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Cordless Phone
The first version of the cordless phone was invented in 1965 but could not be marketed. It was invented by a Jazz musician. The innventions 2-mile range caused radio signals to interfere with aircraft. She sold the rights to her invention who modified it for use -
Cell Phone
Martin Cooper was the first to invent the cell phone. -
Second Generation Cell Phone
In the 1990's the 2nd generation mobile phones emerged. The second generation introduced text messaging. 2G also introduced the ability to access media on mobile phones. -
The first flip phone
The first Motorola model to support the clamshell design was the MicroTAC, created in 1989, although General Telephone & Electronics (GTE) held the trademark from the 1970s for its Flip-Phone (one of the first small hand-held electronic phones), until 1993. -
Blackberry was invented
Blackberries were designed and devoloped by a Canadian company. Was first introduced as a 2 way pager. In 2003 the most commonly known blackberry smartphone was released. -
Third Generation Cell Phone
The main difference between 3G technology from 2G technology is the use of packet switching rather than circuit switching for data transmission. The first 3G network was launched in Japan. By the end of 2007 there was 295 million subscribers on the 3G network. -
IPhone 8
Apple Co. just came out with the IPhone 8.