Early Pager Models
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. 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.
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 | |||
| 957 | 160 × 160 pixels | Also known as the "Proton" | |||
| 962 | 132 × 65 pixels | 2MB version of the Model 950 |
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