In March 1996, Hewlett-Packard released the OmniGo 700LX, a modified HP 200LX palmtop PC with a Nokia 2110 mobile piggybacked onto it and ROM-based software to support it. It h a 640×200 re CGA compatible four-she gray-scale LCD screen and could be used to place and receive s, and to create and receive text messages, emails and faxes. It was also 100% DOS

5.0 compatible, allog it to run of existing software titles, including early versions of dows. The Nokia 9000 Communicator (right) and the updated 9110 model (left) In August 1996, Nokia released the Nokia 9000 Communicator, a digital cellular PDA based on the Nokia 2110 with an integrated system based on the PEN/GEOS 3.0 operating system from Geoworks. The two components were attached by a hinge in

what became kn as a clamshell design, with the display above and a physical QWERTY keyboard below. The PDA provided e-mail; calendar, dress book, calculator and notebook applications; text-based Web browsing; and could send and receive faxes. When cd, the device could be used as a digital cellular tele. In June 1999 Qualcomm released the "pdQ Smart", a CDMA digital PCS smart with an integrated Palm PDA and Internet connectivity.

Subsequent landmark devices included: The Ericsson R380 (December 2000) by Ericsson Mobile Communications, the first running the operating system later named Symbian (it ran EPOC Release 5, which was renamed Symbian OS at Release 6). It h PDA functionality and limited Web browsing on a resistive touchscreen utilizing a stylus. While it was marketed as a "smart", users could not install their own software on the device.