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The Samsung business was created
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Steve Jobs
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First mobile phone call made
Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival telecommunications company and informed them he was speaking via a mobile phone.
The phone he used weighed in at about 1.1kg and measured in at 228.6x127x44.4mm. With this prototype device, you got 30 minutes of talk-time and it took around 10 hours to charge. -
Release of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Motorola released its first commercial mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. It was capable of 30 minutes of talk-time, six hours standby, and could store 30 phone numbers. It cost $3995, in 1983 that is very expensive! -
Samsung initiates mobile telecommunications business
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Samsung SC-100 released
Samsung released its first built-in car phone, the SC-100 which turned out to be a failure due to poor quality. -
Nokia's first Mobile Phone - Mobira Cityman 900
Mobira Cityman 900 launched weighing 800g -
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From Big business men to the Average Joe
Between this time, mobile phones seemed to become more present in the average household. No longer were they just for the wealthier of the wealthiest. -
Nokia 6110
The Nokia 6110 was introduced. It had a calculator, clock, currency converter and calander. There was also three games 1) Snake 2) Logic 3) Memory. -
Worlds first clamshell handset
The introduction of the Motorola StarTAC, the first 'Clamshell' style handset. -
Nokia 5110
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Blackberry Enters the Mobile Phone Market
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Let the Iphone rage begin!
Information can be found here about the release of the first Iphone in January 2007
