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Motorola DynaTAC 8000x announced
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This product was invented in the 80's and was used primarily by businesses due to its high price. As it was the first truly portable phone, it lacked features that are now commonplace, like voicemail and texting. -
Nokia 1101 released
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The Nokia 1101 was the first mass produced phone with texting capabilities. Compared to modern phones, it lacks a dedicated keyboard, instead using the number keys for typing. This has been changed in modern phones to make typing much faster than possible with the number keys the Nokia 1101 featured. -
IBM Simon released
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IBM's Simon was the first smartphone released. While it had no browser, it had several other features, including touchscreen, email, fax, and an alarm clock, which was remarkable at the time. It was not hugely successful, due to its $1100 price tag. It also was much larger than modern smartphones, at 8 inches long, and as mentioned above, lacked an internet browser. -
IPhone released
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The original IPhone was a groundbreaking release, featuring multitouch capabilities and an internet browser, along with the ability to use and download apps or games. Since its release, subsequent models have made many improvements to the IPhone, like enlarging the screen for viewing media, making the phone lighter and thinner for portability, and adding more memory, letting you download more apps. -
HTC Dream released
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The HTC Dream, known as the T-Mobile G1 in the US is notable for being the first Android phone released. It had many new features, like a customizable GUI, integration with Google services, a notifications system, an app store similar to the IPhone's, along with a touch screen and a physical keyboard. It should be noted that the Dream, unlike later Android phones, had no touch screen keyboard. This was changed for convenienience.
