QOTD: Ahead of its time?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Shaun

Which mobile phone or smartphone was the most ahead of its time in your opinion? I would say that the Treo 650 probably was for me because it was the first smartphone that really could do multiple tasks well. It wasn’t overly reliable, but was a breath of fresh air compared to what else was available at the time.

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5 Responses to QOTD: Ahead of its time?

  1. jah says:
    August 25, 2010 at 8:27 am

    The Nokia 7710 was the first high res media oriented Smartphone, released around December 2005. The form factor was similar to the Dell Streak. The screen resolution was about 640 x 350. And remember Symbian was multi tasking from day one. I still have one :-)

  2. Murray says:
    August 25, 2010 at 9:38 am

    Treo 650 was announced October 2004 and was much more useable than any Nokia of the time. It launched a whole raft of smartphones, a design format that many still love to this day. Funny/ironic how Palm have now virtually vanished from the smartphone top table and Nokia are heading that way too….despite both having a head start.

  3. jah says:
    August 25, 2010 at 10:31 am

    And we most not forget the SE P800 from 2002, it had a touch screen, keyboard, camera and MP3 player! But no wifi. I have a feeling the first wifi equipped Smartphone may have been wm.

  4. gavinfabl says:
    August 25, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    Hang on Jah and Murray. I recall the i624 in 1999. Far far superior.

  5. jah says:
    August 25, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    Gavin, is the i624 Samsung? Was it feature phone or Smartphone? The oldest touch screen Smartphone I had was from 2000 the Ericsson r380.