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DynaTAC Prototype
With a prototype of DYNamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage (DynaTAC) Motorola Vice President, Martin Cooper, made first mobile call to his rival Joel S. Engel from Bell Labs -
Mobira Senator
Nokia developed the, Mobira Senator,
world's first fully automaticinternational cellular service. It weighed 22 lbs. -
DynaTAC available to public
Motorola's DynaTAC was made public, weighed under 2 lbs and cost about $400 -
Mobira Talkman
Although bigger it brought longer talk time (hours of talk vs. DynaTAC’s 60 minutes) at a more affordable price -
Motorola's MicroTAC
This was the first flip phone design and the first pocket phone. -
Motorola International 3200
Was the first hand-sized digital mobile phone to use a 2G connection -
IBM SIMON
This was the first smart phone. It was a mobile phone, pager, fax machine, and PDA -
Motorola's Bag Phone 2900
Motorola's Bag Phone 2900 was the car phone to have due to it’s longer battery life, long talk time, and great signal. It was originally made a 1G but later was available as a 2G -
StarTAC
StarTAC by Motorola was the first phone that was able to fold in half and was also known as the “clamshell”. This phone ran on 1G and later became 2G -
Nokia 9000 Communicator
Nokia 9000 Communicator, first cell phone that was also called a mini-computer. It also had a fell keyboard. -
Nokia 8810
Nokia 8810 first cell phone that did not have an external antenna, paving the way for today’s smart phones. It also had a sliding keyboard. -
Nokia 3210
Nokia 3210, the most popular cell phone in history and also one of the firsts to allow (preinstalled) picture messages. -
J-SH04
Sharp’s J-SH04 camera phone with a 0.1 megapixel resolution and this again allowed picture messages; sold only in Japan