Nokia 8850
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The Nokia 8850 is a mobile phone handset manufactured by Nokia. It was a light alloy-bodied enhanced version of Nokia 8210
model with slider protection of the keypad and blue lighting of the keypad and screen. The 8850 is considered to be an un-repairable phone, thus resulting in very few active handsets in the market. Today it remains a collector's item. It was introduced as a successor of an earlier model, the chrome phone Nokia 8810
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card.
(Short Message Service) with T9
predictive text input, with support for major European languages. Asian version firmware features PinYin
text input which enables Chinese words to be typed and sent.
Messages can be up to 160 characters long. Compatible phones can send and receive picture messaging in Nokia standard Smart Messaging
, not in later (universal) EMS
. It could receive network operator logos and ringtones (up to five).
port on the lower left side which can be used to communicate with a compatible PC
. As well as this, the infrared port can also be used to transfer names and phone numbers between compatible phones an addition to business card sending and receiving. Data is transferred at 9.6 kilobits per second (CSD
).
) and had dimension of 100x44x17 mm. It has a white light blue tinted frontlit
monochrome
display (the keypad is also illuminated white) 96x64 pixels. The volume has 10 levels and is controlled via chrome button on the top left side of the phone. The base of the phone contains the charger and headset connector. The Nokia 8850 uses GSM 900/1800 and supports Extended GSM 900 band (EGSM) and can automatically switch between bands. The North American version, the Nokia 8890, had all the same features but a retractable antenna and GSM 900 and 1900 MHz bands. The phone has four games: Memory, Snake
, Logic and Rotation.
Nokia 8210
The Nokia 8210 was, at the time of its release in 1999, the smallest, lightest Nokia mobile phone on the market, thus its selling point was based on its design and customization, with removable Xpress-on covers. Six differently coloured Xpress-on covers are available, as well as many third party ones...
model with slider protection of the keypad and blue lighting of the keypad and screen. The 8850 is considered to be an un-repairable phone, thus resulting in very few active handsets in the market. Today it remains a collector's item. It was introduced as a successor of an earlier model, the chrome phone Nokia 8810
Nokia 8810
The Nokia 8810 is a slider style mobile phone handset manufactured by Nokia. It is most notable as being the first mobile phone to have an internal antenna. It was introduced in December 1998 and is very similar to the Nokia 8850. The nokia 8810 has since been discontinued.-Memory:The phonebook...
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Memory
The phone's memory can store up to 250 names and 50 calendar notes. SMS messages can only be stored on the SIMSubscriber Identity Module
A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module is an integrated circuit that securely stores the International Mobile Subscriber Identity and the related key used to identify and authenticate subscriber on mobile telephony devices .A SIM is held on a removable SIM card, which...
card.
Call management
The phone has a speed dial feature in which the user can assign a name to 8 of the keys of the keypad. Voice dialing can also be used by assigning up to 8 voice tags to names. Dialed, received and missed calls are all logged. Contacts can be added to one of five groups that can have different logos and ringtones.Messaging
The phone uses SMSShort message service
Short Message Service is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices...
(Short Message Service) with T9
T9 (predictive text)
T9, which stands for Text on 9 keys, is a patented predictive text technology for mobile phones, originally developed by Tegic Communications, now part of Nuance Communications....
predictive text input, with support for major European languages. Asian version firmware features PinYin
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
text input which enables Chinese words to be typed and sent.
Messages can be up to 160 characters long. Compatible phones can send and receive picture messaging in Nokia standard Smart Messaging
Smart Messaging
Smart messaging is a proprietary service developed by Nokia used for the sending and receiving of various digital media via SMS.-Picture message:...
, not in later (universal) EMS
Enhanced Messaging Service
Enhanced Messaging Service , is a cross-industry collaboration between Samsung, Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens and Alcatel, among others. It is an application-level extension to Short Message Service for cellular phones available on GSM, TDMA and CDMA networks.EMS is an intermediate technology,...
. It could receive network operator logos and ringtones (up to five).
Wireless transfer
The phone features an infraredInfrared
Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...
port on the lower left side which can be used to communicate with a compatible PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
. As well as this, the infrared port can also be used to transfer names and phone numbers between compatible phones an addition to business card sending and receiving. Data is transferred at 9.6 kilobits per second (CSD
Circuit Switched Data
Circuit Switched Data is the original form of data transmission developed for the time division multiple access -based mobile phone systems like Global System for Mobile Communications...
).
Other specifications
The phone weighs 91 g (with a lithium batteryLithium battery
Lithium batteries are disposable batteries that have lithium metal or lithium compounds as an anode. Depending on the design and chemical compounds used, lithium cells can produce voltages from 1.5 V to about 3.7 V, over twice the voltage of an ordinary zinc–carbon battery or alkaline battery...
) and had dimension of 100x44x17 mm. It has a white light blue tinted frontlit
Frontlight
A frontlight is a means of illuminating a display device, usually a liquid crystal display , which would otherwise be viewed in ambient light. This improves its performance in poor lighting conditions. Frontlights are inferior to backlights and are usually found as an auxiliary feature.An LCD...
monochrome
Monochrome
Monochrome describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or shades of one color. A monochromatic object or image has colors in shades of limited colors or hues. Images using only shades of grey are called grayscale or black-and-white...
display (the keypad is also illuminated white) 96x64 pixels. The volume has 10 levels and is controlled via chrome button on the top left side of the phone. The base of the phone contains the charger and headset connector. The Nokia 8850 uses GSM 900/1800 and supports Extended GSM 900 band (EGSM) and can automatically switch between bands. The North American version, the Nokia 8890, had all the same features but a retractable antenna and GSM 900 and 1900 MHz bands. The phone has four games: Memory, Snake
Snake (video game)
Snake is a video game that originated during the late 1970s in arcades and has maintained popularity since then, becoming something of a classic...
, Logic and Rotation.