Mobile phones

By britneyreid

  • The original phone

    The original phone
    Alexander Graham Bell launched the telephone era with the first bi-directional electronic transmission of the spoken word.

  • Rotary

    Rotary
    The rotary telephone dial was invented by Almon B. Strowger, To dial, you would rotate the dial to the number you wanted, and then release.

  • Candlestick

    Candlestick
    Popular from the 1890s to the 1930s, The candlestick phone was separated into two pieces. The mouth piece formed the candlestick part, and the receiver was placed by your ear during the phone call.

  • Answering Machine

    allowed callers to leave a message if no one was on the other end.

  • Push Button

    Push Button
    AT&T introduced Touch-Tone, which allowed phones to use a keypad to dial numbers and make phone calls. Each key would transmit a certain frequency, signaling to the telephone operator which number you wanted to call.

  • MOTOROLA DYNATAC 8000X

    Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983.

  • MOTOROLA MICROTAC 9800X

    The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.

  • MOTOROLA INTERNATIONAL 3200

    The first digital hand-size mobile telephone

  • NOKIA 1011

    This was the first mass-produced GSM phone. It was produced until 1994.

  • BELLSOUTH/IBM SIMON PERSONAL COMMUNICATOR

    The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo.