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Touch Tone
AT&T created the touch tone system, which allowed callers to call by only pressing a button on the phone! -
First Mobile Phone Call
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Answering Machines Were Used
Answering machines began to be widely used in the 1980's. Before this, the phone would ring until someone picked it up. -
First Commercial Cell Phones Available
The first mobile phones were available to regular people. -
First Companies begin to offer Caller ID
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First Flip Phone
Motorola began to sell the StarTAC, the first flip phone. They eventually sold over 60 million of that model! -
First Commercial Dial Up Internet Service in the US
Computers used the phone line, called Dial Up, to access the internet. -
First Web Browsers for Consumers
NCSA Mosaic is the first widely used web browser in the US. It allowed regular people to go online. -
First widely used web businesses begin.
Amazon and eBay are started. -
First Smartphones
Palm released the Pilot 1000 and Pilot 5000. These PDA's (personal digital assistants) allowed people to sinc their computer to phone and recognized handwritten text on the phone. -
Google Search
Google becomes one of the first big search engines. It allows users to search the whole web. -
iTunes
iTunes begins to sell music online as an alternative to illegal downloading sites. This also allows users to easily sync their music to their ipods. The first ipod was released in 2001. -
First iPhone
Apple releases the iPhone. Within a few months, almost 20% of all smartphones were iPhones. -
First Android Phone
The G1 had a slide out keyboard and limited touchscreen. -
First iPad
