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The first mobile phone service is established
The first service created for mobile phones opened up in St. Louis, MO. -
The term "cell" comes into play
AT & T proposed splitting phone service into different areas across the cities. These areas were called "cells". -
The first cell phone is tried
Dr. Martin Cooper invented a portable hand-held phone -
The cell phone goes public
The first public cell phones were put out by Motorola. -
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 developed
Developers in Europe came up with a way to send written messages over the phone. -
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. -
A camera phone is made
A company called Sanyo made a phone that could snap pictures. -
The Cell Phone Recycle Act
A law was passed in California that said cell phone companies had to allow customers to return old cell phones to be recycled. -
The Apple iPhone is released
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.