Cell phones

By Airelle Cherry
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    cell phone was created

    Martin Cooper created it
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    first phone call was made

    Martin Cooper called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone.
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    first commercial phone was released

    Motorola released its first commercial mobile phone, known as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
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    'handheld' mobile phone

    Nokia’s first 'handheld' mobile phone, the Mobira Cityman 900
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    Flip Phones

    Motorola took a step further by releasing what became the inspiration for the first-ever flip phone.
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    PDA cell phones

    IBM and BellSouth teamed up to release the Simon Personal Communicator, the first mobile phone to feature PDA features.
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    Candybar phone

    Nokia popped up on the scene in 1998 with the first-ever candybar phone, the Nokia 6160.