Mobile Technology Unit

Mobile Technology

Early developments in mobile technology to smartphones

1Mobile Phone Timeline

The Nokia 7110 (1999) was one of the first slide phones and was made very popular due to the movie The Matrix

Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar (1999) was the first phone to have MP-3 capabilities8Mobile RigsIn the early 1940s the first 2 way radios to be developed were called mobile rigs. These were used in taxis, police cars and ambulances.

Ran on electricity from vehicleUsed radio waves to communicate3Original Walkie-Talkie SCR-300

In the early 1940s Motorola developed a backpacked two-way radio, the Walkie-Talkie.

Only one radio transmits at a timePush to talk buttonUsed dry cell batteries for power

4Handie-Talkie AM SCR-536In 1951 large hand-held two-way radio for the US military was developed. This battery powered Handie-Talkie and was about the size of a man's forearm.Limitations such as line of sight Interference from structures and large objects. Repeaters needed for long distance

5Mobile Phone TimelineFirst commercially available mobile phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. It cost $3995

Motorola MicroTAC 9800X was available in 1989 and the first real hand held portable mobile phone. 10 character LCD. 6Mobile Phone Timeline

First Clamshell (Flip) phone was the Motorola Star TAC it also had first ever display for numbers and was available in 1996 it cost $1000

This Nokia 5110 (1998) was the most successful model at the time and continued to sell well for sometime afterwards7Mobile Phone Timeline

Nokia 3210 (1999) was the first phone with T9 (predictive text). 150 Million were soldFirst commercial camera phone was the Sharp J-SH04 and was available in 2000

9Mobile Phone TimelineEricsson T68 (2001) was one of the first mobile phones with a colour screen

Nokia 7600 (2003), one of the world first 3G smart phones. It is still one of smallest phones ever made10

Mobile Phone Timeline

Motorola Razor V3 (2004) set a new standard is design and is one the most successful selling phones ever.Nokia 7280 (2004) was also referred to as the Lipstick phone. This phone has no keypad and all processes are carried out by using a small dial.11Mobile Phone Timeline

HTC Universal (2005) was the first pocket PC made by HTC and had windows mobile installed

Nokia N73 (2006) was a very popular smartphone and even 3 years after its release it is still used widely 12Mobile Phone Timeline

Apple iPhone (2007)auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches. On release this phone was extremely popular. 8Gb 32Gb versions are available.iPhone 3G developed in 200913Mobile Phone Timeline

Blackberry Storm (2008) Designed to be a direct competitor to the iPhone 3G and other 3G smartphones14Mobile Phone Timeline

Palm Pre (2009) Touch sensitive screen. This phone is to challenge the Apple iPhone. This phone is the first to come with a touch stone charger (wireless charge) 8GB internal storage

15Mobile Phone Timeline

Google Nexus One

ManufacturerHTC (Designed and branded by Google)TypeSlate smartphoneRelease dateJanuary 5, 2010Introductory price$529 unlocked$179 with 2 year contract[1]Operating systemAndroid 2.1 (Eclair)

CPU1GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250 Snapdragon ARM

Storage capacityFlash memory: 512MBmicroSD (Class 2) slot: 4GB included, expandable up to 32GB

Glossary of termsDifference between 1G and 2G, is that the radio signals that 1G networks use are analog, while 2G networks are digital.Although both systems use digital signaling to connect the radio towers (which listen to the handsets) to the rest of the telephone system, the voice itself during a call is encoded to digital signals in 2G whereas 1G is only modulated to higher frequency, typically 150MHz and up.

Glossary of termsMP3 - MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a method of data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players.

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