Radiotelephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/CELLULAR/DIGITAL
- DATE
- 1998
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0011.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NEOPOINT INC.
- MODEL
- NEOPOINT 1000
- LOCATION
- La Jolla, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 912K082122
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPOSITION/ .1PT HAND STRAP IS FABRIC WITH SYNTHETIC CLIP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 5.8 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NEOPOINT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- La Jolla
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF TELEPHONE USED C. 1998+. NOT KNOWN IF THIS EXAMPLE WAS EVER USED.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF MULTI-FUNCTION COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AVAILABLE IN CANADA IN THE LATE 20TH-EARLY 21ST CENTURY. THE NEOPOINT 1000, LIKE SOME OTHER EARLY LEADING-EDGE PHONES, WAS A VICTIM OF CONSUMER RELUCTANCE. WITH IT'S LARGE LCD DISPLAY AND WEB BROWSING CAPABILITY, MANY CONSIDERED IT TO BE AHEAD OF IT'S TIME. (REF 2) PRICED AT OVER $500.00, IT WAS PRICED BEYOND MOST CONSUMERS BUDGETS. - Function
-
TO SEND AND RECEIVE VOICE MESSAGES; ACCESS EMAIL, VOICEMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES; MAINTAIN LISTS, SCHEDULES, TELEPHONE AND OTHER INFO.; TRANSFER INFORMATION BETWEEN PC AND RADIOTELEPHONE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF ONE OF MANY LIGHTWEIGHT, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES DEVELOPED IN LATE 1990S. IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS A PERSONAL MOBILE TELEPHONE, THE NEOPOINT CAN 'DIAL' VIA PREPARED VOICE COMMANDS; CAN ACCESS EMAIL, VOICEMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES; TRACKS INCOMING AND OUTGOING CALLS; OFFERS SCHEDULING & ADDRESS BOOK FUNCTIONS; AND CAN TRANSFER SELECTED TYPES OF INFO. BETWEEN NEOPOINT AND USER'S PC. (SEE MANUAL) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "NeoPoint [trademark symbol]" printed on phone front, below display screen. All push buttons, etc. labelled. Decal on phone back reads " NeoPoint Inc./ Neopoint 1000/ Model #: NPP10000 PN: 10-10000-00/ FCC: N5WNP1PSBSM01 CAN: 3363331204A/ S/N 912K082122/ ESN DEC 20111887531/ ESN HEX C9B563AB/ Label PN: 52-10002-01/ Made in Korea "; includes barcodes. Korean [?] markings stamped in black, to left of decal.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- BRUSHED BRONZE COLOURED CASING HAS BLACK TRIM AND TOUCH PAD/ .1PT HANDSTRAP IS BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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NEOPOINT INC., Radiotelephone, circa 1998, Artifact no. 2000.0011, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/2000.0011.001/
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