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The First Telephone
The first telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. The telephone converts the human voice into electrical impulses then back to a tone that sounds like the original voice. Human speech could be transmitted over a wire. -
The First Commercial Telephone and Thumper
With the first commercial telephone, you would talk and listen through the same opening. The thumper would tap the diaphram on the phone to make a tapping sound. This would signal an incoming call. -
The First Dial Handset Telephone
You could make a call and keep one hand free to take notes or doing other tasks. The phone also let you dial instead of an operator. -
The First Touch Tone Dialing Telephone
The rotary dial was replaced by touch tone keypads on telephones. On the first model, the 1500, there were only 10 buttons as shown. There was no pound or star key. The touch buttons were easier to use than the dial. -
The First Cell Phone
Martin Cooper is considered the inventor of the cell phone. You could talk on this phone for 35 minutes before recharging it for 10 hours. The only things you could do with this cell phone were dial, talk, and listen. -
Droid Cell Phone
This is the newest cell phone available right now. Some features include voice search, high resolution touch screen, Google maps, super fast web browser, unified email, accelerometer, onscreen instructions, and voice dialing. There are also 10,000 apps available for this phone.
