These two-way pager models had thumb keyboards, with a thumbwheel for scrolling its monochrome text display. The first model, the Inter@ctive Pager, was announced on September 18, 1996.[1] Within a year, Yankee Group was estimating that devices like the Inter@ctive Pager were in use by fewer than 400,000 people and expected two-way wireless messaging services to attract 51 million users by 2002.[2]
They provided e-mail and WAP services, with limited HTML access provided via third party software such as WolfeTech PocketGenie or GoAmerica browser.
They were built for use with two 1G data-only packet switched networks: Mobitex and DataTAC. They did not support Java without the use of a Java Virtual Machine add-on.
| Family |
Model |
Photo |
Screen |
Network |
Notes |
| 85x |
850 |
|
132 × 65 pixels |
DataTAC |
|
| 857 |
160 × 160 pixels |
| 95x |
900 |
|
132 × 65 pixels |
Mobitex |
|
| 950 |
 |
132 × 65 pixels |
4MB of flash memory[3] |
| 957 |
 |
160 × 160 pixels |
Also known as the „Proton” |
| 962 |
|
132 × 65 pixels |
2MB version of the Model 950[3] |
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