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blirp writes: "Nokia today anounced the new 9210 Communicator. " Just dual-band support, so it won't work in North America, but great standby and talk time, and just 244 grams in weight. Mmm...
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The 9210 works on Symbian's EPOC operating system, not WinCE. Nokia doesn't go out of their way to call attention to this, but they do mention EPOC on several pages.
Here's a clue: everything has to appear somewhere first. Whether by milliseconds depending on which customer gets the smoothest credit card swipe, or years because the infrastructure works that way, it doesn't show up everywhere simultaneously.
Let's suppose that the USofA has 90% of the manufacturing capacity in the world. Would that not mean that 10% is elsewhere? And -- guess what -- 10% of the products will show up somewhere other than in the USofA first!
Why do you bitch and moan about "consumer devices" appearing elsewhere first? Did you bitch and moan that the first iOpener didn't appear in Europe first? Did you bitch and moan that Tivo and Replay(sp?) appeared in the USofA first? Are you going to bitch and moan when the first M$ X-box appears in the USofA first?
Hmmmm.... didn't the first cell phones appear here anyway? Oh, you mean the *latest* cell phones! Ah, so does that mean you will bitch and moan when Europe is stuck with their 3G phones and we skip from 2G to 4G? No, I bet not.
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Think about that 244 grams.. what a magical number. *Grin*
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it uses WinCEt ml
see http://www.nokia.com/phones/9210/specifications.h
Technical data
Dual band: EGSM 900/1800
32-bit ARM9-based RISC CPU
Operating system: EPOC
Data speed up to 43.2 kbps (HSCSD)
Memory Card slot (MultiMediaCard standard)
Connectivity: IrDA, Ir-TranP, Cable (DLR-2L)
Low power consumption
Too bad it doesn't have a feature to detect if it is being used by the driver of a moving car, and disable itself.
AT&T and BT have a strategic alliance ("Advance") to unite TDMA and GSM. They're banking on it.
-- Anne Marie
Yes, it does support SSL. And 128-bit encryption, too. (You should see my 6210 - it contains all sorts of interesting warnings about how it contains encryption technology which may not be imported into certain countries, yadda yadda.)
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Direct quote from http://www.nokia.com/phones/9210/apps_internet.ht
The Nokia 9210 Communicator supports frames and Java, so you can view Web pages in their original form and in color. It also supports SSL, the security protocol.
It's really an amazing leap forward. Oh, and it's unmetered flat-rate - I prepaid for a year of service for $825. About as expensive as DSL or cable, but mobile and just about as fast as the low-end offerings for each.
-Isaac
I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. For Entertainment Purposes Only.
It's pretty cool, but it's a friggin' brick compared to everything else. You're better off carrying an 8290 or an 8890 and an Ipaq or PalmOS device. You can use the IR on the phone to link your palm device up to your ISP and do whatever you need on that. I don't carry my Palm everywhere, but I do carry my phone everywhere with me. Having the 2 glued together would annoy me.
I have an 8260 now. I want the 8290 or 8890 for the cool GSM features, but ATT Wireless doesn't support GSM yet. Anyone know if they plan on it? I don't want to lose the number I've had for like 6 years, but to get GSM capability, I might be willing to.
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"Just dual-band support, so it won't work in North America"
I guess I'll have to return my Dual-band phone that I've been using the last year, as dual-band support seems to not work here in North America.
Funny I swear I've been able to make and receive calls all year......
Or it could be that people forget CANADA is PART OF NORTH AMERICA!
and dual-band phones work here fine.