Nokia has announced the local release of the 9110 Communicator, which it calls the "office in your pocket". At 253g and over 158mm long it is either quite big for a cellular phone or quite small for a handheld computer.
The product received some advanced branding support by being included in hi-tech movie thrillers, where its tech-chic wowed audiences. But Nokia says the Communicator is aimed at the serious business person who needs to keep in touch wherever, whenever.
It offers seamless interaction between functions, meaning a file can be downloaded from the Internet, edited and sent by fax without any intermediate machine.
The 9110 also has some useful sounding new features, such as removable 4MB memory cards and an infrared link to digital cameras with Ir-TranP support. A profile called "Flight" switches off all GSM signals, so the other functions can be safely used on airplanes. It can also interact with systems running on Windows to update the contacts directory and calendar stored on a desktop machine.
Talk time of up to six hours and stand-by time of seven days is promised with the li-ion battery, which needs only two-and-a-half hours to recharge. And it is 14 400bps ready, even though there is seemingly no relief from the current 9600 baud rate currently available over cellular networks.
The communicator will be in stores by March and retail for between R7 000 and R8 000.
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