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Walkie Talkies: Motorola
During the 1940s Motorola came up with 'Walkie Talkies" which was followed by two-way handheld radios that operated in battery -
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History of Cellphones
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Automatic Moblie Phone System
Ericsson came up with an automatic mobile phone system and it was released in Sweden in 1956. The phone weighed 40kgs -
The First Mobile Phone
It took 63 years to create the first mobile phone which was released in Japan and was made by a man called Martin Cooper while he was working for Motorola. However the phone wasn't very popular to the public becuase it was to expensive to buy. ($3,500). It was using 1G network. -
1977
The first phone was made in Chicago and 2000 people where given a free trial. When cellphones came out that time they were very huge and places started making phones. -
The World
In 1988 the big companies started to make cellphones. There were over 50 countries in the world making phones at that time.
The first 2G phone was released in the 90s -
First Mass Produced Phone
Nokia 1011 was the first phone to be mass produced GSM (Groupe Spécial Mobile) phone and was produced until 1994. It was able to send texts and give calls -
Nokia 9000 Communicator
It holds up to 8MB storage which is divide into applications. It is one of the first smartphone series created which later evovles. -
Nokia 5510
It has a full QWERTY keyboard and it could store uo to 64MB of music. The phone had built in games auch as Snake 2, Space Impact and Bumper. The phone had built in buttons on the side to give a quick access to FM, Music and Volume Controls -
3G Network
3G network was released in Japan -
Nokia 3510
It was the first ever Nokia phone to introduce internet services to the mass market. People could download things off Java applications such as wallpapers and ringtones. -
Nokia 7650
It was the first ever Nokia phone that has a built in camera and was promoted threw a movie. -
Nokia 6650
This was the first ever 3G phone released by Nokia. -
N-Gage
They created this because people would use to carry a gaming console in one hand and a phone on the other and then Nokia created a device that combined both electronics. -
Nokia 7280
It is a 'lipstick' phone by Nokia, it supports messaging and it comes in 3 different colours. -
iPhone
It is the first generation of the iPhone smartphones. It has an auto rotate sensor, built in touch interface that replaced the QWERTY keypad. -
iPhone 4S
Just 5 years after its original came out the iPhone 4S is the fifth and recent generation of the iPhones. Its features are a voice recongition system (Suri). It's main competitor is Samsung's S3 -
Samsung Galaxy S III
It is currently the flagship phone of Samsung Electronics and it's main competitor is Apple's IPhone 4S. It has a intelligient personal assistant (S Voice), eye tracking ability, wireless charging and increased storage which makes it one of the most futuristic phones available.
