The Motorola MPx200 smartphone was launched in December 2003 as a joint venture between Motorola and Microsoft. The mobile phone's Windows Mobile for Smartphone OS allows users to access email and the Internet, use MSN Messenger, and view documents in Microsoft Office formats much like other Windows smartphones such as the Samsung SGH-i600 or HTC Tanager. The MPx200, along with the Samsung SCH-i600, were the first Windows Mobile smartphone devices to have wide distribution in the United States. Previously, smartphone platform devices could only be purchased in the United States as part of development kits sold by Microsoft. The only U.S. carrier of the phone was AT&T Wireless; however, reports also suggest a somewhat limited number of devices with Cingular branding have appeared following the purchase of AT&T Wireless by Cingular.
A car phone is a mobile radio telephone specifically designed for and fitted into an automobile. This service originated with the Bell System and was first used in St. Louis, Missouri, United States on June 17, 1946.
The Munich U-Bahn is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. The system began operation in 1971, and is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft. The network is integrated into the Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund and interconnected with the Munich S-Bahn. The U-Bahn currently comprises eight lines, serving 96 stations, and encompassing 103.1 kilometres (64.1 mi) of routes.
A clamshell design is a kind of form factor for electronic devices in the shape of a clamshell. Mobile phones, handheld game consoles, and especially laptops, are often designed like clamshells. Clamshell devices are usually made of two sections connected by a hinge, each section containing either a flat panel display or an alphanumeric keyboard/keypad, which can fold into contact together like a bivalve shell.
Motorola A925 is a 3G mobile phone from Motorola using Symbian OS. Among the most notable features is its built-in A-GPS. The A925 was preceded by the featurewise essentially identical Motorola A920, and was succeeded by the Motorola A1000.
The Motorola ROKR, the first version of which was informally known as the iTunes phone, was a series of mobile phones from Motorola, part of a 4LTR line developed before the spin out of Motorola Mobility. ROKR models were released starting in September 2005 and ending in 2009. They were notable for incorporating support of media player features.
The W800 Walkman, released in 2005, was the first Sony Ericsson phone to use the Walkman brand. The phone features Bluetooth v1.2, Infrared and USB connectivity.
The Motorola RAZR V3, popularly called simply the Razr, is a clamshell style cell phone developed by Motorola and initially released in November 2004, the first device using the RAZR moniker. With its unique and then-thin aluminium body, coupled with a high price, the RAZR V3 was initially positioned as a desirable premium phone; following price reductions, it then became extremely successful. In the United States the V3 was the most popular cell phone in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and remained best-selling until November 2008.
Motorola Mobility LLC, marketed as Motorola, is an American consumer electronics manufacturer primarily producing smartphones and other mobile devices running Android. Headquartered at Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois, it is a subsidiary of the Chinese technology company Lenovo.
SCREEN3 is a technology used and designed by Motorola to push news and information to mobile phones.
The Motorola F3, frequently known as the Motofone, is a candybar style GSM mobile phone from Motorola, released on 28 November 2006. It was the first mobile phone to use an electronic paper display.
Motorola Krzr, known as the "Canary" before its release, is a series of clamshell/flip mobile phones by Motorola, and was one of the series in the 4LTR line. It consisted of the K1 (2006) followed by the K3 (2007). As a clamshell/flip phone, the Krzr is longer but narrower than the Motorola Razr V3.
BenQ-Siemens SL91 is a slider-type GSM 3G mobile phone, created by BenQ Mobile and introduced in July 2006. The SL91 phone is the successor of Siemens SL75 and BenQ-Siemens SL80. this phones was stylish slider drawing inspiration and development from the previous Siemens Mobile”SL family“ Siemens SL55. SL65 and Siemens SL75.
Motorola Rizr is a series of slide mobile phones from Motorola, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. The first model was released in late 2006. It is a sliding phone, where the numeric keys are hidden beneath the screen of the phone when closed.
The Katana, or Sanyo SCP-6600, was a type of mobile phone. It was released in the United States in the third quarter of 2006 by Sanyo Electric Co. The Katana was a clamshell style phone. The Katana was an "ultraslim" mobile phone with a design similar to the Motorola Razr V3.
LG Chocolate is a mobile phone created by LG Electronics, the first of the LG Black Label Series. It was released at the end of 2005 in South Korea, followed by an international GSM release in 2006, and a slightly altered CDMA model released for Verizon Wireless in the United States. The LG Chocolate is a 'slider' style phone that reveals touch sensitive buttons on its face, which activate upon sliding the phone open. The Chocolate was extremely popular worldwide due to its highly fashionable design, selling over 21 million handsets.
The Motorola Slvr is a former series of candybar mobile phones from Motorola, and was one of the series in the 4LTR line. The first phones were released in early 2005. Inspired by the Razr, they were designed to be very thin and lightweight.
The Nokia 7700 is a mobile phone produced by Nokia, announced in October 2003 but never released. It was produced as a prototype unit between 2003-2004. It was expected to be the first smartphone running the Series 90 GUI on Symbian OS and Nokia's first pen-based device, intending to compete against handsets like Sony Ericsson P800. At announcement Nokia dubbed it a "media device."
The Tizen Association, formerly the LiMo Foundation, is a non-profit consortium which develops and maintains the Tizen mobile operating system. Tizen is a Linux-based operating system for smartphones and other mobile devices. The founding members were Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone. The consortium's work resulted in the LiMo Platform—which was integrated into mobile phone products from NEC, Panasonic and Samsung—and later became the Tizen platform.
