At times, it is easy to forget the progress that has been made over a period of time. The mobile sector is particularly one in which innovations come by the day.

For me, it has been years of adventure in mobility, from my first phone, a very basic Motorola T2288 to my present, the Nokia E90 communicator. The T2288 had a WAP 1.1 browser, I used the browser only on a few occassions and that in the later part of its lifetime with me – and, was it limited or what?

And do you remember those horrible antennas that stick out at the top of most phones then?

In contrast, the E90 has a highly capable web browser (that matches Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 in some ways and is better in others), office editing tools, a capable e-mail client, instant messaging apps, and much more. I used to have a desktop at home and a laptop. I no longer do. My E90 fulfills their roles so well that i only use a PC at the office now. The present crop of devices outgun and out-everything mobile that was available then. They also outgun the PCs of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Here’s a list of all the mobiles I have used till date (regularly updated):

1. Motorola T2288
2. Nokia 3310
3. Ericsson R320s
4. Alcatel 311
5. Ericsson R380s – my very first ’smartphone’ (December 2002)
6. Motorola MT7800 (an ugly big brute)
7. Nokia 3410 (March 2003)
8. Motorola “Accompli” 008 smartphone (April 2003)
9. Sagem MY-X5m
10. NEC N21i
11. Nokia 9210 communicator – had it a few days
12. Siemens SL45 – few days too; and my first phone with a memory card
13. Telme T910
14. Nokia 6610
15. Siemens C55
16. Siemens M55 – my first experience with browsing GPRS and MMS, during GloMobile’’s test-run
17. Samsung x100
18. Motorola C336 – most useless battery life on any phone I ever used: approx. 1 hour standby
19. Sony Ericsson T230
20. Sony Ericsson P800 smartphone
21. Telme T919 smartphone – a replacement phone I had for a few days
22. Sony J5
23. nokia 3610
24. Trium 110 (November 2003)
25. Siemens S55
26. Sony Ericsson T68i
27. Nokia 9500 communicator- the phone that lasted the longest in my hands (April 2005)
28. Nokia 7250
29. Nokia 2285 – CDMA
30. Nokia E61 smartphone (August 2006)
31. Nokia E61i smartphone (July 2007)
32. Palm Treo 700P pocket PC – CDMA (November 2007)
33. Sony Ericsson P990i smartphone (January 2008)
34. Sony Ericsson P1i smartphone (February 2008)
35. ZTE A61
36. HTC Titan/Sprint Mogul pocket PC – CDMA (June 2008)
37. Samsung i780 pocket PC (July 2008)
38. Sony Ericsson T650i (October 2008)
39. Samsung i900 “Omnia” pocket PC (October 2008)
40. Nokia E90 communicator (October 2008)
41. LG KS360 (April 2009)
42. T-mobile G1 (May 2009)
43. Nokia E75 (June 2009)
44. Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 (August 2009)
45. Samsung B7320 (December 2009)
46. Samsung S8003 Jet (January 2010)

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About the Author
Yom is a member of the MobilityNigeria team and a technology enthusiast who delights in pushing the boundaries of connected mobile phones. Views expressed in his articles are his own and do not necesarilly reflect those of his employers.