The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first product in

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's Communicator series, announced at

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and introduced into the market on 15 August 1996. The phone was large and heavy at but powerful at the time. It is powered by an

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24 MHz

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and has 8 MB of memory, which is divided between applications (4 MB), program memory (2 MB) and user data (2 MB). The operating system is PEN/GEOS 3.0. The Communicator is one of the earliest

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s on the market, after the

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in 1994 and the

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, a

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-based palmtop PC with integrated cradle for the

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cellular mobile phone, announced in late 1995 and shipped in March 1996. The Communicator was highly advanced, featuring sending and receiving

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and

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via its 9.6 kbit/s

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, and it also had a

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and business programs. It is formed of a clamshell design that opens up to reveal a monochrome

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display with a 640 × 200 resolution and a full

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keyboard similar to a Psion

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. It was priced £1,000 in the UK upon launch (). Then-CEO of Nokia,

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, said in 2012 regarding the device: "We were five years ahead."

9110

The Nokia 9110 Communicator is the updated model of the Nokia 9000 Communicator in the Communicator series. Its biggest change from the 9000 is that it weighs much less.

Specifications

* Operating system: GEOS (running on top of

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) on the PDA side * Main applications:

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, short messages,

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, Wireless imaging: digital camera connectivity,

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, TextWeb, Web browser, Serial Terminal, Telnet, Contacts, Notes, Calendar, Calculator, world time clock, Composer. * Display: 640 × 200 Pixels * Size: 158 mm × 56 mm × 27 mm * Weight: 253 g * Processor: Embedded

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processor at 33 MHz * Memory: 8 MB total, 4 MB Operating System and applications, 2 MB program execution, 2 MB user data storage, MMC card.

Successors

The product line was discontinued in 2000 by the introduction of

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which introduced a wide TFT colour internal screen, 32-bit ARM9-based RISC CPU at 52 MHz, 16 MB of internal memory, enhanced web abilities and most importantly saw the operating system change to the

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operating system. The 9210i launched in 2002 increased the internal memory to 40 MB, video streaming and flash 5 support for the web browser. The 9xxx Communicators introduced features which later evolved into

Awards

The Nokia 9000 Communicator received several awards including: *GSM World Award (for innovation) at GSM World Conference 1997 *Best Technological Advance by ''Mobile News UK'' *Best New Product 1997 by ''

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'' magazine

In popular culture

The Nokia 9000 is used by

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when he played

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in the 1997 remake of ''

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'',Nokia. (1997, Apr 9)
Nokia 9000 Communicator makes a visible appearance in "THE SAINT"
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and

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in the action comedy ''

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''. The phone is also mentioned in Bret Easton Ellis' book ''

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''.

References

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