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First Cell Phone (DynaTAC phone)
Motorola invented the first handheld cell phone, the DynaTAC model. Martin Cooper placed the world’s first cell phone call in New York City to Joel Engel, the head of AT&T’s rival project on April 3, 1973 (1). The phone could be used for about 35 minutes and was around $4,000, so these phones were a luxury item (13).This cell phone allowed for instant and mobile communication, and opened doors for many more inventions and ways of communication.This photograph was taken in Taipei on June 5, 2007. -
Invention of World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 (2). It was initially invented for automated information sharing between scientists in institutions across the world. His idea was to merge the new technologies of computers, hypertext, and data networks into one powerful global information system (8). This revolutionized the world's access to information and paved the way for internet communication (13). This picture was taken at his workplace, CERN, on July 11th, 1994. -
First SMS texting phone
Neil Papworth is credited for inventing the text message(3).He sent the very first text message, that said “Merry Christmas” to Richard Jarvis in 1992(13). The first phone itself was invented by Nokia in 1993.They were the first company to invent a phone with an SMS short message service. In 1997, they released the 90001 communicator with a QWERTY keyboard(11). Today, 23 billion text messages are sent a day. Texting has become one of the biggest forms of communication among the human population. -
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The Last 50 Years of Online Communication Evolving
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Newspaper Review of the First iPhone
The first iPhone was invented by Steve Jobs with Apple in 2007(12).The New York Times was one of the first to try this phone and review it on June 27th, 2007(4).They explain how this phone is absolutely revolutionary but a bit flawed. The review explains that it is like a tiny hand-held computer ranging between $500 and $600. It includes a cellphone, video iPod, email-terminal, web browser, camera, alarm clock, and a heck of a status symbol(12). This paved the way for Apple and technology today.