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The first telephone was invented
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and he receives two patents. With two financial bankers found the company that becomes AT&T. -
The rotary dial was invented
The first patent for a rotary dial was granted to Almon Brown Strowger -
The first wireless phone call was made
an inventor named Reginald Fessenden made the first wireless telephone call and he was the first to transmit the human voice via radio waves, sending a signal from one radio tower to another. -
The first mobile phone service is established
The first service created just for mobile phones opened up in St. Louis, MO, but the service didn't work well and it didn't last. -
The first practical cell phone was made
Martin Cooper led a team that designed the first practical cell phone. -
Messaging was invented
Developers in Europe came up with a way to send written messages over the phone. It was called texting. -
The first smart phone 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 -
The iphone was invented
Apple released its first iphone and it changed the cellular industry. It featured a touch screen and allowed users to do almost anything they could do from a home computer, which basically changed the way people lived.
