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1982
The first cell phone comes to the market from Motorola. The DynaTac 8000X weighs 2 pounds and sells for $3,995. Its battery provided one hour of talk time and holds up to 30 numbers.
1993
BellSouth/IBM introduces the Simon Personal Communicator, the first mobile phone to add PDA features. It was a phone, pager, calculator, address book, fax machine and e-mail device with a $900 price tag.
1996
The Motorola StarTAC begins the trend of making phones a fashion as well as a function. Weighing in at 3.1 ounces, it was the smallest and lightest phone of its time.
1998
Nokia introduces the 6160, a 5.2-inch candybar-shaped phone. It became Nokia's best-selling phone in the 90s.
2000
Kyocera's QCP6035 SmartPhone hits the retail market for $500.
2001
The Handspring Treo 180 becomes the first phone to include a QWERTY keyboard.
2002
The Blackberry 5810 becomes the first Blackberry PDA to include voice capability. However, it lacked both a speaker and a microphone, so a headset was required.
2002
Sprint debuts the Sanyo SCP-5300, the first mobile phone in America with a built in camera.
2003
The Nokia N-Gage fails in its attempt to lure gamers away from their Game Boys.
2004
The Motorola Razr v3 sports a slim, metallic design, quickly making it a must-have accessory. In 2006, three of the four bestselling handsets are versions of the Razr.
2005
The Motorola Rokr becomes the first phone to support iTunes. Unfortunately, it has a short battery time and a 100-song limit.
2007
Apple's iPhone features a touch-sensitive screen, a 2-megapixel camera, iTunes, and the ability to run Mac OS X. Oh yeah, it can make phone calls too.
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