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The story of one company: 7 iconic gadgets from Motorola

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The news of the return of Motorola on the Russian market has become a boon for fans of the cult brand and geeks. Those who caught the flourishing company, remembers her as one of the most-the most in the manufacture of tubes

the highest quality, the steepness of the zaškalivala all the valid values.

Droider also delighted kambèku legends and has prepared a compilation of 7 iconic gadgets from Motorola.

Motorola's DynaTAC

'S DynaTAC from Motorola or the world's first mobile phone was created by Martin Cooper in the year 1973. on April 4 of the same year he was called to the Office's main competitor is Bell Laboratories — and boasted the head of the Research Department of Joel Engel, the phoning with this mobile phone.

 Motorola DynaTAC и Мартин Купер

For 10 years, until 1983, when the phone has received FCC certification, it has been greatly improved and weighed 800 grams to 1 kg against more in the first version, and the dimensions were 225 x 125 x 37.5 mm.

Motorola StarTAC

In the best of years, the company was not afraid to experiment and StarTAC bright acknowledgement. This mobile phone was introduced back in 1996, and became the first in the clamshell form factor. " StarTAC possessed all the qualities which did not have enough competitors: the small size and weight, easy Assembly, stylish appearance and the opportunity, without the discomfort of wearing in any pocket. By the way, this is the first mobile phone with the shakes that you can include in the moments when loud call was inappropriate.

Motorola StarTAC

After the release of the device on the market, many have noticed the similarity of design with the communication devices from Star Trek. Apparently this and were inspired by the developers of the world's first flip-up device.

Motorola V70

Phone V70, released on the market in the year 2002, became the ancestor of another interesting factor is the "Rotator", which cover the apparatus to rotate around the screen in any direction on 360 degrees.

Motorola v70

Another interesting feature of the gadget from Motorola was the screen. Giving the impression that it's rounded, although in fact he was a standard form.

Motorola V100

Known and called V.box, V100 outwardly looked like a plastic toy with translucent casing. Meanwhile, it is one of the first phones with a full QWERTY keyboard, monochrome display resolution 126 x 64 pixels and battery capacity of 600 mah.

Motorola V.box, V100

When folded, the thickness of 25 mm were V100 which at that time was very good. The phone was released 14 years ago, in the year 2000.

Motorola E398

E398 was equipped with very powerful stereo speakers and the competitors bidding has increased, "the flashing to the beat of the song or ringtone, play through the speaker. A built-in MP3 player and MicroSD card slot, so that the device is known as a "tape recorder in his pocket". Supported by an impressive (for the time) amount of 512 MB, but with some reservations on the part of the firmware. E398 was performed in a very convenient form, and the housing cover pleasant Soft-Touch surface, which took the property over time oblezat′.

Motorola E398

The phone was mounted TFT display with a resolution of 220 x 176 pixels, display 262144 colors, 0.3-megapixel camera, and the dimensions of the device, weighing in at ridiculous 107 grams, amounted to 108 x 45 x 19 mm.

Motorola MPx200

The "Clamshell" MPx200, released in the year 2003, worked for Windows Mobile for Smartphone 2002. One of the useful features of the apparatus was the metal retention mechanism, which made the Mpx200 practically "impossible to be killed". Main screen had a resolution of 220 x 176 pixels and display 65536 colors. Smart phone was equipped with a MiniUSB port and IRDA. In addition, there was pushed connector for SD memory cards.

Motorola MPx200

Supports WAP 1.2.1, GPRS class 8, has built-in POP/SMTP client and HTML support. A special advantage is that this Smartphone are adapted virtually all versions of Windows Mobile for Smartphone.

Motorola RAZR V3

In 2004, Motorola introduced the "clamshell" iconic RAZR V3. It was marketed as the flagship model. Emphasis was placed on the bright, eye-catching design of the apparatus: a large part of the building was made of metal, and the thickness was very small, which caused the creators of association with the razor, hence the name RAZR. Technical specifications was not leading at the time, although the company honestly stated that the RAZR V3 was behind them and was chased.

Motorola RAZR V3

Most experts agreed that the device image, focused solely on underlining the status of the owner, and not on the technology part. Reviewers noted the not very good camera that lost to competitors in the market, and that the management of the phone due to the design and features of the operating system's user-demanded from addiction. However, Forbes magazine ranked representatives of the cult series of RAZR cell phones in the world.


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