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SCR-300 Radio Transmitter
The SCR-300 Radio Transmitter was developed for the U.S. Military by Motorola. It was designed as a portable FM radio and weight from 32 to 38 pounds. -
SCR-536
Motorola introduced the first handie talkie' for the U.S. named the SCR-536. There as 130,000 units manufactured and used during the war. Weighed only 5 pounds. -
MTS (Mobile Telephone System)
Bell System introduced the first mobile telephone commercial service, called the Mobile Telephone System (MTS). It was large weighing at 80 pounds. -
Ericsson's Mobile System A (MTA)
Ericsson's Mobile System A (MTA) was the first automatic mobile system for automobiles. It was introduced in Sweden and weighing at 88 pounds. -
Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS)
Bell's newer pre-cellular Impoved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS), it was made lighter, more advanced mobile car phones with added push buttons. Weighing at 40 pounds. -
Motorola DynaTAC
The invention of the DynaTAC was the first portable phone, former Motorola Vice President Martin Cooper made the first practical phone call in a non vehicle setting -
Nokia's Mobira Senator
First fully automatic international cellular service -
Mobira Talkman
Compared to the previous model the DynaTAC, the Mobira Talkman can hold hours of talk time whereas the DynaTAC could only hold 60 minutes -
Motorola's MicroTAC
The introduction of the first flip phone design. It was the first pocket phone to be invented. -
Motorola International 3200
The first hand-sized digital mobile phone that utilised 2G digitally encrypted technology. -
IBM Simon
The world's first smartphone it was a mobile phone, pager, fax machine and PDA. It had similar functions as we see in today's mobile phone, such as a calendar, address book, clock, calculator, notepad, email, games and a touchscreen with QWERTY keyboard. -
Motorola Clamshell StarTAC Mobile Phone
This model is an improvement of the previous StarTAC with its collapse in half, which is why it's called clamshell because of its clam like feature. -
Nokia 9000 Communicator
The revolutionary smartphone era was introduced with the first cell phone that was also called the mini-computer. It could open longways revealing an LCD screen with QWERTY keyboard. -
Nokia's 7110
The first cell phone to have the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) - this allowed users to gain access to the web. The introduction to the revolution of mobile internet. -
Kyocera's Visual Phone VP-201
Japan manufactured the first ever phone to incorporate a built-in camera. -
Sharp J-SH04 (J-Phone)
Released by J-Mobile in Japan, the phone introduced the 0.1 megapixel resolution. This phone was the start of the MMS (Multi-Media-Message) function. -
Sanyo 5300
Sprint developed the first camera phone sold in North America. -
Microsoft's Pocket PC Phone Edition - HP Jornada 928
This phone was had Wireless Digital Assistant, combined with the best of the PDA with integrated wireless voice and data capabilities. -
Motorola RAZR
The next popular camera phone which was the first classified 'fashion' phone. Made 50 million by mid 2006 -
Treo 700w
First Palm smartphone to operate outside of the Palm OS. It was powered by Windows Mobile. -
Apple Iphone
Steve Jobs introduced the Apple Iphone that revolutionised the touchscreen smartphone industry. It wasn't the first smartphone but it was the first to accurately get the user interface right. Later adapting 3G technology. -
HTC EVO 4G
Sprint devloped the first cellular phone to meet 4G standards, running on the WiMAX network. Powered by Android 2.1 and had the largest touch screen displays with 9MP camera, HD Video Capture, HDMI output, Mobile Hotspot and HTC Sense.