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first transcontinental phone call
one of the earliest transcontinental phone calls occurred in 1915 it was from new York to San Francisco. -
invention of rotary phones
these phones were invented in 1919. were not popular until 1950 -
first international phone call
the first international phone call was made in 1927 when W.S Gilford president of the american phone company made a call to great Britian -
the ee8
the ee8 was the second mobile phone used buy the american military. this phone had more range and weighed less than the last phone. it would also be carried around in a leather satchel -
sleeker and better designed rotary phone
the rotary phone had been a staple in homes for a long time now and was due for a little bit of a change so company's began to make them look sleeker and more modern for the time. -
first mobile phone
the first cell phone was invented in 1973 by Motorola engineer martin cooper. the same day the first phone call was made. the phone weighed 2 1/2 pounds -
creation of apple
apple was invented in 1976 and is one of the tech giants of modern day. -
black berry invented
black berry was founded in 1984 and this would lead to the creation of the world most popular cell phone before the iPhone -
first touch screen phone
the ibm simon was the first touch screen phone it released in 1992. there were a few competitors in the 90s but most were PDAs -
the first phone to have a mobile game
the nokia 6110 had a built in verson of the games snakes which was a classic arcade game. -
first flip phone
the first flip phone was the motorola startac. It was released in 1997 and had a semi clam shell desgin to and it the phone "fliped" the screen up and gave the new generation of phones the name "flip phones" -
first camera phone
the first camera phone was invented in japan in may of 1999. it was called the kyocera visual phone bp-210 -
first iphone released
the first iPhone was released in June 2007. in the first two months 270,000 phones were sold.
