The StarTAC cell phone, introduced in 1996, wasn't merely the smallest and lightest mobile phone at the time, it's even small and light by today's standards. Marketed as the first "wearable" phone ...

Ahead of Its Time: Motorola StarTAC (1996) Before the Motorola StarTAC was introduced in 1996, cell phones were more about function than fashion. But this tiny, lightweight phone ushered in the ...

We've already seen Motorola's first flip phone, but the StarTAC 85, released in 1996, further shrunk the folding concept into the first "clamshell" cell phone design. Once folded, the 3.1-ounce ...

In 1996, Motorola further shrank its line of pocket cell phones, producing the 3.1-ounce StarTAC–which immediately proved popular and influential. The StarTAC expanded on the partially ...

The success of the StarTAC helped to set the blueprint that other cell phone manufacturers followed — that is, until Motorola's own Razr flip phone came along and changed the industry all over ...

Motorola StarTAC The StarTAC, which was released in 1996, was called a "clamshell" for its ability to fold in half instead of folding in two parts like the MicroTAC. It was the first cell phone ...

In a Santa Cruz hospital on June 11, 1997, Philippe Kahn ingeniously combined a Motorola StarTAC, Casio QV camera, and ...

Proper software updates would be nice, though Motorola brought style to cell phones with the StarTAC. It was sleek and thin at a time when cell phones were more utilitarian. It’s widely ...