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Motorola Dyna-Tac created
First cell phone ever created, by Martin Cooper. Retail price: US$3995 -
Lightest cell phone released
SRA—Svenska Radioaktiebolaget—releases a mobile phone that weighs only 3kg. -
First commercial mobile phone network
The Bell Labs launched the first commercial mobile phone network in Chicago using the American Mobile Phone System, an analogue mobile phone system. -
First Nordic Mobile Telephony
The first Nordic Mobile Telephony phone call is made in Tampere, Finland. -
First entirely automatic cell phone system
First entirely automatic cell phone system Nordic Mobile Telephony initiate in Sweden and Norway. -
Motorola Dyna-Tac launched
Although it was created ten years earlier, the Motorola Dyna-Tac was only launched in 1983. It could handle only 60 minutes of talk time under the best conditions. -
AT&T completes the divestiture of its local operating companies.
This forms a new AT&T (long distance service and equipment sales) and the Baby Bells. -
FAX machines become popular.
A printed sheet of paper can be sent across telephone lines and received whole on the other end. -
ADSL
ADSL introduced -
First transatlantic fiber optic cable
TAT-8, carrying 40,000 circuits. -
Pocket cellular telephone.
is introduced by Motorola. -
The Cellular Technology Industry Association
CTIA is created and helps to make the industry into an empire. -
GSM mobile phone network
The GSM mobile phone network is started in Finland, with the first phone call in Tampere. -
Telecom Relay Service
Telecom Relay Service available for the disabled -
Caller ID
Caller ID implemented nationally in USA -
Nokia 1610
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Qualcomm QCP2700
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Nokia 5110
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Ericsson A1228d
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Palm Treo 600
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Motorola V60c
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Motorola V770
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Sony Ericsson T616
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Motorola RAZRv3
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Sony Ericsson W810i
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AT&T 8525
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AT&T 8925
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BlackBerry 8830
First BlackBerry released, phone that is used until today, which changes its model a lot. -
Iphone 3G / 3Gs
First Apple Phone.. Touch Screen, mini computer. -
Iphone 4
Same as the Iphone 3g but there are 2 cameras now, front and back, and it films too. -
Sony Ericsson x10 (Android)
Touch Screen, new system used, android.
