Nokia 9500 Communicator (Unlocked)

I've had the phone for 4 months and I switch the SIM card from a Nokia 6230 to the 9500 due to the size of the phone. The phone has great voice reception and speakerphone but buy this phone for the Internet access. This phone can access real web pages not just mobile web pages. I use it on the T-mobile network in Phoenix. With GPRS enter the page put the phone down for a couple of minutes and a full page appears. When EDGE is available the page pops up quickly. The phone does not have an EDGE ID so its always a surprise when I get the fast speed. The WiFi works great,its very fast and the screen is great. If you only want e-mail access get a Treo or a Blackberry. If you want the Internet on the go this is a great phone. The one negative is the phone does not have a vibrate option. I love to read Yahoo news on the 9500.

ok ive been using this fone for at least the past 4-5 months and ive never used a better fone, i usually dont stick to one fone but this one .. i luv, only if it was teh size of the 9300 .. nothign would have been better

First of all, I always loved Nokia phones and always carried only Nokia phones. I had the older version of Nokia the 9300 and it had to be honest with you many disadvantage, one is camera didnt have and you can find out just looking at it.
Now the Nokia 9500, has great advantages I can say is a perfect phone for me and business users. The thing is use it and take extra care of it, and I have bought it because it has all the features I want and I know for sure I'll keep this phone.

Now who to trust and not to trust. NEVER EVER EVER EVER AND EVER send out Money orders, Cheques, Cash to people that you don't know. From e-mails to Ebay, to other auction companies. A lot of scams have been going on out there and mainly scamming people who are new to the Internet World and not being aware of scammers and trusting the sites right away.

Always and always when your makign a payment in e-bay MAKE SURE ITS ONLY THROUGH PAYPAL AND NOT OTHER! Because paypal WILL get your money back as long its under $1500 i believe with evidence proven.

Now i know a lot of people get emails from people being promised for large sum of money, again if its too good to be true, NEVER BELIEVE because the aim is to make u send money possible $500-10,000. So be extra careful and never send western union, bank transfer or any crap to people u dont know. ONLY PAYMENT ACCEPT IS PAYPAL in EBAY and careful to Scammers, and LADIES CAN BE SCAMMERS TOO THE EXTRA NICE GOOD LOOKING ONES BE VERY CAREFUL!

For more information see those websites:
http://www.antiscam.org/scammers.shtml
http://www.419eater.com/

Initial setup is fairly standard for a Nokia with no surprises. The menu structure on the front face is about what we have come to expect from Nokia and in general easy to navigate.

I had looked at the measurements online and even so was surprised at how large it was and the weight is substantial.

I have found that the 9500 reception drops considerably or all together when entering many buildings. If your area has poor reception for most phones I would suspect the 9500 may simply not work for you at all. Battery life is not so good. I generally have to recharge daily but given the use I put this phone through this is to be expected.

Im a writer and the inspiration to write does not always come when Im sitting at my PC. The 9500 has a full word processor including many of the basic functions we have come to rely on for creating documents.

Typing on the keyboard takes some getting used to. With a little practice you will be typing fast enough. The keys themselves are just large enough to not have too many double key hits. They do have a slight click as they are pressed and this is nice for knowing you hit the key. A set of hot keys at the top are quite useful and there is one user definable one.

The keyboard rocker joystick for navigating around is a bit tricky. Its a round 4 way button that allows up down left and right movement. This works fine. However to select something such as an icon, menu item or hyper link you press it down. This often causes it to move in an unwanted direction just before selecting the item causing you to select a different item.

The inside screen is really big and bright. Even outside in bright sunlight I have had no issues seeing the screen clearly. I have noticed no reflections at all on it.

Leaving the phone on the car dashboard I can easily talk and hear without issue using the speaker phone. Most people report they can hear me clearly from about 3 feet from the phone with no echo or odd background noise.

Using a wireless LAN you can access the internet. A normal web page took about 25 seconds on the phone. I downloaded a Symbian based FTP program and Im able to access my servers quickly. It took about 15 mins to upload a 10 meg file and about 10 to download a 11 meg file.

Its easy to use the voice recorder on the phone to record your friends saying something funny and then attach that to their contact card as the ring tone for them. I now know exactly who is calling without even looking at the phone.

Adequate would be the best way to describe the digital camera and Video cam. Even on the highest settings the pictures are washed out and unclear. The zoom and brightness and contrast settings can help but not all that much. Taking pictures from the phone to PC and switching them to black and white improved them immensely. The video image is a bit pixilated especially when there is fast movement but the sound was very clear.

The phone can be used as an MP3 player but the sound quality from the speaker is tinny and flat. Through the headset however it is very good so as a iPod type player it works well.

The real movie player is very good giving a smooth clear playback of your movie files. Again I would go with stereo headphones over the speaker. Load a full movie onto one MMC card and play it right of the card.

All in all I have been very satisfied with the Nokia 9500. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to be able to write full format documents on the go without a laptop.

The strong point about the 9500 is the ability to handle large memory cards.
With a four gig MMC card it has the potential for use as a phone, a PDA, an MP3 player, and if you wish a portable gaming platform. I have purchased the adapter which allows the use of standard headphones thus the stereo sound is equal to any other MP3 player. great Techno gadget.

NO protection for the buyer, it is ALL FOR THE SELLER. They get their money, and the buyer(ME)got nothing. I have been scammed twice using EBAY, and both seller's were from the Chicago area. Again, I say, that for the first time sellers, EBAY should hold their money until the buyer CONFIRMS he has received his items. I have lost over $500 during business with EBAY.

Becarful to all ebay buyers; especially to all electronic goods. Make sure you guys contact the seller before you pay the item. I purchased the cell phone on December 22nd 2006 and I received another product that not even close to the amount that I paid. I contacted ebay and paypal but the respond was not very good. Even paypal customer service said "sorry we can not help you with this problem". I stop bidding from ebay because I thought the CS is not very supporive toward me as a customer.

I bought it new online more than a year ago and payed $700 for it. The vender claimed it works on 800/1900 in the US. In fact it does NOT operate in the 800 band. I had both Cingular and T-mobile DATA accounts, and I switched the SIM cards back and forth to see how it worked all across the USA. I drive coast to coast in a truck, and have loads of time to glance at the phone display, checking the signal strength or seeing the name of a different carrier displayed, such as Conestoga,Viaero, or Union Tel. Oddly enough, the lack of 800 band reception seemed to make very little difference. Most places I went were covered. Since I also have an unlocked Sierra Wireless aircard 775, I would also use both SIM cards in that, which works pretty well with EDGE. My 9500 is slower than the aircard, although it does receive WIFI, which of course is faster. By the way, the Nokia 9300 gets both 850/1900, but not WIFI. I see that Cingular offers theb 9300 at an affordable price AND you,ll get the benefit of their technical support if it is not working the way you think it should be working. By the way, an interesting thing I noticed with the 9500: You can use a scan function to see which GSM carriers are available in the area. When using the T-mobile simcard, the names of any other 1900 GSM carriers within receiving range would be displayed by name. You could then query that carrier to see if you were authorized to roam on them. In some cases, I had the choice of more than one roaming carrier to manually choose from. When attempting this with the Cingular SIMcard, all names on the list would say either Cingular or Roam. It would even read Cingular in areas or states were there is clearly NO cingular coverage.

This phone is amazing, it is like a laptop the size of a large cell phone, this is a must have for any executive with a mobile lifestyle.

This phone is an excellent replacement for an ultra-portable laptop.
Since it has WiFi access and a large enough screen to view web pages, I don't need to pull out my big laptop in order to check the weather in Phoenix or make sure my flight is on-time.
The only thing that bothers me is the thickness. I don't mind how long the phone is (or wide). I think those are appropriate. I wish that the phone was THINNER though. If you are looking for something small and sleek, this might not be the phone for you. If you want internet/wifi access anywhere easily, and don't mind a bulkier phone, this is perfect.
All the applications work great, Symbian is awesome. Thanks Nokia.

I have always loved nokia 9500 but when i called Nokia company they said they were out so i decided to partronize ebay for the first time. The truth of the matter is that 2 out of the transactions i made was perfect but the third one which is the 9500 phone was really a mess cos i was duped and used...the seller actually sent me a charger '''and it was sent from carlifonia wheras the seller claims to be in chicago where he received my money. I never knew about paypal that was why i used money order'''i had already sent the money order before i knew the guy was a rogue....525 dollars is gone.........eversince then, i have never trusted any transaction both on the computer and on phone although there are some good people out there but the bad ones amongst them are heartless. But i know what goes arround comes arround. It was a bad experience. Never judge anybody by there ebay scores cos they could be rogues.

i dont have a unit yet but i tried my friends' - people may complain about the size...come on guys, its a pda phone, or should i say...its a hand held computer... im sure everyone knows about the features.... the wi-fi is great! maybe nokia can make the camera much better tho'

just one world awesome phone more thne i expected the size is alittle oldish but not too much of a big deal

thanks for the phone it is working great, thanks for shipping it fast.I like the phone very much, i have given it as gift he is very much happy.

nice communicator, lots functions
no vibro, symbian 80-s not very stable. Also could be mentioned big size and big weight of device.

ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE THIS PHONE. I KNOW ITS BIG AND BULKY BUT ITS STILL A STYLE ICON FOR THE CORPORATE BIG DAWG. LOVE THE PHONE. PERFECT PDA

unique and attractive design, very comfortable inner screen size to use mobile internet on the road and for reading, good price, reach software,but old symbyan os.

I like the fact that it is a phone and computer all in one. I have seen the unit in action and was very impressed with it. I read many reviews and liked what I read so I decided to purchase one for myself.

What I didn't like about this purchase is that the batteries were both too old to keep the unit working. I have only been able to use it for about a total of 12 hours as it will not hold a charge. Very, very disappointing especially since I paid so much for it.

As we know, this unit was released 6+ years ago and the technology is changing fast.

I would say, this unit is still great. I mean, I dont mind carrying this unit around(although its kinda bulky) but yeah! I still like its features eventhough theres no lights on its keypad.
Would still rate it "4 Stars"!!!

i like the product, but you really have to play with it in order to use it's office and other features. the seller is true with it's description.

All was as promised, the telephone arrived on time all the accessories promised were delivered and more

I Love this phone, it is like having a computer with you all the time. I Love being able to get web pages just like you would on you home pc. There are a couple downfalls to it and that is the size. It is pretty big. Also it doesn't have vibration.These are both things that I can live with considering it does EVERYTHING else.