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BlackBerry
Developed by RIM (Research In Motion) One of the first widely used smartphones. Main features included E-mail, phone, text, faxing, and web browsing. Mainly geared towards high-level executives, businesses professionals, doctors, and politicians. -
Tmobile Sidekick
Created by Danger/Sharp As smartphones became increasingly popular with consumers, Danger and Sharp created a smartphone geared towards a younger crowd. The phones featured a full QWERTY keyboard with all the standard smartphone capabilities, but also featured cameras as the use of flip-phones and regular hand held phones began to phase out, -
Myspace
Tom Anderson Myspace was a social network that paved the way for all the social media we use today. Prior to its launch, social media online mostly consisted of blogs, photo sharing websites, instant messaging apps/chat rooms and myspace combined all of those elements to a single service. It was a place to socialize with new and old friends, as well as discovering new music and interacting directly with artists. Without myspace, we wouldn't have Facebook or any of the social media we use today -
iPhone
Created by Apple The iPhone was the first smartphone to feature a completely interactive display replacing traditional buttons. It was the first device to have multi-touch displays, and when it debuted, most thought it was only a novelty or a fad. iPhone later became the gold standard for smartphones. -
iPad
Apple The first device of its kind. The iPad was a cross between a laptop and a smartphone. Having applications like the iPhone and the computing power of a small laptop, The iPad replaced laptops, books, and also was utilized for entertainment.