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the first telephone invented
The first ever telephone invented was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. He invented it on March 10 1876 -
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the first wall phone
The Blake magneto wall and desk telephones of the 1880s contained the transmitter invented in 1878 by Francis Blake, which relayed the voice with increased clarity. These telephones were in general use in Canada until about 1900. -
the first photophone
.This first wireless telephone transmitted sound on a beam of light instead of electrical wires. It is the forefather of the cordless phone and 80% of today's telephone systems that use fiber optics. -
the first portable phone
On September 21, 1983, Motorola made history when the FCC approved the 8000X, the world's first commercial portable cell phone. All you could do on this cell phone was to make calls you couldn’t do anything else on this phone. -
the PDA
The pda.The personal digital assistants of the ’90s ushered in a wave of pocket computing and touchscreen devices. The industry game changer was popularized by Palm, which launched the Palm Pilot in 1997 for a retail price of about $200–$300. The virtual keyboard, handwriting recognition, and Internet connectivity were cutting-edge technologies during that time. -
the first smartphone
People didn't start using the term smartphone, until 1995, but the first true smartphone actually made its debut three years earlier in 1992. It was called the Simon Personal Communicator, and it was created by IBM more than 15 years before Apple released the iPhone. -
the first touchscreen
The IBM Simon was the first phone with a touchscreen in 1992 — it's also referred as the first smartphone though the term was not yet used. A few competitors came out in the early '90s, but most mobile devices with touchscreens were more like PDAs. -
the first flip phone
The first Motorola model to support the clamshell design was the MicroTAC, created in 1989, although General Telephone & Electronics (GTE) held the trademark from the 1970s for its Flip-Phone. One of the first small hand-held electronic phones, until 1993.
