In 1996, Nokia released the Nokia 9000, part of the Nokia Communicator line which became their best-selling phone of that time.

The first mobile phone to enable internet connectivity and wireless email, the Nokia Communicator, was released in 1996, creating a new category of multi-use devices called smartphones.

The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first product in Nokia's Communicator series, introduced in 1996.

In 1996, Nokia sold all its TV factories and brand names to Hong Kong company Semi-Tech, which continued manufacturing TV sets in one factory in Finland until the year 2000, when the Finnish subsidiary of Semi-Tech filed for bankruptcy.

Jorma Jaakko Ollila ( born in Seinäjoki, Finland, on August 15, 1950 ) was the Chairman ( 1999 – 2012 ) and former CEO of the Nokia Corporation ( 1992 – 2006 ) and a Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company ( 2000 – ), UPM-Kymmene ( 1997 – ), and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. ( 1996 –).

The clamshell design has also been used in the Nokia Communicator series, with the first model released in 1996.

The first smartphone was the Nokia 9000 Communicator in 1996 which added PDA functionality to the basic mobile phone at the time.

* 1996 – In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced.

From 1996 to 2001, herbicide tolerance was the most dominant trait introduced to commercially available transgenic crops, followed by insect resistance.

In New Zealand, the New Zealand Blood Service ( NZBS ) in 2000 introduced measures to preclude permanently donors who had resided in the United Kingdom ( including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ) for a total of six months or more between January 1980 and December 1996.

* Overtime was introduced in 1996, eliminating ties.

From episode 2981 on Friday 20 October 1989 at 19: 30, a third weekly episode was introduced and this increased to four episodes a week from episode 4096 on Sunday 24 November 1996, again at 19: 30.

The background to this purchase relates to the requirement that TfL ( who took over from London Regional Transport in 2000 ) compensates TCL for the consequences of any changes to the fares and ticketing policy introduced since 1996.

The Franchise Association of New Zealand introduced a self-regulatory Code of Practice for its members in 1996.

In 1996, new rules introduced a single engine ( a detuned Judd V8 engine, re-engineered by and badged as a Zytek ) and chassis ( Lola ), to go along with tyre standardization ( Avon ) introduced in 1986.

In 1996, the Ministry of Finance introduced a new pension system instead of the fully state-backed one: private pension savings accounts were introduced, which were 50 % social security based and 50 % funded.

RFC 1945 officially introduced and recognized HTTP V1. 0 in 1996.

In 1996 during the third Test in Kanpur, he was introduced to Mukesh Gupta by Mohammad Azharuddin.

The VAZ-2110 sedan was introduced in 1996, the 2111 station wagon followed in 1998 and the 2112 hatchback completed the range in 2001.

When the Canadian two-dollar coin was introduced in 1996, it was in turn nicknamed the " toonie " ( a portmanteau of " two " and " loonie ").

During SGI's ownership of MIPS, the company introduced the R8000 in 1994 and the R10000 in 1996 and a follow up the R12000 in 1997.

In 1996, four new bills were introduced in the National Assembly in Saint Kitts, one of which made provisions to have revenue derived from activities in Nevis paid directly to the treasury in Saint Kitts instead of to the treasury in Nevis.

Another term, hospitalist, was introduced in 1996, to describe US specialists in internal medicine who work largely or exclusively in hospitals.

In 1996, the Pentium with MMX Technology ( often simply referred to as Pentium MMX ) was introduced with the same basic microarchitecture complemented with an MMX instruction set, larger caches, and some other enhancements.

The Pentium MMX line was introduced on 22 October 1996.

The first-generation Boxster ( the 986 ) was introduced in late 1996 ; it was powered by a 2. 5 litre flat six-cylinder engine.

The Boxster was Porsche's biggest volume seller from its introduction in 1996 until the company introduced the Cayenne sport utility vehicle in 2003.

The first PA-RISC 2. 0 implementation was the PA-8000, which was introduced in January 1996.

The first South Asian a cappella group was Penn Masala, founded in 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania.

Developed original resolution and unification based first order theorem proving, co-editor of the " Handbook of Automated Reasoning ", recipient of the Herbrand Award 1996

The party had a good showing in the first general election to which it took part ( 13. 5 % in 1994 ) and reached 15. 7 % in 1996, when Fini tried for the first time to replace Silvio Berlusconi as leader of the centre-right.

In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected, receiving 49. 2 % of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole ( 40. 7 % of the popular vote ) and Reform candidate Ross Perot ( 8. 4 % of the popular vote ), becoming the first Democratic incumbent since Lyndon Johnson to be elected to a second term and the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to be elected President more than once.

The first official home video releases of Beavis and Butt-Head were two VHS tapes titled There Goes the Neighborhood and Work Sucks !, distributed by Sony Music Video and MTV Home Video in 1996 in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

The first round of mass privatisation finally began in January 1996, and auctions began toward the end of that year.

On the other hand, in 1995 he toured in Japan with Kurtalan Ekspres, leading to Live In Japan ( 1996 ), his first and only live album.

In 1996, a song in Breton represented France in the 41st Eurovision Song Contest, the first time in history that France had a song without a word in French.

Cameroon's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.

* On April 18, 1996, there was a first mutiny by 200 – 300 soldiers who claimed that they had not received their wage since 1992 – 1993.

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It was their first Division III victory since 1996.

Established in 1996, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies became the first independent Jewish seminary to be established on the west coast.

It was his first time playing third base since 1996.

In 1996, Elwes made his first television appearance as David Lookner on the sitcom Seinfeld.

In 1996, programmer Kevin Horton released the first homebrew game for the ColecoVision, a Tetris clone entitled Kevtris .< ref name =" kevtris ">

Digital Ocean, Inc. an OEM licensee of the Apple Newton, offered the Seahorse product, which integrated the Newton handheld computer, an AMPS / CDPD handset / modem along with a web browser in 1996, winning the CTIA's hardware product of the year award as a smartphone, arguably the world's first.

In the August race at Michigan International Speedway, Earnhardt led laps late in the race and nearly pulled off his first win on a non-restrictor plate track since 1996.

The first clash occurred in 1996 after a nearly two-months stand-off.

Star receiver Michael Irvin was suspended by the league for the first five games of 1996 following a drug-related arrest ; he came back after the Cowboys started the season 2-3 ; they finished 10-6 and won the NFC East title, but were eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs 26-17 by the second-year Carolina Panthers.

The Cowboys defeated the Eagles for the first Cowboys ' post-season win since the 1996 season, ending a streak of six consecutive NFL post-season losses.

In 1996 TEN hosted a first of its kind, nationally participated in " online tournament " rewarding the champions with cash and prizes sparking an immediate surge in online gaming.

1996 saw the first Web site dedicated to deism with the WUD site Deism. com.