7 milestones in mobile phone history

2023-04-25 19:21:40

Nokia continues its breakthrough in the mobile telephony market and immediately offers the Nokia 3310. This time, it includes a color screen to take advantage of the previous features of the 3210 in better quality. The keys are also revisited with a reflective color to add an extra design note.

Combined with the arrival of new telephones, the mobile Internet then made its appearance. In 2000, the deployment of 3G was officially launched. It’s a phone operator Japanese, NTT DoCoMo, which allows access to the first broadband connection service. It’s a new world open to holders of a 3G-compatible mobile phone.

The same year, the 1is phone with camera arrives for the general public thanks to the brand Sharp. The Japanese firm bought the innovation from Frenchman Philippe Kahn three years earlier to market it in 2000.

It was then that an unprecedented race for innovation began, which continues to this day. Sony Ericsson proposes in 2001 its T39, with a clamshell, Bluetooth and GPRS. Light and small, the mobile phone is practical and powerful, to compete with Sharp, Motorola or Nokia.

In 2003, it is Blackberry who bangs his fist on the table with his smartphone, precursor and ancestor of the smartphone. The Quark arrives in 2003 and offers a full keyboard. Finished the T9 with this new technology. In addition, it can open computer files, a major argument for professionals. It’s a hit as a feature phone. It also attracts the general public with its messaging BBMan exclusive for the time.

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