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The first peronal or porfable computer becomes available.
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History of Wireless
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The first commercial cellular system begins operating in Chicago
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The precursor to Wi-fi is created.
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1st Commercial Text message was sent
1st Commercial Text message was sent -
The first smartphone (IBM's Simon) is released, offering features like email.
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The digital camera is invented.
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Camera Phones introduced to US market
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Samsung Mobile releases first mobile phone with GPS in U.S.
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1st Bluetooth headset was released
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1st Apps store opened
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"The brick" weighed 2 pounds, offered just a half-hour of talk time for every recharging and sold for $3995
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There are over 5 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide.