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the telegraph
Samuel Finley Breese Morse invented the telegraph. During 100 years it was the best way for sending different message. This messages were in morse code, this code was constituted by different combinations of dots and lines. sources: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph
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the first phone
Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the first phone. This invention made people be able to transmit different sounds in a real time. He made the first phone call the 10th March of 1876. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/alexander-graham-bell -
the pay phone
It was invented in Connecticut. William Grey was the person who had the idea. He started thinking of it because her wife got sick and he couldn't call to a doctor. Sources: https://chs.org/2017/03/pay-telephone-invented-connecticut/ -
the candlestick phone
Almon Strowger invented it. With this phone there was no necessity to have an intermediary operator. After this invention he created a company called "Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company" Sources: http://www.oldest.org/technology/phones/ -
the answering machine
It made possible to leave voice messages without needing to answer them. It first was called Telegraphone. Then at 1935 Willy Muller invented the first answering machine that was automatic. Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-answering-machines-1991223 -
the car phone
Lars Magnus Ericsson invented the first car phone. He was the first person using it while he drove through the country. At first it didn't became very popular, but later on, in 1940, it started having more people that wanted it and finally it became very famous. Sources: https://www.techwalla.com/articles/the-history-of-car-phones -
the rotary phone
They were the first telephones that were produced in high quantities. With this phone they could put directly the number of the person that they wanted to talk. This way they could contact each other more easily and also faster. Sources: https://www.techwalla.com/articles/history-of-the-rotary-phone -
the princess phone
It was designed for the bedrooms. It had bright colours that claimed the attention of the teenagers and specially women. It became very famous because all the girls wanted to have it as their furniture. Sources: https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18633615/ -
the push-button phone
It was a big innovation in those years, because people didn't want to wait every time before the circle of the phone returned to the point. This way they could press the button of the number and make it faster to call someone. Sources: https://blog.newspapers.com/telephone-technology/ -
the trimline phone
It was a phone that was smaller than the others and this way it was easier to move it. It became very popular because of those things. During the years they made them different modifications. Sources: http://www.oldest.org/technology/phones/ -
the mobile phone
Its price was about $ 4000 USD. The name of the first mobile phone was Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. Two years later they called for the first time from a mobile phone. Sources: https://www.tigermobiles.com/evolution/#zeroPhone -
the pocket phone
It was designed by Ericsson. His first mobile phones were very heavies and they weren't able to carry them, but years later he modified his designs and finally invented the pocket phone. Sources: https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/history/products/mobile-telephony/mobile-phones--from-luggables-to-pocket-phones -
the smartphone
The first smartphone was called Simon Personal Communicator (SPC). It had a touch screen and it could send e-mails and also faxes. It also had a calendar where you were able to put all your events. Sources: https://simpletexting.com/where-have-we-come-since-the-first-smartphone/ -
the mobile blackberry phone
Blackberry was one of the first phone business to create smartphones. The first model was called BlackBerry 850. At first they didn't have a microphone and people had to wear headset. Sources: https://www.pcmag.com/feature/307369/the-evolution-of-the-blackberry-from-957-to-z10 -
the touchscreen phone
Steve Jobs was the person that showed to the public the first Iphone. Before the Iphone the mobile phones were half screen and half keyboard, and when they introduced the first Iphone everything changed, and more business started doing phones with the same style. Sources: https://www.businessinsider.com/first-phone-anniversary-2016-12?IR=T
