Editing Nokia 9210 Communicator (section)

{{Short description|Cell phone model}}
{{Infobox mobile phone
| name = Nokia 9210 Communicator / Nokia 9290
| logo = Nokia9210Logo.png
| logosize = 200px
| image =Nokia 9210.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| caption = Nokia 9210's exterior screen UI menu icon
| manufacturer = [[Nokia]]
| carrier =
| released = June 2001<ref name="Nokia9210Specs" />
| screen = 4096-color 640 × 200 [[LCD]] screen<ref name="Nokia9210Specs" />
| exterior_screen = Mono
| ringtone =
| camera =
| 2nd_camera =
| memory = Application 14&nbsp;MB, user 2&nbsp;MB<ref name="Nokia9210Specs" />
| memory_card = 16&nbsp;MB [[Multi Media Card]]<ref name="Nokia9210Specs" />
| networks = [[E-GSM|EGSM]] 900/1800 and [[HSCSD]] (43.2&nbsp;kbit/s)<ref name="Nokia9210Specs" />
| battery = BLL-3 (1300 mAh)<ref name="Nokia9210Specs" />
| connectivity =
| size = 158 × 56 × 27 mm<ref name="Nokia9210Specs" />
| form =
| weight = 244 g<ref name="Nokia9210Specs" />
| music =
| predecessor = [[Nokia 9000 Communicator#9110|Nokia 9110 Communicator]] (9210/9290)<br />[[Nokia 9000 Communicator#9110i|Nokia 9110i Communicator]] (9210i)
| successor = [[Nokia 9300]] (9210)<br />[[Nokia 9300b]] (9290)<br />[[Nokia 9300i]] (9210i)<br />[[Nokia 9500 Communicator]] (9210/9210i)<br />[[Nokia 9500b Communicator]] (9290)
}}

The '''Nokia 9210 Communicator''' is the third-generation [[Nokia Communicator|Communicator series]] [[mobile phone]] produced by [[Nokia]], announced on 21 November 2000<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=The Nokia 9210 Communicator heralds the dawn of mobile multimedia |url=http://press.nokia.com/2000/11/21/the-nokia-9210-communicator-heralds-the-dawn-of-mobile-multimedia/ |website=Nokia |date=21 November 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212112345/http://press.nokia.com/2000/11/21/the-nokia-9210-communicator-heralds-the-dawn-of-mobile-multimedia/ |archive-date=12 December 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> and released in June 2001. It greatly improved on the second-generation [[Nokia 9110 Communicator]], providing a colour main screen and using an [[ARM architecture|ARM]] processor. It is one of the few mobile phones able to send and receive [[fax]].

It was the first device to run on the [[Symbian OS]] platform,<ref>''Duální wapový komunikátor''. Aktualityː komunikace. ''Chip''. Praha: Vogel Publishing, 19 December 2000, vol. 11, issue 01 (January 2001), p. 12. Retrieved 01 July 2023. ISSN 1210-0684. (czech)</ref> version 6, succeeding version 5 of [[EPOC (operating system)|EPOC]]. It also introduced Nokia's [[Series 80 (software platform)|Series 80]] interface, which was the result of [[Symbian Ltd.]]'s 'Crystal' design.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=David |last2=West |first2=Joel |date=11 June 2013 |title=Evolving an Open Ecosystem: The Rise and Fall of the Symbian Platform |publisher=[[Emerald Group Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-78190-826-6 }}</ref>

It is used as a normal though bulky mobile phone in closed mode; when it is flipped open it can be used like a very small notebook computer with a 640 × 200 screen.<ref name="Nokia9210Specs">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Nokia 9210 Communicator Device Specs |url=http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=886&c=nokia_9210_communicator |website=PhoneDB |date=16 Oct 2007 |access-date=28 Sep 2019}}</ref> The [[earpiece]] and microphone are located on the back so one must hold it with the front screen and keypad facing out to make a call. The phone also has [[speakerphone]] functionality.

The 9210 Communicator's success helped Nokia overtake both [[Palm Inc.|Palm]] and [[Compaq]] to become the leading 'mobile data device' vendor in Western Europe in the third quarter of 2001, when it had a 28.3 percent share in the market.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/03/business/nokia-s-sales-climb-in-western-europe.html|title = Nokia's Sales Climb in Western Europe|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 3 November 2001}}</ref>