Landmark Mobile Phones

Nokia Communicator (1998)

The Nokia Communicator changed the face of the mobile phone industry. It went from becoming a convergence device for business personnel to a style statement. The communicator with its form factor turned into a phone as well as a means of working on the move; limited in its features, it was a great device nonetheless. The E90 is the latest incarnation of the communicator. It's come a long way and is now capable of doing a lot more; it's almost equivalent to a tiny laptop.

Nokia 3310 (2000)

The Nokia 3310 is one of the most popular phones to hit the market. The phone has been in the market since 2000; production was discontinued a few years back. It was possible to get a new piece from dealers who had stocked large numbers of the handset until some years back. The phone created a revolution by itself; phones became accessible to the common people. It's one of the phones that brought the mobility factor into the industry; the results of which we can see today in the market penetration of mobiles worldwide.

Nokia 7650 (2002)

This is the first camera phone from Nokia; a measly one as compared to the 8MP camera phones available and the 12MP camera phones to come. The 7650 gave people the option to capture moments in time and save them. It didn't really start the camera phone trend or show how necessary the feature would become in a phone; it was more like a trailer of what was to be expected from a phone with an in-built camera.

Nokia 6610 (2002)

A cool phone that became a style statement, the 6610 is still being used by many as they love the phone. A simple interface was one feature that has hooked its users; the next would be a colorful and smooth-looking screen and the sleek design. The phone wasn't the most powerful of devices, but probably that's what must have charmed the users. A later version of the phone with a camera was the last of the Nokia 6610s before it went out of production.