This is what the first 'smartphone' in history looked like, created by Nokia 30 years ago
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Exactly 30 years ago, the Finnish technology company Nokia released one of its most iconic mobile devices, the Nokia 9000 Communicator, a groundbreaking high-end device for its time that many consider the first 'smartphone' in history. The Communicator was unveiled in March 1996 at the CeBIT technology fair in Hannover, Germany, and went on sale five months later, on August 15, eleven years before the American giant Apple would definitively transform the mobile phone market with the launch of its first iPhone. Designed as a cell phone for executives, it was four centimeters thick, weighed almost 400 grams—double that of a modern smartphone—and cost the same as a mid-range personal computer, around $2,550. It was marketed by Nokia with the slogan 'the office in your back pocket' because it allowed users to send faxes and emails, connect to the internet via an integrated modem, and work with applications similar to those on a personal computer, such as spreadsheets, electronic calendars, and word processors.
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