Motorola Pageboy
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Motorola Pageboy was the second pager
ever produced by Motorola
with individual-unit addressing, after the less known 1955 (not 1956 as believed) Pager called "Handie-Talkie Radio Pocket Pager".
The first pager-like system was used in 1921 by the Detroit Police Department. However, the first pager that we would today recognize as such was Motorola's Pageboy I.
It was introduced in 1974 by the company and could selectively deliver a radio message to a particular individual. It used a UHF frequency from 464 to 475 MHz, and they ran on a rechargeable 4.4 Volt mercury or 3.6 Volt nickel-cadmium battery (NiCd).
The first implementation of the Pageboy alarm receiver could only give an attention tone, had no display and could not store messages. However, it was portable and notified the wearer that a message had been sent. Later versions of the Pageboy were able to deliver tone & voice.
The Motorola Pageboy used to be very popular with fire brigades as an alarm receiver and, thanks largely to the success of this initial venture, pagers quickly began to replace public announcement systems in hospital and factories. The pager was activated by a 5-tone code, after which a voice message was transmitted. The successor of this device was the Motorola Pageboy II
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Pager
A pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then requested to call...
ever produced by Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
with individual-unit addressing, after the less known 1955 (not 1956 as believed) Pager called "Handie-Talkie Radio Pocket Pager".
The first pager-like system was used in 1921 by the Detroit Police Department. However, the first pager that we would today recognize as such was Motorola's Pageboy I.
It was introduced in 1974 by the company and could selectively deliver a radio message to a particular individual. It used a UHF frequency from 464 to 475 MHz, and they ran on a rechargeable 4.4 Volt mercury or 3.6 Volt nickel-cadmium battery (NiCd).
The first implementation of the Pageboy alarm receiver could only give an attention tone, had no display and could not store messages. However, it was portable and notified the wearer that a message had been sent. Later versions of the Pageboy were able to deliver tone & voice.
The Motorola Pageboy used to be very popular with fire brigades as an alarm receiver and, thanks largely to the success of this initial venture, pagers quickly began to replace public announcement systems in hospital and factories. The pager was activated by a 5-tone code, after which a voice message was transmitted. The successor of this device was the Motorola Pageboy II
Motorola Pageboy II
-General:The Motorola pager was a small radio receiver that delivered a message individually or widespread to those carrying the device.The first successful consumer pager was Motorola's Pageboy I which was introduced in 1974...
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External links
- MULTITONE ELECTRONICS Inventors & manufacturers of paging systems
- A Timeline of Motorola Milestones and Innovations (PDF)
- POCSAG and FLeX pager gallery
- NotePage technical support - Technical information on protocols, carriers, etc.
- Infostream designer of pagers Technical information on pager products