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Martin Cooper invents the cell phone
Martin Cooper'a first cell phone was very very large and complaicted to use back then. Not many people had one, only the rich people mainly. -
The Cell Phone goes public
The cell phone was distributed to many stores on the streets. Many people went out and bought these cool new things as soon as they had the money to do so while others decided that it wasn't that important. -
The flip phone is introduced
Motorola came out with a new design where the mouth piece flipped over the top of the keypad. -
Text Messaging is Develpoed
Developers in Europe came up with a way to send written messages over the phone. It said "Merry Christmas" for some odd reason. -
First Camera Phone is Invneted
A company called Sanyo made a phone that could snap pictures. Later the user could download the pictures to a computer to be printed. -
First Smartphone is Invented
The smart phone could send and receive emails and messages, but it didn't have a speaker or microphone. This meant it needed a headset to work.