The Evolution of the Telephone

Robert Hooke created an acoustic string telephone that convey sound over a taut extended wire by mechanical vibrations.

1667

https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/1st-two-way-phone-conversation/

The First Two-Way Telephone

1876

https://www.britannica.com/technology/telephone

The First Telephone Switchboard was Installed.

1878

https://www.encyclopedia.com/computing/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/first-switchboard

Opening of telephone service between New York and Boston (235 miles)

1884

The Candle Stick Telephone

1890

https://www.computermuseumofamerica.org/2020/06/09/evolution-of-telephone/

The first rotary dial telephones in the Bell System

1919

First telephone call around the world by wire and radio

1935

Push button phones invented by Bell Telephone.

1941

http://www.famousdaily.com/history/first-push-button-telephones-introduced.html#:~:text=Bell%20Telephone%20invented%20the%20first%20push-button%20telephone%20in,enter%20the%20commercial%20market%20until%20two%20decades%20later.

Al Gross patented the first pager.

1949

https://www.backthenhistory.com/articles/the-history-of-pagers#:~:text=In%201959%2C%20Motorola%20coined%20the%20term%20%E2%80%9C%EE%80%80pager%EE%80%81%E2%80%9D%20and,John%20Francis%20Mitchell%20created%20%EE%80%80the%20first%EE%80%81%20transistorized%20%EE%80%80pager%EE%80%81.

The Frist Cordless Telephone.

1956

https://ligo.co.uk/blog/brief-history-cordless-phone/

Bell Labs developed the electronics for cellular phones

1960

The first handheld cellular phone call was made.

1973

https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2018/first-cell-phone-call.html#:~:text=The%20first%20handheld%20cellular%20phone%20call%20was%20made,York%20while%20walking%20between%2053rd%20and%2054th%20streets.

The first version of Siri was made.

1993

https://scet.berkeley.edu/the-creator-of-siri/

The First Flip Phone was Released.

1996

https://sixtysixmag.com/flip-phone-history/

GPS technology appeared for the first time in a cellphone

1999

https://aerospace.org/article/brief-history-gps#:~:text=GPS%20technology%20appeared%20for%20the%20first%20time%20in,technology%20also%20began%20to%20show%20up%20in%20automobiles.

The first BlackBerry phones

2002

https://www.britannica.com/technology/BlackBerry-wireless-device

Apple’s Safari was released.

2003

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Safari-browser

The First Apple iPhone.

2007

https://www.iphonelife.com/content/evolution-iphone-every-model-2007-2016

The First Android Phone.

2008

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3235946/android-versions-a-living-history-from-1-0-to-today.html#:~:text=Android%20made%20its%20official%20public%20debut%20in%202008,ancient%20it%20didn%27t%20even%20have%20a%20cute%20codename.

The iPhone 15 Announcement.

2023

https://www.iphonelife.com/content/evolution-iphone-every-model-2007-2016