Old School Fridays – First Bluetooth Phone

We all take for granted that just about every cell phone manufactured these days has Bluetooth capabilities. It wasn’t that long ago, 2000 to be exact, that cell phones were not Bluetooth enabled. The first cell phone to utilize Bluetooth was by cell phone manufacturer Ericsson (this is before they became Sony Ericsson). The phone was the T36. The T36 was a tri-band flip phone with WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). The T36 was first introduced at the CommunicAsia conference and took the audience by storm. The ability to connect wirelessly to other devices via Bluetooth technology was truly a game changer. Thank you Ericsson for this great invention!