Although Nokia started off with a single paper mill operation in the year 1865, the first gadget of Nokia was not a mobile phone but it was a car phone. Nokia's history started in 1865 when mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a ground wood pulp mill in the town of Tampere, in southwestern Finland. Nokia had launched a car phone with the name of Mobira Senator in 1982. It weighed around 9.8 kilogram. The gadget was jointly created by two companies: Nokia and Salora. In 1984, Nokia acquired Salora, and the product was named Nokia-Mobira Oy.
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Microsoft is best known for its operating system. Its operating systems are used worldwide on computers and laptops. However, the company did not launch its first product as an operating system. Its first product was PC-compatible green eye mouse. It was launched in the year 1938. It is fascinating that the company had started its journey with a small mouse.
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Sony has created a lot of anticipation across the world for its range of products. It is famous for TV, music systems, walkmans, mobile phones, laptops, PlayStation etc. But, it is surprising to know that the company began its journey by an electric rice cooker in 1940. The cooker was built mainly of wood and it had interlocking aluminum electrode in it. Its main limitation was that sometimes the rice used to be uncooked. It was also first failure for administration and employees.
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LG (first name – Lucky Goldstar) launched its product as a radio (model A-501) in 1959. It was first electronic device for the Korean consumers. The breakthrough product paved way for the use of words like “electronics” for the first time. Later, LG became a multi-national company and sold products including TVs, music systems, mobile phones, washing machines, microwave owen etc.
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