10 great smartphones from 10 years ago

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    1. BenQ P50



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    BenQ (a Taiwanese company) is mainly known for LCD monitors and digital cameras, but it also makes phones from time to time. Introduced in the first half of 2004, the P50 is one of the few Windows-based BenQ smartphones. It ran Windows Mobile 2003 SE for Pocket PC, featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels, stylus, Wi-Fi, and a 1.3 MP rear camera. The device was powered by a 416 MHz Intel PXA270 processor aided by 64 MB of RAM. 64 MB was also the amount of internal memory, and you could expand that with an MMC, or SD card.



    2.BlackBerry 7730 / 7750 / 7780



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    The 77xx series includes some of BlackBerry’s first smartphones to use color displays (3-inches, 240 x 240 pixels). The 7730, 7750 and 7780 are identical, but support different connectivity bands (either GSM, or CDMA). If you can believe it, these BlackBerries relied on only 2 MB of RAM.




    3. HP iPAQ h6300 series


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    In 2002, when HP bought Compaq, it also bought the iPAQ brand. Subsequently, various HP iPAQ handheld devices were released in the following years. The HP iPAQ h6300 series from 2004 ran Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition, and included the following variations: h6310, h6315, h6320, h6325, h6340, h6345, h6360, and h6365. The handsets featured 3.5-inch displays with 240 x 320 pixels, Wi-Fi, VGA rear cameras, and attachable QWERTY keyboards. A 168 MHz TI OMAP 1510 processor was at the heart of things.



    4.HTC Typhoon


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    The HTC Typhoon was never sold under this name, because, in 2004, HTC was still making devices for other companies. Depending on market, the handset was commercialized as the T-Mobile SDA, i-mate SP3, Orange SPV C500, Qtek 8010, Audiovox SMT5600, or Dopod 565. Running Windows Mobile 2003 SE, the HTC Typhoon featured a 2.2-inch display with 176 x 220 pixels, a 200 MHz TI OMAP processor, and a VGA rear camera. Measuring 108 x 46 x 17 mm and weighing a tad over 100 grams, the Typhoon was one of the smallest and lightest Windows-based smartphones at the time.



    5.Motorola A1000



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    Launched in late 2004, the A1000 was Motorola’s first handset to feature 3G (UMTS) connectivity. It was one of Moto’s Symbian UIQ smartphones, sporting a 2.9-inch resistive touchscreen display with 208 x 320 pixels. Other notable features include a 1.2 MP rear camera, a VGA front-facing camera, and microSD card support.


    6.Nokia 6630


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    2004 was a great year for Nokia, and the 6630 was one of its best smartphones at the time. Running Symbian S60 2nd Edition, the 6630 is Nokia’s very first 3G handset, featuring a 220 MHz TI OMAP processor, and a 1.3 MP rear camera that made it one of that year’s best performers when it comes to taking photos.



    7.Nokia 9500 Communicator



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    The 9500 is the fourth smartphone from Nokia’s legendary Communicator series (after the 9000, 9110, and 9210 models). It’s a bulky Symbian clamshell with a small external display, and a 4.5-inch, 640 x 200 pixels internal display. A full QWERTY keyboard (also internal) complements the regular alphanumeric keypad. While it didn’t have 3G, the 9500 Communicator was Nokia’s first handset to offer Wi-Fi.



    8.Palm Treo 650




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    The Treo 650 was one of Palm's most successful smartphones in the mid-2000s (being sold from late 2004 until 2008). Based on Palm OS, the Treo 650 brought various improvements over its predecessor (Treo 600), including a larger display with a higher pixel resolution (2.7-inch, 320 x 320 pixels), and a faster, 312 MHz Intel PXA270 processor.




    9.Sony Ericsson P910



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    Sony Ericsson produced several Symbian UIQ smartphones over the years (before Sony took over to put an end to the joint venture), and the P910 was among them. Seen by many as one of the greatest smartphones of 2004, the Sony Ericsson P910 had an alphanumeric keypad that could be flipped to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. Other features included a 2.9-inch resistive touchscreen display with 208 x 320 pixels and 256K colors (a rarity at the time), stylus, a 156 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, 64 MB of expandable internal memory, and a VGA rear camera. Measuring 115 x 58 x 26 mm, the Sony Ericsson P910 is about 5 mm thicker than a stack containing an iPhone 6, a Samsung Galaxy Alpha, and a Sony Xperia Z3.




    10.Samsung i700



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    One of Samsung’s many Microsoft-endorsed handsets, the SGH-i700 / SPH-i700 initially ran Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition, but models sold after July 2004 came with Windows Mobile 2003 on board. The i700 featured a 240 x 320 pixels resistive touchscreen display, a 300 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, and a swiveling VGA camera (you could use it both as a rear snapper, and a front-facing one).




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    Truth Hurts

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    Westනාහිර
    කෝ අයිෆෝන් නැහැ නේහ්..ඇපල් කිරි බොන කාලේ ආපු ස්මාර්ට්ෆෝන් වගේ මේවා..:rofl::P
     

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    නොකිය 6630 මම පාවිච්චි කළා. 2005 වගේ. පට්ට සොලිඩ් ෆෝන් එකක් බං
     

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    අපිටනම් Smart phone තිබ්බේ නෑ බන් ඔය කාලේ. 2003 තාත්තා Ericsson එකක් ගෙනාවා. මේ වගේ. මට හරියටම මතක නෑ model එකනම්. ඕක ඔබ ඔබා ඉන්නවා ඇරෙන්න වෙන වැඩක් තිබ්බේ නෑ ඒ දවස්වල. :D
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    අවුරුදු 10 කට විතර කලින් මට මතකයි එක පාරක් සිරසේ ඉස්සර ගිය ගැජමැටික්ස් කියන වැඩසටහනේ touch phone එකක් පෙන්නුවා. ඊට කලින් මං දැකලා තිබුනෙම නෑ touch එකක්. මට ඉතින් ඒක මැජික් වගේ ඒ දවස්වල. මොකෝ ඉතින් ඉන්ටෙර්නෙට් එහෙම තිබ්බෙත් නෑනේ. මට සිරාවට ඒ දවස්වල හිතුනේ touch කියන්නේ failure feature එකක් කියලා.

    Nokia 6600,6630,6680 එහෙම නැගලා ගියානේ ඒ දවස්වල. කොල්ලෝ ඒ දවස්වල පිටරටින් ගෙනාපු දඩ phone එහෙමත් පාවිච්චි කළා. සමහරු country lock phone නිකන් පේන්නත් පාවිච්චි කළා. ඒ කාලේ call එකක් ගන්නත් ගිනි ගනන්නේ. Smart phone නැගලා ආවේ iphone ඒකෙන පස්සේ තමයිනේ?
     
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    Nokia 6630 එකක් මන් ගාවත් තිබ්බා ... ෆට්ට ෆෝන් එක බං !