Nokia 9300 – Mobile Phone Information

The Nokia
9300 is powered by Symbian OS v7 (Series 80), and is a combined
mobile phone and PDA in Nokia’s ‘Communicator’ series. The 9300 has much in common with the more powerful Nokia 9500, but lacks the Wi-fi support and has no digital camera. The 9300 was updated to the 9300i, which does have wifi, and it has the following features:

• QWERTY keyboard
• Tri-band for use in Europe & the US
• Bluetooth, USB and Infrared connectivity
• SMS, MMS and Email
  messaging
• 80Meg
  of onboard RAM, plus slot for MMC cards
• Hands-free speakerphone
• Word
  processor, spreadsheet viewer and editor, presentation viewer
  and editor

• Weight: 167 g
• Dimensions: 132 x 51 x 21mm
• Screen: 640 x 200 pixels. 65,536 colours (not touchscreen)
• Battery: 150-200 hours standby, 3.5-4 hours talk time

For full
details, take a look at Nokia’s
9300 page

Software
for Symbian OS phones is normally supplied using a Symbian installation
file (with a .sis extension). This is a single file that contains
the components needed to get a piece of software installed and
ready to run. A SIS file can be run on a Symbian phone (e.g. from
the Inbox or via a file
manager. It can also be run via the PC connectivity solution
that was supplied on the CD with the handset.

Sometimes
SIS files are distributed inside a ZIP file (for compression).
See the ZIP section of our FAQ
for details of how to extract a SIS file from a ZIP file

Assuming
you have a SIS file on your PC/Mac (either downloaded from the
Internet or on a CD), the ways to install a SIS file onto your
handset are as follows:

• Beaming – Beam the file to your handset from your PC using Bluetooth
  or IR. If
  you don’t currently have the ability to beam files to the handset
  via Bluetooth or infrared
  (either from another handheld device or from a PC), then you
  may wish to purchase an IRDA adapter for your PC (this means
  you’ll be able to install software, backup and synchronise data
  between phone and PC).
  Beamed files can be found in the Messaging application, in the
  Inbox folder
  
  
  
• Install
  via PC – Assuming you’ve installed the PC connectivity suite
  that was supplied with your phone, look for the "Install
  software" option. You’ll need to have the handset connected
  to the PC via serial, Bluetooth or infrared for this to work.
• By
  email – The alternative, is to email the file that you’re
  trying to install, typically a SIS (Symbian installation file)
  to your own email account, and then use your phone to logon
  to your email (details) and download
  the SIS file as an attachment into your phone’s Messaging Inbox.
• Via
  memory card – You can transfer the SIS file to the handset
  via the card slot and a PC MMC Memory
  card reader. Copy files onto an MMC from your PC, and then
  insert the MMC card into your handset. You’ll can then use the
  file manager to access the file.

There’s
a wide range of accessories, including spare batteries, cases, chargers,
in-car kits, hands-free units, data cables and fascias, available at Carphone
Warehouse and MobileShop.

The handset can be upgraded to the latest version of the operating system at
approved Nokia
Service Centres – If the phone is still under warranty, this
will be done free-of-charge. The process takes up to an hour, but
service centre policies vary depending on how busy they are, and
whether they have the reprogramming equipment onsite. Note that
all data is lost when you upgrade, so it’s vital to do your own
backup first. Online upgrades are not available.

The Communicator
is supplied with Nokia’s connectivity suite on CD – it’s also
available from the support area at www.nokia.com.

• 
  Bluetooth
  connection. From the phone, select ‘Desk > Tools >
  Control panel > Connections > Bluetooth’. Set ‘Bluetooth
  active’ to "Yes", then move to the ‘Paired devices’
  tab. You should now be able to search for all Bluetooth devices
  in range. When you’ve found your PC, pair with it, and then you
  should be able to use the Nokia Connectivity package to select
  the file you want to send to the phone.
  
  
  
  
  If your PC doesn’t support Bluetooth, then you can add it cheaply and easily using a USB
  Bluetooth adapter. We recommend the Belkin
  USB Bluetooth adapter available for around £15 from amazon.co.uk.
  For
  details of Bluetooth, see our Bluetooth
  page.
  
• 
  IR connection. From
  the keyboard, hold down the ‘Chr’ key and press the right arrow
  to turn the phone’s IR on. Line up the phone with the PC infrared port, and Windows should
  detect the phone. Then, use the Nokia Connectivity package to
  select the file you want to send to the phone. For
  more on IR, see our PC
  connectivity page
  There are several IR adapters available, including the pictured
  ‘USB-IRDA Adaptor’ from Maplin Electronics (Cat no: RV88V).
• USB
  cable – This phone can be connected to a PC using a USB cable known as the Nokia DKU-2 Connectivity
  cable. This can be purchased online at MobileShop or Dial-a-phone.
  To use this, you will need a dedicated driver available from
  the Nokia
  site. Once connected, you can use the Nokia PC Suite to transfer data and back up the phone.
• 
  Memory card reader.
  If you don’t want to beam files from your PC to the phone, another
  option is to make use of the MMC card slot in the phone. Get
  hold of a Memory card reader for around £20 and copy files onto an MMC card plugged into
  your PC. Find out more on our Memory
  card page.

Rather than the software that came as standard with the phone, there’s a rather useful third-party application called Oxygen II – This application supports Contacts, Calendar, Messaging and file management.
For details of how this works, take a look at our Oxygen page

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For more
details, see our Memory Card
page

Hotmail and AOL use proprietary email systems,
as opposed to the more common POP email systems – this makes it tricky to access mail on a mobile device. For email on the move,
consider using a standard POP3 provider such as BT Yahoo (see setup details) that offers free email accounts that can be configured on mobile phone email programs.

If you
want to access your Hotmail or AOL email, there are several options:

• General: Try using a web browser on your phone (such as the Opera browser) to access Hotmail / AOL’s service via their webmail
  interface.
• Hotmail: Use
  the built-in WAP browser and from ‘Services’, enter the URL http://mobile.msn.com , and you’ll be able to access
  your Hotmail mail via WAP. There are some complications with
  this option, which we’ve detailed on our WAP
  page
• AOL:
  We’ve also been directed to
  an AOL
  Mail FAQ that suggests that a suitable email program can be configured to get email access via
  IMAP (as opposed to POP3). Many smartphones and PDAs support IMAP (check in the email section). For devices that don’t support IMAP, you can download one from Handango
• AOL: A posting
  in our forum suggests another option: Open AOL. Go to AOL
  Keyword. Type ‘AOL Mobile’ . Open AOL on your Mobile. Under
  Get Started, Open ‘Sign up now’.

For
more help, see our Connected? page

• Infrared
  – The handset has a ‘Modem’ option under ‘Connectivity’. Selecting
  this option allows another device (such as a Pocket PC or Laptop)
  to connect to the Internet using infrared. If the equipment
  you wish to connect to doesn’t have infrared, consider a ‘USB-IRDA
  Adaptor’ from Maplin Electronics (Cat no: RV88V).
• Bluetooth –
  You can also use the communicator as a modem from a Bluetooth
  PDA, or a PC with Bluetooth connectivity (such as a
  Belkin USB Bluetooth adapter). For more, see our Bluetooth
  page.

If you’re looking to copy your SMS text messages to a PC, you’ll find that the Nokia PC Suite software doesn’t support this. The best option is to try Oxygen II – This is an alternative PC Suite and supports copying of SMS, MMS and other message types, as well as a few other things that Nokia suite can’t do. Take a look at our Oxygen page