Hi!
Sure - the 9210 seems to have a lot of stuff that has so far been lacking from similar devices.
But after having read most of the documentation on the device that Nokia has provided, and I'm pretty disappointed about two things:
1. It apparently doesn't support GPRS!! Ericsson (and other manufacturers) are planning to ship GPRS-devices by Q1 2001. Packet data has been mentioned as one of the MAIN contributors to the success of Imode in Japan, and GPRS (packet-based) network technology is expected to become widespread accross Europe at the beginning of next year. The mobile Internet community is displeased that Nokia has yet to announce a GPRS enabled device.
2. It is clinging to WAP version 1.1!!! As the apparent market leader we would expect Nokia to be in the forefront with respect to introducing products with WAP 1.2 functionality. The development community has been waiting for the possibilities associated with User Agent Profiling (UAProf), Wireless Telephony Applications Interface (WTAI) etc. Apparently we will have to wait some more:-(
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Hi! Sure - the 9210 seems to have a lot of stuff that has so far been lacking from similar devices. But after having read most of the documentation on the device that Nokia has provided, and I'm pretty disappointed about two things: 1. It apparently doesn't support GPRS!! Ericsson (and other manufacturers) are planning to ship GPRS-devices by Q1 2001. Packet data has been mentioned as one of the MAIN contributors to the success of Imode in Japan, and GPRS (packet-based) network technology is expected to become widespread accross Europe at the beginning of next year. The mobile Internet community is displeased that Nokia has yet to announce a GPRS enabled device. 2. It is clinging to WAP version 1.1!!! As the apparent market leader we would expect Nokia to be in the forefront with respect to introducing products with WAP 1.2 functionality. The development community has been waiting for the possibilities associated with User Agent Profiling (UAProf), Wireless Telephony Applications Interface (WTAI) etc. Apparently we will have to wait some more :-(