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First Mobile Cell Phone
Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey. The first mobile phone call was made 43 years today. -
A Full Computer in the Hands
Many argue when the first laptop was release. While any source will tell you the Osborne 1, it didn't come with a battery, had no option to. Now that's not very portable is it? Anyways, we'll just consider this the first ever "Laptop.". Released by Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighed 10.7 kg (24.5 lb), costing $1,795 US. Powered directly from a mains socket as it had no on-board battery, still classed as a portable device as it could be packed away and transported by hand. -
Nokia Strikes
Nokia introduced its first mobile phone, the Mobira Cityman 900 for NMT-900 networks. This would be there very first footsteps in the mobile market. Later to become one of the most popular phones of there time. -
The Drastic Change
It wouldn't be until 2 years later, the first flip phones are released. These iconic little indestructible devices would soon take the world by storm. The MicroTAC, released by Motorola was the smallest and lightest phone available at the time. -
New Beginning
The first pda seems to have appeared out of thin air. The first being a little device created by Apple called, The Newton. A personal digital assistant developed and marketed by Apple Inc. An early device in the PDA category – the Newton originated from the term "personal digital assistant" – it was the first to feature handwriting recognition. -
What is a that thing?
These micro computing devices usually run a slightly watered down operating system and hard small enough to be used in the hands.Microsoft Tablet PC is a term coined by Microsoft for tablet computers conforming to a set of specifications announced in 2001 by Microsoft, for a pen-enabled personal computer, conforming to hardware specifications devised by Microsoft and running a licensed copy of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system.
