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Nokia 9290 Finally Available in the US
AmyZ writes "The new Nokia 9290 Communicator has finally become available for US residents. Europe has had the 9210 for over a year now. Its a GSM based phone and well as a PDA that uses Symbian as its OS." I still don't quite feel that the PDA/Cellphone
combo has come of age, but its nice to see another entry. That machine does looks to
be sufficient for basic web tasks.
i work for a large software company that makes, among other things, video software. (it shall remain nameless.) we started going around the world early last year, showing off how we could make video appear anywhere. the guy who does our demos pulled me aside before the first keynote we did to show me 'something new that nokia was working on.'
my reaction at the time was: um, it's a phone that opens up and has a little computer. fine.
i excitedly open the slashdot link, and see a familiar phone. my reaction now is: um, that's an old phone that opens up and has a little computer.
i've played with this thing a little, and (in case you hadn't picked up on it) it doesn't do much for me. and i love gadgets, yo. i track where i go with a gps device just to draw little maps. but as for this -- i'll stick with my ibook and cell, thanks.
go get it
Yeah, I like Symbian too, but what I like even more is a phone that's not completely ungainly. My current phone has lots of bells and whistles, looks pretty cool and fits easily in a pocket. I can't find dimensions on the communicator, but one of the two nokia cases has a shoulder strap, which is a pretty good clue that it's actually a fucking brick.