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the evolution of cell phones
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Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
1st cell phoneThe first truly mobile phone. It retailed for $3,995 in 1983. Created by Dr. Martin Cooper who said Star Trek inspired him to create the cell phone. -
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Nokia Mobira Cityman
GorbachevNokia introduces the Mobira Cityman, the first handheld mobile phone for NMT networks. Despite weighing in at 800 grams it goes on to become a classic. The Cityman even earns a nickname, the “Gorba”, after Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured using one to make a call from Helsinki to his communications minister in Moscow. -
Motorola MicroTAC
The display on this cell phone featured an eight character, red LED design and dot matrix. the MicroTAC had a currency calculator, in case you were traveling in a foreign country and needed to quickly and easily figure the exchange rate for any currency -
Motorola StarTAC
TIME MagazineIt was smaller than almost every handset before it (just 3.1 ounces), it offered a vibrate mode, and you could attach a second battery for more juice. -
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Nokia 5110
It made the standard phone become more pocketable than anything else. There were plenty of shops where individuals could remove the default faceplate and purchase one that matched their liking – there were even those cool looking ones that lit up the phone in different colors whenever the phone rang. -
Blackberry 5810
This was the first BlackBerry to feature a built-in phone but it lacked a speaker and a microphone, so you had to use a headset to make calls. -
Sanyo SPC-5300
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T-Mobile Sidekick
Specs on the SidekickA monochrome 2.6-inch screen swivels up to showcase a full QWERTY keyboard specifically targeting frequent users of e-mail and instant messaging.Sidekick users can send and receive email and attachments from up to three POP3 email accounts, surf the Web with a full HTML An attachable camera is available as a separate purchase. -
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Apple iphone
iphone commercialSMS text messaging feature shows your conversation in the form of an instant messaging session, making it easy to keep track of what’s being said and automatically switches screen orientation from portrait to landscape when you rotate the device.
