Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finlan ...
's Series 80 (formerly ''Crystal'') was a short-lived mobile software platform for their enterprise and professional level smartphones, introduced in 2000. It uses the
Symbian OS
Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian O ...
. Common physical properties of this Symbian OS user interface platform are a screen resolution of 640×200 pixels and a full
QWERTY
QWERTY () is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets. The name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top left letter row of the keyboard ( ). The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden ty ...
keyboard. Series 80 used the large size of the Communicator screens to good effect, but software had to be developed specifically for it, for a relatively small market.
The final Series 80 device was the
Nokia 9300i, 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, released in 2007.
Features
* Support for editing popular office documents
* Full
QWERTY
QWERTY () is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets. The name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top left letter row of the keyboard ( ). The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden ty ...
keyboard
* Integrated mouse for navigation
*
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Entertainment
* RoboCup Small Size League, robotics football competition
* ''Sesame Street Live'', a touring version of the children's television show
* StarCraft II StarLeague, a Korean league in the video game
Natural language ...
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TLS support
* Full web browser based on
Opera
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VPN
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support
Devices
S80 v1.0:
* Jun 2001 –
Nokia 9210 Communicator
The Nokia 9210 Communicator is a third-generation Communicator series smartphone 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 colour ...
* Jun 2001 –
Nokia 9290 Communicator
The Nokia 9210 Communicator is a third-generation Communicator series smartphone 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 colou ...
* May 2002 –
Nokia 9210i Communicator
The Nokia 9210 Communicator is a third-generation Communicator series smartphone 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 colou ...
S80 v2.0:
* Feb 2005 –
Nokia 9500 Communicator
Nokia 9500 Communicator is a smartphone produced by Nokia, introduced on 24 February 2004Nokia 9300
The Nokia 9300 is a Nokia Series 80 Symbian Smartphone 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 –
Nokia 9300i (not branded as "Communicator")
References
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Smartphones
Mobile software
Embedded operating systems
Series 80