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The "Brick"
AudioThe first cell phone released by Motorola was the DynaTec phone. It was created by a Motorola worker, Martin Cooper). It cost a whopping $3,500 and did not sell particularly well to the general public. -
Motorola MicroTAC 9800X
The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket. -
BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator
The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo. -
Motorola StarTAC
The first clamshell (flip phone) cellular phone. Also one of the first display screens featured on a cell -
Nokia 9000 Communicator
The first smartphone series, driven by an Intel 386 CPU. -
Nokia 3210
The internal antenna and predictive T9 text messaging sold approximately 160 million of these phones. -
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Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar
The Uproar was the first cell phone to have MP3 music capabilities. -
Benefon Esc!
This was the first instance of a GPS being integrated into a mobile phone, and was sold mostly in Europe. -
Ericsson R380
The R380 featured a black and white touchscreen, partially covered by a flip. -
Nokia 5510
This phone featured a full QWERTY keyboard. It could also store up to 64mb of music. -
Sanyo SCP-5300
Interview: "What kind of phone do you have?"The first camera phone. Despite the low quality images it produced, it was the first. -
