Friday 9 November 2012

20 years of GSM digital mobile phones

How far the cellphone has come since the Nokia 1011


Twenty years ago today, on 9 November 1992, Nokia launched the world's first commercially available GSM digital mobile phone - the Nokia 1011 - strengthening consumer interest in the world of mobile connectivity. The candybar device - which weighed a whopping 475g and could sustain a conversation for no more than 90 minutes - also introduced text messaging, viewable on the handset's two-line display.…




via The Register - Networks

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/09/20_years_of_gsm_digital_phones/

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