
TheNokia Communicator is a brand name for a series of business-optimizedmobile phones marketed byNokia Corporation, featuring alaptop-like form factor, which opens in aclamshell format to access itsQWERTY keyboard and an LCD screen nearly the size of the device footprint.
Nokia Communicators have Internet connectivity and clients for Internet and non-Internet communication services. The earlier 9000 series Communicators introduced features which later developed into smartphones. The latest Communicator model, theNokia E90 Communicator, is part of theNokia Eseries.
| Model | Nokia 9000 Communicator, 9000i | Nokia 9110 Communicator, 9110i | Nokia 9210 Communicator, 9210i, 9290 | Nokia 9300 Communicator, 9300i, 9500 | Nokia E90 Communicator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released | 1996 | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 | |
| Operating system | PEN/GEOS 3.0 | Symbian OS version 6.0, Series 80 v1.0 | Symbian OS version 7.0s, Series 80 v2.0 | Symbian OS version 9.2, S60 3rd Edition | ||
| Processor | Model | Intel80386EX | AMD Élan SC450Am486 | ARM920T | TiOMAP 1510 | Ti OMAP 2420 |
| clock speed | 24 MHz | 33 MHz | 52 MHz | 150 MHz | 332 MHz | |
| Memory | RAM (accessible) | 4MB (4×220 bytes) | 4 MB | 8 MB | 64 MB (39.6 MB) | 128 MB (110 MB) |
| ROM (accessible) | 4 MB (2 MB) | 4 MB (2 MB) | 16 MB (2 MB) | 128 MB (79.8 MB) | 256 MB (136 MB) | |
| Screen | Internal | 4.5 in (110 mm) 640×200 monochromeSTN, 4grayscales | 4.5 in (110 mm) 640×200 backlit monochrome STN, 8 grayscales | 4.5 in (110 mm) 640×200 color transflectiveTFT, 4,096 scales | 4.5 in (110 mm) 640×200 color transflective TFT, 4,096 scales | 3.9 in (99 mm) 800×352 color transflective TFT, 16,777,216 scales |
| External | 50×38 backlit monochrome STN, 2 grayscales | 1.3 in (33 mm) 80×48 backlit monochrome STN, 2 grayscales | 1.3 in (33 mm) 84×48 backlit monochrome STN, 2 grayscales | 1.3 in (33 mm) 84×48 backlit monochrome STN, 2 grayscales | 2 in (51 mm) 240×320 color transflective TFT, 16,777,216 scales | |
| Weight | 397 g (14.0 oz)[1][2] | 253 g (8.9 oz)[3][4] | 222 g (7.8 oz)[5] | 222 g (7.8 oz)[6] | 210 g (7.4 oz)[7] | |
TheNokia 9300[8] and9300i[9] (runningSymbian OS version 7.0s andSeries 80 v2.0) are very similar to the Nokia 9500 but were not marketed under the Communicator name by Nokia. Likewise, theNokia N97 andNokia E7 (running Symbian^3) from 2009 and 2011 respectively are also similar to the Communicator series, but not marketed as it.