1964-1999
During the 80's Portable Phones were invented! In 1989 the Motorola's MircroTAC was the first flip phone ever! It was truly the first pocket sized phone! Remember how back then people had to remember everyone's phone number or have it written down? Well this changed with Caller ID which was introduced in 1989! Ever wonder when the first smartphone was made? Well this was in 1993! when the IBM Simon was made, this phone included simple things like a calender, address book, clock, notepad, email, and simple games, it also had a touch screen with a QWERTY Keyboard. In 1997 the Nokia 9000 Communicator was the phone that really set off the smart phone era, it was the 1st phone that could be called a mini computer beseech of its limited web access. In 1999 the first phone with a GPS Navigator was created, the GeoSentric.