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Car-to-Car Radios
The Detroit Police Department began to use radios in cars to communicate. -
The Federal Communications Committee
The government owened and used most of the readio frequencies. The FCC was created to decide who got to use what channels. -
Mobile Radios More Common
Most government agencies and rich people had mobile radios to communicate to others. -
First Mobile Phone Service Established
The first mobile phone service opened up in St. Louis, MO, but the service didn't work well and it didn't last -
The First Car Phone Service
Car phone service was attempted between Boston and New York, but failed. -
Second Car Phone Attempt
A second attempt at the car phones were attempted and worked this time. Besides the heavy weight and large size, the phones were successful. -
"Cell" Phone
AT & T proposed splitting phone service into different areas across the cities. These areas were called "cells". -
Cell Phone Goes Public
10 years after Dr. Cooper invented the first cell phone, it finally became available to the public. They were put out by Motorola. -
The First Flip Phone
Motorola introduced a phone where the mouth piece fliped over the key pad. This was the first flip phone. -
Text Messaging
Developers in Europe invented a way for written messages to be sent from the phone. it was called "texting". -
The First Smart Phone
The frist smart phone was send and recieve messages and email, but needed a headset to be able to talk to people. -
First Camera Phone
Sanyo created a phone that could snap pictures and allow the user to download them to a computer so that the pictures could be printed. -
The iPhone
Apple released the iPhone with a touch screen and the ability to do almost anything a home computer could do, completely changing the phone industry.
