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Nokia 9000 is another old smartphone from 1996. Features a web browser, email client, telnet, etc. Grayscale 640x200 display. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nok

Nokia 9000 is another old smartphone from 1996. Features a web browser, email client, telnet, etc. Grayscale 640x200 display. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_9000_Communicator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_9000_Communicator

j45 8y ago
Sharp Zaurus, Handspring Visor, Treo, are all from that time as well.
mdekkers 8y ago
I had the 9000 and loved it
js2 8y ago
The 9000 was part of our "on-call kit" in my SA team at the time. I remember being out on a hike in Atlanta one weekend when I got paged while I was on call and trying to use it to ssh in to fix an issue. It worked, but barely. I wish I could remember the exact details, but all I recall is that I was able to fix the problem and didn't need to end my hike early. The wiki page doesn't say anything about ssh, but I'm almost certain it had it. This may have been around 98 or 99 though.
- Ezhik 8y ago
  Well it was basically a tiny PC, so it's entirely possible that you just used some DOS SSH client
  - js2 8y ago
    It ran Symbian didn't it?
    - pjmlp 8y ago
      Yep.
    - moepstar 8y ago
      yep it did...
    - ptman 8y ago
      If you look at the wiki page, symbian only came with later versions of the communicator
      - Ezhik 8y ago
        Yeah, the very first one actually ran some sort of a DOS and had an x86 chip.
- Sharlin 8y ago
  Well, the first version of SSH was released in 1995, so it probably wasn't widespread enough to be included in the first Communicator. Even though they are both Finnish inventions.
  - ansible 8y ago
    Indeed. We were commonly using telnet in those days. Slightly amusing side story. Some of the guys had gotten those Motorola Timeport pagers with the screen and qwerty keyboard. One of them had rigged up some scripts so that he could send a text message with a Unix command, and his workstation would text him back the output of the command. Hilariously insecure, but a pretty cool demo at the time.

j45 8y ago

Sharp Zaurus, Handspring Visor, Treo, are all from that time as well.

mdekkers 8y ago

I had the 9000 and loved it

js2 8y ago

The 9000 was part of our "on-call kit" in my SA team at the time. I remember being out on a hike in Atlanta one weekend when I got paged while I was on call and trying to use it to ssh in to fix an issue. It worked, but barely. I wish I could remember the exact details, but all I recall is that I was able to fix the problem and didn't need to end my hike early. The wiki page doesn't say anything about ssh, but I'm almost certain it had it. This may have been around 98 or 99 though.

Ezhik 8y ago
Well it was basically a tiny PC, so it's entirely possible that you just used some DOS SSH client
- js2 8y ago
  It ran Symbian didn't it?
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Yep.
  - moepstar 8y ago
    yep it did...
  - ptman 8y ago
    If you look at the wiki page, symbian only came with later versions of the communicator
    - Ezhik 8y ago
      Yeah, the very first one actually ran some sort of a DOS and had an x86 chip.
Sharlin 8y ago
Well, the first version of SSH was released in 1995, so it probably wasn't widespread enough to be included in the first Communicator. Even though they are both Finnish inventions.
- ansible 8y ago
  Indeed. We were commonly using telnet in those days. Slightly amusing side story. Some of the guys had gotten those Motorola Timeport pagers with the screen and qwerty keyboard. One of them had rigged up some scripts so that he could send a text message with a Unix command, and his workstation would text him back the output of the command. Hilariously insecure, but a pretty cool demo at the time.