General Information

Serial #

31/13/035731

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS; .1PT SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

8.9 cm

Width

6.3 cm

Height

2.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RIM

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Waterloo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF DEVICE INTRODUCED IN LATE 1990S.

Canada

DEVELOPED IN CANADA BY CANADIAN COMPANY, RESEARCH IN MOTION, LTD.OF WATERLOO, ONT. IN JUNE 2000, THE RIM 950 WAS GIVEN THE PC WORLD CLASS AWARD FOR BEST WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE. (REF. 1)

Function

TO COMPOSE, SEND AND RECEIVE RADIO MESSAGES IN TEXT FORM, AND TO PERFORM SPECIFIED RANGE OF SIMPLE COMPUTER FUNCTIONS.

Technical

THE RIM 950 DIFFERS FROM MANY DIGITAL ORGANIZERS AND PERSONAL DATA ASSISTANTS BY INCORPORATING A WIRELESS MODEM THAT ALLOWS IT TO OPERATE AS A CONVENTIONAL ALPHANUMERIC PAGER AND AS A PORTABLE INTERNET DEVICE. IT IS DESIGNED TO BE ALWAYS "ON", SO THAT MESSAGES MAY BE RECEIVED INSTANTLY, WITHOUT DIALING INTO A SERVER.(REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"RIM" printed in silver above display screen. All keys labelled. "CANTEL [copyright symbol] [logo] AT&T [trademark symbol]/ Interactive Messaging". "MAN: 5015136/ MSN: 031/13/035731/ MODEL: R900M-2-PW/ FCC ID: L6AR900M-2-PM/ CAN: 2503 195 366A/ RIM Inter@active [trademark symbol] Pager 950/ Patents Pending LI-ion Made in Canada/ [barcode] " printed on decal inside battery compartment.

Missing

DOCKING CRADLE & ORIGINAL PACKAGING MISSING AT TIME OF ACQUISITION.

Finish

BLACK FINELY-TEXTURED WRINKLE FINISH ON MOST SURFACES; HAS SMOOTH BLACK CONTROL KEYS & SILVER GREEN DISPLAY SCREEN.

Decoration

N/A