• Opera 6.x Web browser with HTML and XHTML support
• E-mail client (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4)
• Contacts, Calendar, and other PIM applications
• Video and image viewers (MPEG-4, 3GPP, RealMedia formats)
• Word processing with Microsoft Word compatibility
• Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel compatibility
• Presentation viewer with Microsoft PowerPoint compatibility

The Nokia 9500 Communicator is a tri-band device for markets in Europe, Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Americas. Audio and ring tone formats include AAC, AMR, MIDI (poly 24), MP3, and WAV; audio output is also available via Bluetooth connection. Note that messaging functions, Java™ application downloads, browsing, and high-speed access all require operator and network support.

Software Development

The Nokia 9500 Communicator was designed for easy migration of existing applications. Developers have two options for creating resident applications: developing with C++ (for Symbian OS v7.0s) or with Java technology. For more information on new tools and techniques for Symbian OS development, visit the Forum Nokia section devoted to Symbian OS topics.

Support for Java applications includes both the Personal Profile and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) 2.0 platform configurations. Java applications (MIDlets) use dynamically allocated memory, with a heap size of 20 MB. The amount of shared memory available to applications is typically 90 MB but will depend on the number of images and applications loaded on a given device. Applications with large memory requirements can also use MMC storage; "hot swapping" of MMCs is supported.

The Nokia 9500 Communicator supports release 1 of the Java™ Technology for the Wireless Industry (JTWI) specification (JSR-185). Java profiles and API support includes CDC (JSR-36), MIDP 2.0, Personal Profile (JSR-62),Wireless Messaging (JSR-120), Multimedia (JSR-135), Bluetooth (JSR-82 no OBEX), Foundation Profile (JSR-46), and the Nokia UI API.

Migration of existing applications should be straightforward for existing Nokia 9200 Communicator series applications. The keypad offers two softkeys and five-way scrolling. When opened, the main display is 640 x 200 pixels - the familiar Communicator format. When closed, the device offers a 128 x 128-pixel display. Both displays have 16-bit colour depth (65,536 colours).

Key development tools are available as free downloads from the Forum Nokia Tools and SDKs section. In particular, developers using Java technology should explore the new version of the Nokia Developer's Suite for Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME™), available for both Windows and Linux, which supports the development and testing of both MIDP 1.0 and MIDP 2.0 applications. Content developers should explore the Nokia Mobile Internet Toolkit, which offers a set of editors for creating mobile Internet content based on MMS and XHTML.

To help developers, Nokia offers a range of support options, depending on the nature of the application. Developers will want to explore such resources as the Enterprise, Mobile Games, and Media and Music sections of the Forum Nokia Web site. The Documents section also provides links to information resources for Nokia Communicator series development topics.