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An oldie but goldie!
Pros
Built to last!<br>Nice, big screen<br>Internet<br>GeOS operating system
Cons
Big!<br>Heavy (397 grams!)<br>Old!<br>Lacks internal screen backlighting
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Awesome piece of retro technology which is still fun to use even in 2011!
I love old school gadgets, and I owe my passion of palmtops to the Nokia 9000i. I first saw the device in the 1997 film, "The Saint" starring Val Kilmer. He used the Nokia 9000i heavily in the movie and it left me wanting one.
I first picked up the Nokia 9000i in 1998. Even for the time, it was a bulky, heavy phone. In fact, many of my friends would give me crossed looks when I was using it, especially since you talk on "the wrong end".
However, people were blown away when I sat it down and opened it up like a miniature laptop having not only access to my schedule, but also the internet(!).
Besides being a regular GSM phone, the Nokia 9000i will send and recieve SMS messages, emails and cruise the WWW. Not only that, it has an exhuastive PIM suite as well.
You can store all your contacts on the device with their email addresses, home and work addresses and everything in between. You can sync it to your PC and even install third party programs. My favorite time waster was a "Tetris" clone.
Overall, besides being big and heavy, it's what I'd consider a dream device. It incorporates everything you'd ever need into one small(ish) clamshell device. This was pretty mucht he first smartphone ever to be released.
The only thing which I didn't like, was the fact that the Nokia 9000i lacked an internal backlight. Meaning if you were to send off an email at night, you'd need an external light source or else you just won't see anything. (This was later addressed in the Nokia 9000il, which included a backlight as well as a slightly different faceplate/design.)
I originally purchased the phone through a friend who worked at Sprint. I got a "good deal" on it, only 799.00! But I never regretted it. (You can now find them on eBay for $30 and upwards.)
The operating system on the phone itself is GeOS which is now defunct, but if you're still using a Nokia 9000 series or are considering buying one, there are still some active communities out there as well as programs. So you won't be left in the dust.
I wouldn't recommend this phone today though, unless today is December 28th, 1999. It's too big and bulky to be carried around comfortably in any pocket. (See "Cons".)
I first picked up the Nokia 9000i in 1998. Even for the time, it was a bulky, heavy phone. In fact, many of my friends would give me crossed looks when I was using it, especially since you talk on "the wrong end".
However, people were blown away when I sat it down and opened it up like a miniature laptop having not only access to my schedule, but also the internet(!).
Besides being a regular GSM phone, the Nokia 9000i will send and recieve SMS messages, emails and cruise the WWW. Not only that, it has an exhuastive PIM suite as well.
You can store all your contacts on the device with their email addresses, home and work addresses and everything in between. You can sync it to your PC and even install third party programs. My favorite time waster was a "Tetris" clone.
Overall, besides being big and heavy, it's what I'd consider a dream device. It incorporates everything you'd ever need into one small(ish) clamshell device. This was pretty mucht he first smartphone ever to be released.
The only thing which I didn't like, was the fact that the Nokia 9000i lacked an internal backlight. Meaning if you were to send off an email at night, you'd need an external light source or else you just won't see anything. (This was later addressed in the Nokia 9000il, which included a backlight as well as a slightly different faceplate/design.)
I originally purchased the phone through a friend who worked at Sprint. I got a "good deal" on it, only 799.00! But I never regretted it. (You can now find them on eBay for $30 and upwards.)
The operating system on the phone itself is GeOS which is now defunct, but if you're still using a Nokia 9000 series or are considering buying one, there are still some active communities out there as well as programs. So you won't be left in the dust.
I wouldn't recommend this phone today though, unless today is December 28th, 1999. It's too big and bulky to be carried around comfortably in any pocket. (See "Cons".)
