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  Nokia 9500 review
1. Hardware
2. Software
3. What's on CD
  Nokia 9500 in short
Nokia 9500 Communicator is equipped with Symbian OS 7.0s operating system and 32-bit RISC CPU based on ARM-9 series. It supports GPRS, EGPRS (EDGE, up to 236.8 kbps), Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN, up to 11 MBit/s), Bluetooth and USB 2.0 connectivity. The 9500 comes with 80 MB user storage memory and a MMC slot for further expansion. Stereo sound and two high resolution, 16-bit color screens along with VGA video camera make it a strong multimedia device. Faster CPU and bigger operating memory allow running much more advanced applications. The device offers improved keyboard and navigation key and Opera-based HTML 4.1 Web browser.
  Availability
Nokia 9500 Communicator is available in two separate tri-band versions: EGSM 900, GSM 1800/1900 for world-wide use and EGSM 850, GSM 1800/1900 for America. Planned availability: 4th quarter 2004.

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III. WHAT'S ON CD-ROM

The CD-ROM supplied with the 9500 contains the following software:

1. Adobe Reader

Adobe Reader for Symbian OS lets you view Adobe PDF files on your Nokia 9500 Communicator. It supports full screen and fit to screen modes.


2. Bounce

Well known game.

3. Unit Converter

Converts units of measurement: currency, area, energy, length, mass, power, pressure, temperature, time, velocity, volume.


4. VPN client

With virtual private networking (VPN), you can create encrypted connections to information you need while away from the office. You are in touch and in control with encrypted access to your enterprise network for email, database applications, and intranet. To use VPN connections, you first install the VPN client supplied on 9500 CD-ROM (it adds new VPN configuration options in 9500 Control panel's Connections tab), then you create VPN policies and access points and then you select VPN access point instead of normal Internet access point when you use applications to securely connect to the enterprise. It's as simple as that!


5. ZIP Manager

Zip Manager by Epocware is a ZIP compressor/decompressor. It allows you to handle ZIP archives in a convenient way. It offers a graphical interface to add, extract and open files, as well as to perform other commands. It supports WinZip up to version 8.1, InfoZip up to 2.2 and PkZip up to version 6.

6. PC Suite 6.3

Nokia PC Suite consists of the following applications:

  • Nokia Content Copier allows you to back up and restore personal data between phone and PC and between two compatible phones
  • Nokia PC Sync allows you to synchronise contacts, calendar items, notes, to-do items and emails between phone and PC personal information manager (PIM)
  • Nokia Phone Browser allows you to manage some of the folders of a phone through Windows Explorer
  • With Nokia Contacts Editor you can edit your phone contacts from PC
  • Nokia Text Message Editor allows you to send and receive text messages and print them from your PC. You can also organise your text messages in the Messages view in Nokia phone browser
  • Nokia Application Installer allows you to install Symbian and Java applications from PC
  • Nokia Audio Manager allows you to create and organise digital music files on PC and transfer them to your phone
  • Nokia Image Converter allows you to modify images and transfer them to your phone as wallpaper, portrait images, MMS images, etc.
  • Nokia Multimedia Player allows you to play multimedia messages, audio files and video files. You can also create playlists of your favourite multimedia files
  • Nokia Sound Converter allows you to convert General MIDI ringing tones into Scalable Polyphony MIDI tones and transfer them to your 9500
  • Nokia Modem Options enables you to set options for data calls you make and install the needed modem drivers on your PC.

7. Nokia USB cable driver

Nokia DKU-2 USB cable requires installing the supplied driver (for Windows 2000 and XP) on your PC.

8. User guides and documentation

The CD-ROM contains following documents in Adobe PDF format: user guides in all supported languages, Nokia 9500 list of shortcuts (keyboard shortcuts supported by the 9500), Backing up data guide, Configuring connection settings guide, Personalizing your device, Synchronizing data and Personalizing data guide.



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