Motorola Micro. TAC Wikipedia. The Motorola Micro. TAC 9. 80. 0X was the first of many Micro. TAC models produced over nearly a decade. Motorola Phone Tools V235 Software' title='Motorola Phone Tools V235 Software' />About Cam Bunton Cam Bunton, Managing Editor. A film school graduate from the University of Cumbria, UK, Cams past life was in mobile phone retail. Motorola Phone Tools V235 Software' title='Motorola Phone Tools V235 Software' />The Motorola Micro. TAC was a cellular phone first manufactured as an analog version in 1. GSM compatible and TDMADual Mode versions were introduced in 1. The Micro. TAC introduced an innovative new flip design, where the mouthpiece folded over the keypad, although on later production the mouthpiece was actually located in the base of the phone, along with the ringer. This set the standard and became the model for modern flip phones today. Its predecessor was the much larger Motorola Dyna. TAC and it was succeeded by the Motorola Star. 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TAC was designed to fit into a shirt pocket. These very rare phones featured a black plastic housing and a red 8 character dot matrix LED display, which was able to show more information than the display of its predecessor, the Motorola Dyna. TAC 8. 00. 0X. However, dot matrix displays of the time were still quite limited by todays standards. The inside of the flip piece had the Motorola logo on a diagonal, above thin blue diagonal lines. The badge on the front flip had a raised metallic Motorola logo, and Micro T. A. C in small blue letters above the display. The micro sized phone measured as long as over 9 inches 2. The phone incorporated a built in alpha numeric phone book as one of the many standard features. A numerically organized menu allowed the user to select options for phone operations. Some of the many options included security codes, two phone number operations, a charge rate and currency calculator, secretarial memory scratchpads, hands free operation, keypad tones, memory protection, phone number and name storage, as well as cellular system operation options. In addition to the standard 1. Micro. TAC had buttons for Power, Function, NameMenu, End, Send, Clear, Store, and Recall. The left side of the phone featured two buttons for adjusting the volume up and down. While in alpha mode, the volume buttons toggled between upper case and lower case text. The model sold for between U. S.  2,4. 95 and U. S.  3,4. 95, and was produced into the early 1. Several variants of the 9. X existed, most notably models that featured a 1. LCD, which had a green backlight. These uncommon variants were made for the Norwegian Storno and Italian SIP networks in the early 1. The Storno variants operated on NMT 4. SIP models were of the ETACSRTMS 4. Dual Band. They kept the Micro. TAC Blue logo on the screen, the same black housing, but had different metallic badges in addition to the LCD. The original models can be distinguished by their elongated antenna base, white translucent keys and gray keypad background. Accessories for the phone included car, desktop and overnight travel chargers, installed hands free car kits, leather cases, and a selection of batteries. The slimmest battery then available was the Slim and Slim Extended Life, followed by the Standard, XT, and Talk Pak XT batteries. The Talk Pak XT and XT used Nickel Metal Hydride while the others used Nickel Cadmium. A Lithium Ion battery was introduced in 1. The early 9. 80. 0X era Micro. TACs were the only phones to have the microphone and ringer in the mouthpiece. These components were moved to the main phone body in all other models. Digital Personal Communicatoredit. Micro. TAC Digital Personal Communicator was made to be less expensive than the 9. X. In 1. 98. 9, the Digital Personal Communicator, or DPC, was introduced as a lower cost alternative to the 9. X. Light or dark gray in color, the phone featured a green or orange 7 character segment LED display. It closely resembled the 9. Early DPCs of the 9. X era featured the elongated antenna base, round top side grips, and white on gray keypad. Later versions most likely after 1. X specific physical features, but kept the same basic form. Bone white models were also available as special editions to cellular providers in the US. An upscale version of the DPC, known as the Micro. TAC 9. 50, or the Micro. TAC Alpha in later years featured an 8 character green or orange dot matrix LED display and the return of the alpha numeric phonebook. The Alpha phones were upscale in that they had more user programmable options. Also, Alpha phones featured the side grip arrow keys. Soon, an affordable DPC 5. Type 99 Arisaka Serial Numbers. Almost identical to the Digital Personal Communicator, the DPC 5. Micro. TAC Lite and the Ultra LiteeditOn August 6, 1. Micro. TAC Lite was introduced at 7. The Lite was the lightest phone available, continuing the record of the 9. X. It was basically a slimmer version of the Alpha. Another model, the Lite XL, was released around this time. It had a single line green LED display and three Memory Location keys added. The Lite was quickly followed by the Micro. TAC Ultra Lite. This phone was lighter and had longer battery life. In 1. 99. 2, a new phone was released, the Ultra Lite, which weighed 5. This was due to it being the first phone that utilized Ni. MH batteries, although replacement batteries were often Ni. CDs because Ni. MHs were very expensive. The Ultra Lite was also the first phone with a vibrating ringer. Micro. TAC ClassiceditIn 1. Motorola released the Micro. TAC Classic which resembled the 1. Several changes were carried over from the Micro. TAC Lite the antenna base was shortened, the red LED display was dropped for a 1. LCD display, and the keys were changed from white to black. The phone was available on the ETACS network. There was a single band GSM model available in the UK that took credit card sized SIM cards. The Classic had the same Motorola over blue diagonal lines on the inside of the flip, but lost the metallic front badge and blue lettering. Micro. TAC IIeditIn 1. Motorola released the Micro. TAC II. It differed greatly in design from the 9. Changes included a slightly thinner flip, an LCD screen with a green backlight and rounded black keys. The phone ran on the ETACS network. A year later, Motorola released the Micro. TAC II Platinum. It was largely identical, but it reverted to a LED screen with mini LED status indicators on the bottom of the screen. Micro. TAC Eliteedit. Micro. TAC Elite VIP, 1. LED display and menu icons. Micro. TAC Elite and the International series, the then smallest and light weight model available at the time. It weighed in at a mere 3. The Elite was a function of NAMPS technology from 1. The Elite was also produced in a rare Micro. TAC Elite VIP pictured, which had a black housing, gold lettering, and an orange LED display, over the ordinary Elite, which had a gray housing, a green LED display, and white lettering. The Elite series was a feature packed phone and retailed for around 6. The phone included a first ever two line display, for a total of 1. There were also separate LED indicator meters for signal strength and battery, as well as a Menu Icon Display.