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1st Phone
This first wireless telephone transmitted sound on a beam of light instead of electrical wires. [http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_telephone_1.html] -
Advances in phones 1900s
Were considered to be “car phones,” as they were too large and cumbersome to carry around in a pocket or purse. However, in 1983, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x arrived on the market. -
Ideas
the idea of cellular phones started as early as the 1920’s with the use of police radios and in the late 1940’s Bell Labs created a cellphone prototype. [http://www.qrreaders.net/articles/history-cellphone-technology.html] -
The First mobile Phone
the first functional mobile phone came into existence in the year 1973 in the form of a prototype
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Leaps and Bounds
Since its inception in 1973 by Dr. Martin Cooper, the cell phone has grown in leaps and bounds.[http://cellphones.lovetoknow.com/Cellular_Phone_Timeline] -
Mobile Phone
The first mobile phones, referred to as First Generation or 1G, were introduced to the public market in 1983 by the Motorola Company. [http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/mobilephones.html] -
Fist QWERTY Keyboard
it was the Nokia 9000 Communicator, which made creating, editing, and sharing of emails and documents easy. The device is also well-renowned for bearing the world’s first QWERTY keypad.[http://techgenix.com/review-advancements-smartphone-technology/] -
THe 1990s
While the cell phone was invented in the 1970s, it wasn't until the 1990s that they became more practical in size, and thus began to gain popularity.[http://phones-thenandnow.weebly.com/1990-2000.html] -
first Colored Screen
The era of monochrome displays ended with the Siemens S10 mobile, which was launched back in 1998 with the first coloured display panel that contained four colours: red, green, white, and blue.[http://techgenix.com/review-advancements-smartphone-technology/] -
Prices
According the U.N. Telecommunications agency, subscriptions to mobile phone service reached 4.6 billion and expected to increase to 5 billion in 2010. [http://www.qrreaders.net/articles/history-cellphone-technology.html]
