Back when Palm and Handspring were still rivals, Handspring made waves with the Treo 180. More PDA than phone, the Treo 180 came in two versions: one with a QWERTY keyboard for typing (pictured), and another (the Treo 180g) that used Graffiti text input instead. Like the Kyocera QCP6035, it featured a monochrome screen, but boasted 16MB of memory.
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In Pictures: A History of Cell Phones
From Motorola's first phone, which weighed in at 2 pounds, to Apple's upcoming iPhone, here's a look at how cell phones have evolved over the years.
PDA to Phone: Handspring Treo 180 (2001)
Heftier: Nokia Mobira Senator (1982)
Pre-iPhone: BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993)
Ahead of Its Time: Motorola StarTAC (1996)
DotComs Ran on These: Nokia 6160 (1998) or Nokia 8260 (2000)
Early Smart Phone: Kyocera QCP6035 (2000)
PDA to Phone: Handspring Treo 180 (2001)
Swivel It: Danger Hiptop (2002)
CrackBerry Phone: BlackBerry 5810 (2002)
Photo Opp: Sanyo SCP-5300 (2002)
Bad Buzz: Nokia N-Gage (2003)
Sleek: Motorola Razr v3 (2004)
Out of Tune: Motorola Rokr (2005)
Good Looks: BlackBerry Pearl (2006)
Coming Soon: Apple iPhone (2007)
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