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The Evolution of Smartphone
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 07 September 2011, 00:05 IST
6. 2002
The American Idol creates the trend towards mobile and entertainment integration with its call and text voting. Over 110 million votes were cast in the first season and by season ten the seasonal total had increased to nearly 750 million. Voting via text messaging was made available in the second season when AT&T Wireless joined as a sponsor of the show, and 7.5 million text messages were sent to American Idol that season. The number of text messages rapidly increased, reaching 178 million texts by season eight. Online voting was offered for the first time in Season 10.
7. 2003
Nokia 1100 sets the record of being the top selling phones of all time with over 250 million units sold. Due to its low price and high quality Nokia 1100 dominated as the favorites among the consumers for a long time.
It was targeted towards developing countries and users who do not require advanced features beyond making calls and SMS text messages, alarm clock, reminders, etc.
