Nokia 8110
Released in 1996, the Nokia 8110 was the first of Nokia's high-end, 8xxx series of phones. Its distinctive styling (which at its release earned it the nickname of "banana phone") was the first example of a so-called 'slider' form factor, with an active sliding cover over the buttons, which extended down to bring the microphone nearer the mouth when speaking. Three years after its release, the phone featured in the public eye with its appearance in the feature film The Matrix. However, in reality, the phone's sliding keypad cover was not spring loaded, but moved by hand; the spring loading feature was added for the film, and incorporated into the 7110, Nokia's second phone with a slider form factor.
Initially priced at a little bit less than EUR 1000, this was not a phone that fitted everybody's budget. It was designed for the new trendy business market, and had a couple unique things on board. For example the SSMS (Smart SMS) engine. Handsets could be updated OTA (Over The Air) with an intelligent menu structure, which allowed simple information input, input which was sended through a simple structured text message to an MT receiver. This station could interpret information and a structured text message back to the handset.
Nokia however cancelled the project in favor for the upcomming WAP standard.