Nokia Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1 ...

's Series 80 (formerly ''Crystal'') is a discontinued, short-lived mobile software

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for their enterprise and professional level

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s, introduced in 2000. It runs on the

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(OS). Common physical properties of this Symbian OS

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platform are a

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of 640×200 pixels and a full

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keyboard. Series 80 used the large size of the ''Communicator'' screens to good effect, but software had to be developed for it uniquely, for a relatively small market. The final Series 80 device was the

Nokia 9300i The Nokia 9300 is a Nokia Series 80 Symbian mobile phone introduced in 2004. It is used as a normal though bulky mobile phone in closed mode, when it is flipped open it can be used like a very small notebook computer with a 640×200 screen. The ...

, announced in 2005 and shipped in 2006. Nokia used S60 3rd Edition instead of the Series 80 platform on its final "Communicator" branded device, the

Nokia E90 Communicator Nokia E90 Communicator is a high-end 3G mobile phone from Nokia, the fifth generation and final Communicator, also part of the Eseries. It was announced on 11 February 2007 at the 3GSM show in Barcelona. It succeeded the Nokia 9500 Communic ...

, released in 2007.

Features

* Support for editing popular office documents * Full

keyboard * Integrated mouse for navigation * SSL/ TLS support * Full web browser based on

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support

Devices

S80 v1.0: * Jun 2001 –

Nokia 9210 Communicator The Nokia 9210 Communicator is the third-generation Communicator series mobile phone produced by Nokia, announced on 21 November 2000 and released in June 2001. It greatly improved on the second-generation Nokia 9110 Communicator, providing a c ...

* Jun 2001 –

Nokia 9290 Communicator The Nokia 9210 Communicator is the third-generation Communicator series mobile phone produced by Nokia, announced on 21 November 2000 and released in June 2001. It greatly improved on the second-generation Nokia 9110 Communicator, providing a c ...

* May 2002 –

Nokia 9210i Communicator The Nokia 9210 Communicator is the third-generation Communicator series mobile phone produced by Nokia, announced on 21 November 2000 and released in June 2001. It greatly improved on the second-generation Nokia 9110 Communicator, providing a c ...

S80 v2.0: * Feb 2005 –

Nokia 9500 Communicator Nokia 9500 Communicator is a mobile phone produced by Nokia, introduced on 24 February 2004 Nokia 9300 The Nokia 9300 is a Nokia Series 80 Symbian mobile phone introduced in 2004. It is used as a normal though bulky mobile phone in closed mode, when it is flipped open it can be used like a very small notebook computer with a 640×200 screen. The ...

(not branded as "Communicator") * Mar 2006 –

(not branded as "Communicator")

References

{{Nokia phones Smartphones Mobile software Embedded operating systems Series 80