The Motorola Timeport is a series of

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and flip

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s manufactured by

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. They were first released in 1999. The models are: *L7089 (1999) *P7389 (2000) *P8767 (2000) *250 (2001) *270c (2001) *280 (2001) *260 (2002) The

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version of the Timeport was included with select late 1990s and early 2000s

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vehicles. The phone integrated with the vehicle's

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infotainment system, as well as its

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system. In these vehicles, the phone's

logo was replaced with the

"Star" logo on the outside of the flip, but retained the

and "Timeport" branding on the inside of the flip, as well as the

logo appearing on the phone's monochrome display screen when it was first powered on.

Motorola Timeport P8767 – The first mobile phone with OLED display.

Motorola Timeport P8767, introduced in September 2000 and released in December 2000, includes the Organic

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phone display, developed by Tohoku

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, using Pioneer OEL technology (PM-

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display in today's terminology). The display is not full color, but area color (green, blue and red in own areas).

References

{{Motorola phones Timeport Mobile phones introduced in 1999 Mobile phones with infrared transmitter