Artistic History of Mobile Development

The Development of The Telegraph

Period: Jan 1, 1835 to Jan 1, 1846

During this period the telegraph was being developed by Samuel Morse in America.

Samuel Morse Sends First Telegraph

Jan 1, 1844

Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph message from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland.

First Two-Way Voice Based Phone Invented

Jan 1, 1924

Bell Laboratories Bell Laboratories, a division of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, developed this amazing device that got the ball rolling for mobile development.

Walkie Talkie

Jun 13, 1942

First Used By Military Units at Guadalcanal

Martin Cooper

Jan 1, 1946

Creator of the first mobile phone.

First Mobile Phone Call

Jun 13, 1946

Made by a man using a mobile phone in a truck. Alton Dickieson and D. Mitchell from Bell Labs worked over 10 years to see this happen.

Bill Gates

Jun 13, 1973

Bill Gates was young, ambitious, and hungry. He often attributes his success to the begininning of his professional academic life. He wanted to put a computer in every business and home across the US. And he was bound to find a way.

ALTO the First GUI

Jun 13, 1974

First GUI made by Xerox at the Palo Alto Research Center. This was the first workstation with borders scrollers and text layout.

Steve Jobs' Vision

Jun 13, 1975

Somewhere in the summer of 1975 Steve Jobs had an epiphany that life is not written one way, so neither should computers. He began to work with calligraphy in his code in order to bring various font options to the user. He strove for the art in his design.

Xerox Star GUI

Jun 13, 1981

This amazing GUI brought us graphs, context layout, double click, and interface menus. However it wasa huge flop when it hit the shelves.

The GUI Boom

Period: Jan 1, 1983 to Dec 31, 1983

This year EVERYBODY wanted to get their GUI's released. This was a hige year for Apple, IBM, and Microsoft,

Apple's LISA

Jun 1, 1983

Preview of Apple's LISA LISA is born! Apple finally released its big GUI project. LISA was the first step in the home personal computer for Apple.

IBM VISI

Jun 13, 1983

IBM releases VISI in attempts to compete with Apple and Microsoft.

Windows 1.0

Jun 13, 1983

Microsoft releases its first GUI, Windows 1.0. Windows was a huge success to the industry that is still vastly used today.

Game Boy

Dec 1, 1989

Holiday season 1989's big release was Nintendo's Game Boy! The first mainstream mobile gaming platform that is still a favorite. This amazing device gor the ball rolling for mobile gaming and eventually led it into the cellular era.

First Mobile Game

Dec 1, 1994

Tetris becomes the first mobile game to hit cell phones. The Hagenuk MT-2000 is the revolutioary device that bridged cell phones, and gaming.

Mikael & Niklas Hed; Angry Birds

Jun 13, 2015

Angry Birds opened the door for free-to-play mobile games. This 'freemium' game allows for in-app purchases that allows users special goodies as they play. This started a boom in similar games that now overload the app store.