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DynaTAC 8000x
This was the first commercially available Cell Phone, and cost $3995 -
Text Messaging
The first text message was received on Christmas day, sent from one friend to another from his computer to his friend's phone -
First Smart Phone Introduced
The Kyocera 6035 was introduced. It was the first phone that had palm pilot features, including e-mail. This phone did not include any third party applications. -
iPhone Introduced
This was the first phone to allow third party applications, such as games and applications that could access the internet for limited use. -
Part of Life
There are over 6,000,000,000 mobile phone subscriptions, reaching 87% of the population of the world, and covering people in every economic class