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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.