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The V980 is a 3G/GSM clam-style cell phone developed by Motorola. This product was announced in October 2004, with product availability starting roughly in December 2004. The V980 is one of Motorola's first 3G clam phones, and while larger and heavier than comparable GSM phones, supports "next generation" services such as video calling.
The original Motorola Bag Phone has been succeeded by the Motorola M800 and M900 Bag Phones, introduced in 2005. While they are technologically dissimilar to the original Bag Phones and use an entirely different user interface, the M800 and M900 support CDMA and GSM, respectively, and add the basic features of modern cell phones.
Motorola was founded in Chicago, Illinois, as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (at 847 West Harrison Street) [9] in 1928.. Paul Galvin wanted a brand name for Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's new car radio, and created the name "Motorola" by linking "motor" (from motor car) with "ola" (from Victrola), which was also a popular ending for many companies at the time, e.g. Moviola, Crayola. [10]
Electrical engineer Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model on April 3, 1973. This is a reenactment in 2007. The DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X received approval from the U.S. FCC on September 21 ...
The Motorola Timeport is a series of candybar and flip mobile phones manufactured by Motorola. They were first released in 1999. [1] The models are: L7089 (1999) P7389 (2000) P8767 (2000) 250 (2001) 270c (2001) 280 (2001) 260 (2002) The flip phone version of the Timeport was included with select late 1990s and early 2000s Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
The StarTAC was among the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption; approximately 60 million StarTACs were sold. The StarTAC was the first Clamshell/flip phone to gain widespread commercial use, although other less successful models had been in circulation as early as 1991, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and an early precursor of this form ...
Before the minimalistic iPhone design dominated the scene, cell phones like the RAZR, Sidekick, and Blackberry were the must-have accessory 8 Iconic Cell Phone Designs From the Early 2000s Skip to ...
Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) was an analog mobile phone system standard originally developed by Bell Labs and later modified in a cooperative effort between Bell Labs and Motorola. It was officially introduced in the Americas on October 13, 1983, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and was deployed in many other countries too, including Israel in 1986 ...