Before revision: In 1983, the laptop used a modern clamshell design.Japanese PCs (1984) (13:13), Computer ChroniclesBob Armstrong, URL The first Motorola model to support the clamshell design was the MicroTAC, created in 1989, although General Telephone & Electronics held the trademark from the 1970s for its Flip-Phone (one of the first small handheld electronic phones), until 1993.
After revision: In 1985, the Ampere WS-1 laptop used a modern clamshell design.Japanese PCs (1984) (13:13), Computer ChroniclesBob Armstrong, URL The first Motorola model to support the clamshell design was the MicroTAC, created in 1989, although General Telephone & Electronics held the trademark from the 1970s for its Flip-Phone (one of the first small handheld electronic phones), until 1993.