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The first telephone
Alexander Graham Bell discovers the principle of the telephone. Him and Thomas Watson work together to create the first phone connection. -
The First outdoor telephone wire
Commercial telephone service began in the U.S. -
The beginning of cell phone technology
Oliver Lodge demonstrated wireless communication over a distance of 150 yards. -
First telephone line
Bell system creates a U.S. transcontinental telephone line. Everyone in the US is now connected to each other. -
Transatlantic telephone cables
Calls were now able to be made to European countries, and eventually the rest of the world. -
Videophones
Videophones have become more affordable. -
Touch tone phone
This phone made a different beep for each number instead of counted clicks for each number, it replaced rotary phones. -
The first single chip microprocessor
The first single-chip microprocessor was the 4004. It makes telephones and switching systems smaller, lighter and faster to use. -
The first cell phone
Motorola presents the cellular telephone to the FCC. People could call each other without wires. -
FAX machines
FAX machines are now popular. A printed sheet of paper could be sent across telephone lines and received whole on the other end. -
MicroTAC
MicroTAC is a pocket cellular telephone introduced by Motorola. -
The first smartphone
The IBM Simon was considered the first smartphone. It was a mobile phone, PDA, and fax machine all in one. It also had a touch screen and sold for $899. -
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The molbile phone
companies strive to make their mobile phone models lighter, faster, slimmer, and cheaper. -
The Blackberry
Research in Motion introduces the Blackberry 850. This was the beginning of the Blackberry, ending up with a comparable smartphone with the ability to download applications from the Blackberry App World. -
Apple phones
Apple launches the first iPhone, which integrated a touchscreen display with the best web-browsing experience to yet be offered on a mobile device. Years later, it is still the device that all other smartphones are compared to. -
Androids
Motorola introduces the Droid, the first Android-based smartphone, which sold over 1 million units within 74 days of being out.