General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

8

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CARD STOCK BOX; .8PT SYNTHETIC PKG. INSERTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

24.5 cm

Width

17.2 cm

Height

10.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NEOPOINT

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

La Jolla

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF TELEPHONE USED C. 1998+. NOT KNOWN IF THIS EXAMPLE WAS EVER USED.

Canada

EXAMPLE OF MULTI-FUNCTION COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AVAILABLE IN CANADA IN THE LATE 20TH-EARLY 21ST CENTURY. THE NEOPOINT 1000, LIKE SOME OTHER EARLY LEADING-EDGE PHONES, WAS A VICTIM OF CONSUMER RELUCTANCE. WITH IT'S LARGE LCD DISPLAY AND WEB BROWSING CAPABILITY, MANY CONSIDERED IT TO BE AHEAD OF IT'S TIME. (REF 2) PRICED AT OVER $500.00, IT WAS PRICED BEYOND MOST CONSUMERS BUDGETS.

Function

TO SEND AND RECEIVE VOICE MESSAGES; ACCESS EMAIL, VOICEMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES; MAINTAIN LISTS, SCHEDULES, TELEPHONE AND OTHER INFO.; TRANSFER INFORMATION BETWEEN PC AND RADIOTELEPHONE.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ONE OF MANY LIGHTWEIGHT, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES DEVELOPED IN LATE 1990S. IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS A PERSONAL MOBILE TELEPHONE, THE NEOPOINT CAN 'DIAL' VIA PREPARED VOICE COMMANDS; CAN ACCESS EMAIL, VOICEMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES; TRACKS INCOMING AND OUTGOING CALLS; OFFERS SCHEDULING & ADDRESS BOOK FUNCTIONS; AND CAN TRANSFER SELECTED TYPES OF INFO. BETWEEN NEOPOINT AND USER'S PC. (SEE MANUAL)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Box front reads "CDMA DIGITAL SMARTPHONE/ NeoPoint™ 1000" and "NeoPoint™/ SIMPLY MORE INTELLIGENT". Box top includes text panel reading "Date/ Ready/ Includes everything you need to send and/ receive email, use your phone as a wireless modem with/ your laptop and use your phone to access information/ from the Internet. No additional purchase required!" Side and back panels hard copied- see Supp. Info. file for complete markings./ .8PT white package insert (base) marked "BPW-BP-0014-01" and "[recyclable symbol]/ 6/ PS". / .8PT clear plastic package insert (top) marked "BPW-BP-0014-00" and "[recyclable symbol]/ 6/ PS".

Missing

N/A

Finish

blue box

Decoration

illustration of phone on front, and explanatory text on reverse