On 40th Birthday, A Track Down Of 11 Iconic Cell Phones In History

#9 IBM Simon

IBM's Simon Personal Communicator phone, from 1994, was arguably the world's first Smartphone, combining a phone and PDA (personal digital assistant) into one device. Simon was able to send and receive emails and faxes, and offered now-standard "apps" like a calendar, calculator, and note pad - even with handwritten or typed annotations. BellSouth Cellular initially offered the Simon throughout its 15 state service area for $899 with a two-year service contract in United States. Between August, 1994 and February, 1995, about 50,000 units of IBM Simon were sold.

#8 RIM BlackBerry 957

RIM (now BlackBerry) seems to be on the wane, but it is hard to not mention its trend setting RIM BlackBerry 957, if you trace the history of cell phones. BlackBerry 957 had high-contrast monochrome display, its tiny physical keyboard, the side-mounted jog dial, and the Esc key. For years, BlackBerrys ruled the roost in Smartphone market, even after the first iPhones became available. People loved the keyboard, and still do.

The device supported GSM1900 network and GPRS. It had 8MB RAM and 1MB Internal memory. The device came with Alarm, Calculator, Organizer, Calendar, SMS, Qwerty Keyboard, Games, Vibration.

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