Pager
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A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response
Two pagers
Original Motorola "Pageboy II" pager, used in New York in the late 1970s.
A restaurant pager alerting customers to collect their order
Timex Datalink Beepwear Pro: a wearable pager/watch featuring alphanumeric paging capability. Part of the Timex Datalink family of watches
StarTAC
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The StarTAC is a series of clamshell-style cellular mobile phones developed and marketed by Motorola beginning in 1996. The first notable flip phone, the original StarTAC model was uniquely at the tim
Pager
…alternative to mobile phones. The ReFLEX protocol was developed in the mid-1990s. As prices for mobile phones declined, small form factor phones like the Motorola StarTAC and the Nokia Series 40 line came on the market, cellular connectivity expanded, and digital phones adopted text messaging, most pager customers outside…
A digital (left) and an analog (right) StarTAC
A StarTAC 85 when closed/folded
Two StarTACs placed next to a Motorola Classic II "brick" phone
The Clip On Organizer attached to the back of a StarTAC 7860W