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Motorola Dynatac 2004Motorola DynaTac 2004

Expected Third Quarter 2004
1st April 2004

Motorola announced today that it is releasing a 21st anniversary edition of the original DynaTac cellular phone, built to the same physical specifications as the original DynaTac but using modern components.

Motorola's lead engineer on the project, Vesna Durak said "We took the opportunity to upgrade the internal components. The DynaTac 2004 is, of course, a digital handset rather than an analog one, available in either CDMA or GSM configurations. Battery life is hugely improved - we've managed to get 24 hours talktime and one month's standby by using Lithium Polymer cells. We've also squeezed in a 262K colour 128x32 pixel display panel just above the keypad. We've tried to remain as true as possible to the original design. We added Bluetooth to it, primarily because we could, but we felt that Java support and polyphonic ringtones wouldn't be true to the original design."

The DynaTac 2004 is not a small device, weighing almost 800 grams, it's around eight times heavier than a standard phone, and that antenna makes it over a foot long, although we did manage to unscrew it in testing and it made no noticeable difference to the phone's reception.

If you can live with the unwieldy size, then this is a highly useful handset with unprecedented talktime, and the combination of EDGE high speed data with Bluetooth was impressive. There's clearly some technology crossover from the Motorola A840 here. We were a little disappointed to find that there wasn't a built-in digital camera as there certainly would have been room. Possibly even space for an FM radio. Or a microwave oven.

We like the DynaTac 2004 very much, and we think this retro thing might well catch on. We anxiously await Ford's remix of the Capri Mark IV to go with this fantastic handset.

April Fool! We'll have some proper news very soon!

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Motorola DynaTac 2004 Provisional Specifications

Available:

Q3 2004

Network:

GSM / CDMA

Data:

GPRS / EDGE / CDMA 1X

Screen:

128x32 pixels, 262K colours

Camera:

No

Size:

Massive
330x44x89mm / 795 grams

Bluetooth:

Yes

Infra-red:

No

Polyphonic:

No

Java:

No

Battery life:

24 hours talk / 30 days standby

 

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