Nokia 9300 Smartphone (Cingular)
Nokia 9300 Smartphone available to Cingular Wireless customers.
Cingular and Nokia today introduced the EDGE-powered Nokia 9300 Smartphone with BlackBerry Connect. The Nokia 9300 Smartphone will be available in the U.S. through Cingular Wireless from the beginning of November.
Cingular customers can now choose the Nokia 9300 Smartphone as an option to use with the behind-the-firewall BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and individual and small business customers can use the Nokia 9300 Smartphone with BlackBerry Connect to access popular Internet Service Provider e-mail accounts.
Aswell as offering the BlackBerry Connect e-mail solution, the Nokia 9300 Smartphone is also compatible with several third-party applications to provide individuals and businesses of all sizes with a wireless solution operating on EDGE, the largest and fastest national wireless data network in the U.S.
The Cingular Nokia 9300 Smartphone with BlackBerry Connect is designed for the mobile professional seeking a high-quality combination of PDA, phone and mobile email in a sleek, compact device. From a traditional handset on the outside, opening to a full keyboard on the inside for fast, efficient text and data input, the Nokia 9300 Smartphone offers a compelling voice and data experience. Further, it boasts a wide, brilliant, colour screen for a HTML desktop-like web browsing experience.
The tri-band, Symbian OS-based Nokia 9300 Smartphone delivers the high-quality voice experience that customers have come to expect from the Nokia brand, with key calling features such as five-way conference call capability, an easy-to-use speaker phone and Bluetooth connectivity for use with an optional Bluetooth headset.
The Nokia 9300 Smartphone marks the convergence of two eagerly anticipated, business-focused wireless products – the Nokia 9300 Smartphone and BlackBerry Connect – with Cingular’s nationwide* EDGE network, the largest and fastest national wireless data network in the U.S.
said Kent Mathy, president, Business Markets Group, Cingular’s B2B organization.
In a marketplace where many professionals carry more than one device – one for voice, one for data – the Nokia 9300 Smartphone is a compelling alternative for companies ready to mobilize their employees with a single reliable, manageable, business optimized device.
said Mary T. McDowell, executive vice president and general manager, Nokia Enterprise Solutions.
Nokia 9300 E-mail Access
BlackBerry Connect will enable the popular, push-based BlackBerry services initially on the Nokia 9300 Smartphone for those users who want to access their e-mail and prefer the look, feel and features of the Nokia 9300 Smartphone.
With the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, corporate users of Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino can have synchronized access to their corporate e-mail as well as calendar functions, remote address book lookup and attachment viewing capabilities in a secure environment. Through BlackBerry Internet Service, individuals and small business customers can use the Nokia 9300 Smartphone with BlackBerry Connect to receive e-mail automatically from up to 10 ISP e-mail accounts, including popular services such as AOL, Yahoo! and Comcast. Set-up for the individual solution is done easily via a Web-based set-up and configuration process that is started by clicking on an icon that is sent over-the-air to the Nokia 9300 Smartphone’s desktop when the user activates BlackBerry Connect.
Cingular also will offer a second “push” e-mail service on the Nokia 9300 Smartphone – Cingular Xpress Mail – that is targeted to individuals and small businesses that want to access work and personal e-mail. Cingular Xpress Mail supports Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes corporate e-mail, as well as popular POP3/IMAP personal e-mail accounts.
Nokia 9300 from Cingular supports Nokia Business
The Nokia Business Centre is a new software solution enabling collaborative business applications for the mobile world, starting with push e-mail. Available through accredited resellers, the Nokia Business Center brings mobile e-mail to the corporate masses, changing the economics of mobile email adoption so that employees at all levels can reap the rewards of virtually anytime, anywhere access to their corporate email on their mobile phones.
Nokia 9300 Application Ecosystem
Above and beyond e-mail, Cingular and Nokia, through Cingular’s developer program and Forum Nokia, the industry’s largest mobile developer organization, are building a business solutions ecosystem to support the Nokia 9300 Smartphone. At its inception, there will be several third-party applications certified by Cingular for use on the device to present business customers with a compelling and complete wireless voice and data solution right out of the box.
That’s why Cingular and Nokia are working together to deliver a complete portfolio of e-mail and industry-specific applications for the Nokia 9300 Smartphone to give businesses a complete set of tools to extend their key processes wirelessly into the field.
Nokia 9300 Pricing and Availability
The Nokia 9300 Smartphone will be available in the U.S. in Cingular retail stores, select Cingular authorized dealers, Cingular.com, and through its direct B2B sales beginning in November. Cingular will offer the Nokia 9300 Smartphone for as low as $299.99 with a two-year contract and after $50 mail-in rebate. 28/09