Nokia 9500 Review

We have been waiting for the new Nokia Communicator for three and a half years. And here it is - being just launched, fulfilling all our expectations. This communicator has everything it is supposed to have. It supports EDGE, Bluetooth and even Wi-Fi. For its exceptional features the new Nokia 9500 definitely deserves a detailed review.
Key features

* Fully functional keyboard
* Big detailed display
* 80 MB built-in memory, support for additional memory with MultiMediaCard (MMC)
* Wi-Fi, EDGE and Bluetooth support
* Data profiles can be sorted out according one's priorities
* Progressive web browser
* Office applications supporting the most frequently used formats
* Comfortably compatible with computer
* A very effective calendar and address book
* Integrated camera

Main drawbacks

* Size and weigh, square design
* Some of you may miss the touchscreen display
* A certain software instability

Nowadays with all the manufacturers offering dozens of new phones it seems almost unbelievable that Nokia comes out with its new communicator after three and a half years selling the old model only. To make it even more interesting I would mention the fact that Nokia 9210 Communicator was already out-of-date at the time of its launching: it lacked GPRS support - a function which has been essential for the mobile communication for years.

Fortunately Nokia has not followed the same line when preparing the new 9500 model. This time we are talking about an absolutely packed up device, which does not lack a single essential communication function. Although the lack of support for a third generation net may be a disadvantage in some countries, we could stay calm.
Although we could accuse Nokia of launching the new communicator with a notable delay, we should also thunder at its competitors. In fact, so far none of them has offered a device, which would be able to compete with the communicator. None of the devices already existing is to combine a telephone, a pocket computer with a fully functional and easy-to-use keyboard, communication functions and office applications in one body. Never mind all the rebukes the old communicator was a device of an extraordinary quality. Therefore probably Nokia did not feel in a hurry when developing the successor.
I suppose some of our readers will not agree with my opinion stated in the previous paragraph. There are devices as the communicator Treo or the Sony Ericsson P series smartphones, the computers MDA and DataPhone as well as an army of smart phones - they would say. Well, the truth is that these devices are of a little bit different category, never mind the fact that they stay closely behind Nokia.