In a statement released Tuesday, the handset maker announced that it will be releasing an updated version of its StarTAC mobile phone dubbed the StarTAC III. According to a Motorola spokesperson ...

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 ...

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 ...

Motorola’s StarTAC was pretty revolutionary when it first came out, one of the first phone models to comfortably fit in one’s pocket and look good doing it. Even by today’s standards the 10 ...

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I’ve always loved Motorola. The company’s phone catalog is impressive, with one iconic device after another. I’ve used Moto phones for almost 30 years, and it’s difficult not to get ...

The Motorola StarTAC was an instant hit even at $1,000. It was the first popular clamshell phone and reached total global sales of 60 million. The phone was even a hit with filmmakers ...

Motorola even flirted with an early version ... That handset was succeeded in 1996 by the truly iconic StarTAC, a (relatively) tiny, "wearable" handset that popularized the clamshell design ...

Motorola continued to churn out MicroTAC models until 1997, though the 1996-era StarTAC largely replaced it. The StarTAC was another bombshell phone. Similar to the MicroTAC with a folding design ...

You could’ve snagged the Motorola StarTAC for $1,000 in 1996. Cell phones then were toys for the high-end — an element as important as French cuffs and slicked-back hair to the image of the ...

ONCE UPON A time, flip phones were the ultimate status symbol. Whipping out a Motorola StarTAC or a RAZR meant you had made it, that you were, as they said, a "playah." Rappers plugged them in ...