The Best of Both Phone, and Tablet
 | Newfangled phones: cell phones with inventive features | | ||
 Kent German Senior editor | December 1, 2005 Although cell phones have come a long way in becoming powerful convergence devices, we still see an innovative feature now and then that gets a lot of attention and heralds big changes. For example, the arrival of 3G in the United States, the first camera phone, and the initial MP3 player handset all laid the groundwork for new trends in the cell phone world. Keep in mind that these pioneering phones aren't perfect--first tries rarely are--but we have to admire the effort nonetheless. The Samsung MM-A800 is the first 2-megapixel camera phone in the United States. Available for Sprint, it also offers a business card reader and direct photo printing. Cingular's Samsung SGH-P207 was the first mobile to have speech-to-text dictation. It's not entirely useful, but it's cool nonetheless. The GSM Nokia 6800 was the first cell phone to practically integrate a keyboard into a compact design, and Nokia did an even better job with its successor, the Nokia 6280. Finally, we have the Motorola Rokr E1 for Cingular. Yes, the iTunes phone has its drawbacks, but the compatibility to Apple's popular music store is definitely a first. More resources
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