Evolution of Cell Phones

First Mobile Telephone Call

Jun 17, 1946

The first mobile phone call actually took place in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Transistor

Jan 11, 1947

First invention that made it possible to communicate through computers.

First Direct-Dial Transcontinential Telophone Call

Nov 10, 1951

First Picture Phone

Jan 31, 1970

Cellular Phone

Jan 31, 1983

AT&T Labs divided wireless communications into a series of cells.

Fault-Tolerance Software.

Jan 31, 1992

AT&T made this to detect faults that would shut down a switching system.

Computer-Video Phone

May 31, 1993

Motorola StarTAC

Jan 31, 1996

First Clamshell cell phone.

a2b Music

Jan 31, 1997

Nokia 5510

Jan 31, 2001

Featured full QWERTY keyboard.

BlackBerry 7210

Jan 31, 2003

Blackberry's first color screen.

Motorola Razor V3

Jan 31, 2004

When this was introduced it set the standard for sleek design in the industry.

Nokia 6680

Jan 31, 2005

One of the first 3G phones, the Nokia 6680 was considered to be high end at the time of its release.

iPhone

Jan 31, 2007