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First Message Sent with Electric Telegraph
Samuel Morse sends the first message from Washington to Baltimore using his invention of the electric telegraph. http://www.telephonymuseum.com/telephone%20history.htm -
The Harmonic Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell brings up the idea of a harmonic telegraph. One that can send and recieve multiple messages at a time.
http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm
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First Sound
Bell realized that you could hear sound coming from a moving wire. http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm -
The Telephones First Words
Bell speaks the first words ever to pass through the telephone: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm -
Gower Bell Telephone
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Wood Cradle Desk Telephone
Not much is known about the manufacturing of the telephone. Except that it was manufactured in 1885. -
Automatic Wall Telephone
The Strowger 10- Digit Automatic Wall Telephone was developed and made the necessary rotary motions of the dial automatic. -
First Long Distance Call
Bell and Watson make the first long distance call from New York to San Francisco. Using a network of operators, the call took 23 minutes to connect -
First Ringer
The first telephone with a ringer built into the phone is manufactured. Before, a separate ringer was installed on the desk or wall. -
First Push-Button Phone
First push button, dial tone phone manufactured and tested in Pennsylvania towns.
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First Cell Phone Call
Martin Cooper, Motorola Researcher, makes the first cell phone call to AT&T, who was also trying to develop a portable phone. http://visual.ly/telephone-evolution -
First Cell Phone
The first commercially available cell phone was put on the market. http://visual.ly/telephone-evolution -
First Text Message
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First Smartphone
The first "smartphone" was developed and had an address book, note pad, world clock, calculator and email client.
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Birth of 4G
4G service was created. http://visual.ly/telephone-evolution -
2009 Phones
Phones were being manufactured to have mobile internet service, providing the user with even more convienience for the fast paced citizen. http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/212800226/10-hot-smartphones-cell-phones-from-ces-2009.htm;jsessionid=iynT+Q9pOIUx0PHBUv8m7g**.ecappj02?pgno=2
