Motorola
Timeport 250

The Motorola Timeport 250 (MT2-411A31) was introduced in 2001 as a feature rich business mobile with a tri-band (GSM900 / GSM1800 / GSM1900) capability allowing roaming in all five continents. The screen, which had a distinctive blue backlight, had a resolution of 98 x 64 pixels and was able to display five lines of SMS text . There were also dedicated icons for signal strength, roaming, text message pending and the battery charge level. The keypad included keys dedicated for direct access to voicemail, a VoiceNotes function, and a Smart button for navigating and accessing menus. The VoiceNotes function turned the phone into a voice memo recorder. An address book could store up to 100 telephone numbers with associated names within the phone's memory which could be accessed using voice activated dialling. Also included were a range of call timers, reminders and meters, a clock, date book and alarm function, a call log which recorded the last 10 calls made, received and missed and a choice of 11 ring tones which included a vibrating option and a composer application to create your own monophonic tones. An Infra-red port and data port allowed access to a personal computer for data and fax applications and also for data synchronisation using Motorola's TrueSync software. The Timeport 250 also included a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) mini-browser that gave basic Internet access to wml formatted websites. Some information courtesy of Nigel Linge & Andy Sutton, the authors of 30 Years of Mobile Phones in the UK (Paid Link)