am due for new set, thinking about 6800.
    Any suggestions ?

    Regards,
    Alex

    "Tero Lehto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > And there's another article about the delay (?) of the new Communicator in
    > the Computer Business Review Online:
    >
    > http://www.cbronline.com/latestnews/...256d520018ba50
    >
    > Google is a friend of any Internet user.
    >
    > --
    > Tero Lehto
    > http://lehto.net/tero/
    >
    >






  7. #7
    Tero Lehto
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator

    Mirage wrote:
    > I am due for new set, thinking about 6800.
    > Any suggestions ?


    My recommendation depends on what you want to do with your phone and
    messaging device. The 6800 is a wonderful phone for SMS messaging thanks to
    its QWERTY keyboard - it's about the same as in the Communicator 92xx
    series.

    But then again, the 6800 isn't a smartphone like the Commmunicator and other
    Symbian devices. It has a very limited calendar and note-keeping features
    and its email client (that supports IMAP4, POP3 and SMTP protocols) is quite
    sluggish and hard to use and setup. At least this was the case with first
    firmware version, I don't if newer software versions have improved this.

    I use the 7650 for emails, calandar, notes, daily tasks et cetera and I
    synchronize them with MS Outlook at office. It has a very decent email
    client and because it's a Symbian / Series 60 smartphone, you can run many
    applications at the same, check emails in the background while you have
    applications running and so on. With the 6800 you can always use just one
    feature.

    The 3650 has an MMC (memory) slot and it's many ways an improved version of
    the 7650, but I couldn't get to used to its quite peculiar number keypad. If
    you can wait until the end of this year, I'd definitely go for the 6600 in
    terms of messaging and smartphone features. It's the next Series 60
    smartphone from Nokia with a standard numpad and without any sliding cover,
    lighter and smaller than 3650/7650 and has many revamps in the software.

    Don't be confused about cameras in these phones, I haven't needed or used
    that in my 7650 practically at all. Even though these 3650/7650/6600 are
    sold as camera phones, they have better use for many people.

    But if you definitely want a phone with a QWERTY keyboard and you can cope
    with the Java email client of the 6800, then it could be a good choice. I
    recommend you do a list of the TOP 10 features that are most important to
    you and make you decision based on that.

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  8. #8
    Mirage
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator

    Keyboard is a must - I send and receive many emails.
    I love notepad feature on 9210i, combined with handsfree it's magic.
    Rarely use office suite, in fact had it uninstalled, same with video player,
    voice recorder, games etc. Using it as a lean (so to speak) mobile office.

    I live in South Africa, we're about couple of months late compared to
    releases
    in Europe - we will probably get 6600 early next year - long wait for me.

    P800 is decent, yet, I don't see it as an improvement, I hate the fact that
    6800 has fm radio but not a proper browser. T610 looks nice, small and
    packed up with features - if I decide to go for no keyboard phone I see it
    as a best buy currently.

    What do you think ?


    Regards,
    Alex

    >
    > My recommendation depends on what you want to do with your phone and
    > messaging device. The 6800 is a wonderful phone for SMS messaging thanks

    to
    > its QWERTY keyboard - it's about the same as in the Communicator 92xx
    > series.
    >
    > But then again, the 6800 isn't a smartphone like the Commmunicator and

    other
    > Symbian devices. It has a very limited calendar and note-keeping features
    > and its email client (that supports IMAP4, POP3 and SMTP protocols) is

    quite
    > sluggish and hard to use and setup. At least this was the case with first
    > firmware version, I don't if newer software versions have improved this.
    >
    > I use the 7650 for emails, calandar, notes, daily tasks et cetera and I
    > synchronize them with MS Outlook at office. It has a very decent email
    > client and because it's a Symbian / Series 60 smartphone, you can run many
    > applications at the same, check emails in the background while you have
    > applications running and so on. With the 6800 you can always use just one
    > feature.
    >
    > The 3650 has an MMC (memory) slot and it's many ways an improved version

    of
    > the 7650, but I couldn't get to used to its quite peculiar number keypad.

    If
    > you can wait until the end of this year, I'd definitely go for the 6600 in
    > terms of messaging and smartphone features. It's the next Series 60
    > smartphone from Nokia with a standard numpad and without any sliding

    cover,
    > lighter and smaller than 3650/7650 and has many revamps in the software.
    >
    > Don't be confused about cameras in these phones, I haven't needed or used
    > that in my 7650 practically at all. Even though these 3650/7650/6600 are
    > sold as camera phones, they have better use for many people.
    >
    > But if you definitely want a phone with a QWERTY keyboard and you can cope
    > with the Java email client of the 6800, then it could be a good choice. I
    > recommend you do a list of the TOP 10 features that are most important to
    > you and make you decision based on that.
    >
    > --
    > Tero Lehto
    > http://lehto.net/tero/
    >
    >






  9. #9
    Tero Lehto
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator

    Mirage wrote:
    > Keyboard is a must - I send and receive many emails.
    > I love notepad feature on 9210i, combined with handsfree it's magic.
    > Rarely use office suite, in fact had it uninstalled, same with video
    > player, voice recorder, games etc. Using it as a lean (so to speak)
    > mobile office.


    A few more comments about these models:

    Nokia 6800:

    If a QWERTY keyboard is very important to you and write a lot of messages,
    the 6800 is probably a good choice, not least because there actually aren't
    that many (or any?) alternatives.

    The 6800 doesn't have a HTML/XTML browser, but can install a Java MIDP
    application called WebViewer ( http://www.reqwireless.com/webviewer.html ).
    It costs about US$10 and is well worth the money if you want to browse
    text-based web pages. But please note that due to limitations of the Java
    MIDP 1.0 interface, you cannot access SSL secured - that is, https:// -
    pages with it. So you can't do online banking / shopping / webmails with
    this browser.

    The notepad/memo feature in the 6800 is quite okay, you can type in quick
    notes at the same time you have a phone call in speaker mode. This is where
    the QWERTY keyboard is very handy - as a Communicator you know this too.

    You can also synchronize the calendar, address book and SMS messages with MS
    Outlook, MS Outlook Express and Lotus Notes, but you will need a USB data
    cable to 6800's Pop-Port interface. This is an accessory that costs about
    US$50 here in Europe. Or then you can use infrared.

    6800 comes with quite good PC tools for handling settings and transferring
    all kinds of files between your phone and PC.

    6800 is a good phone for quick notes and writing messages, but I just wasn't
    happy with the email client compared to real smartphones. You'd have try it
    for yourself to find out whether it's too slow and hard to use for you.

    SE T610:

    My second phone is the T610 which I'm somewhat happy with, but as you write
    a lot messages, it's normal numpad can't compete with the QWERTY keyboard of
    the 6800.

    T610 has, though, a much faster email client than the 6800. It also has a
    background check function: you can poll for new emails from every 4 mintues
    to 12 hours. And when you get new email, it shows a letter in the main menu
    the same as with SMS messages.

    The biggest problem with the T610 is it's display: even though it has nice
    +65 000 colours, it's almost hopeless in bright sunlight. In fact, if I'm in
    bright sunlight, I often have to go shadow to see the screeen at all. This
    is something very annoying. And as you live in South-Africa, I bet you have
    bright sunlight pretty much all the time. ;-)

    T610 also supports synchronizing of emails, calendar et cetera by Bluetooth
    or infrared. These are about the same level as the Nokia 6800, BUT it
    doesn't come with as good PC software as the 6800.

    I think the numpad is quite OK, and the phone supports T9. But it's nothing
    like the QWERTY keyboard of the 6800 if you write a lot.

    SE P800:

    P800 is something quite different, indeed a impressive smartphone with
    "everything" most people will want from a phone and very close to a PDA.
    But there's one very significant difference compared to most phones: it's
    based on two hand operation, one hand holding the device and the other hand
    using the pen with the touch-screen. Some people love this, others hate it.

    I was in between. I learnt to use the P800 quite fast, but it never - during
    three months of use - felt as comfortable as phones that I can hold with one
    hand. Anyway, you have used the Communicator with two hands and the 6800 is
    also used with two hands when you have its QWERTY keyboard open.

    P800 has "a virtual keyboard" system and a five-way roller button, so in
    theory you can use it without the pen, but this device is definitely
    intended for those people who like touch-screen operation. I think you'd
    have to try it before you know whether you like it or not.

    * * *

    Did I make your decision any easier? I'm not good at giving simple answers.


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  10. #10
    Mirage
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    Re: New Nokia Communicator

    I had 6800 for few hours today.
    Don't like it. It takes effort to open or close keyboard,
    very small buttons*****olling clearly "lags" input from the jog.

    P800 - maybe, but I don't see improvement - apart from camera
    which I don't use. In all honesty, I don't think that there's anything
    close to 9210i currently on the market. Thinking of PDA and small
    phone or PDA with phone. Now, that is different topic altogether.

    Regards,
    Alex





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