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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell finally finished the telephone, after months of working on it. First bi-directional transmission of clear speech. -
First official coast-to-coast call
First transcontinental telephone call with Thomas Watson, facilitated by a newly invented vacuum tube amplifier. -
Herbert Hoover, First President with a Phone on His Desk
Until this time, the president talked on a phone from outside a booth outside his executive office -
Princess Phone is introduced
Princess Phone introduced. First phone with a lighted dial, became a part of American pop culture -
911 Was Chosen as the Nationwide Emergency Number
The nation's telephone companies agree to make this three-digit sequence unavailable as an exchange number -
First e-mail message
The term "Internet" is used for the first time two years later, but the concept of the Internet as we know it today didn't evolve until later -
First Cell Phones
First basic cell phones were introduced, first of their kind, very large and bulky. -
Caller ID Was Introduced
Controversial at the time, Caller ID has become America's most popular add-on feature -
Birt of the World Wide Web
marking the beginning of the Internet as we know it today. Most Americans get Internet connections through their phone lines -
"Web Phone" is Introduced
combines a traditional telephone with an LCD touch-screen and a retractable keyboard to let customers surf the Internet, check e-mail, make phone calls and check voice mail from a single device
