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The electrochemical telegraph
Francisco Salva Campillo, a Spanish polymath and scientist creates the electric telegraph -
The first working telegraph
English Inventor Francis Ronalds creates the electric telegraph -
The electromagnetic telegraph
Baron Schilling created the electromagnetic telegraph -
Carl Friedrich Gauss and Willhelm Weber
Build a telegraph that sends 8 words per minute -
First Commercialized Electric Telegraph
Created by Sir William Fothergill Cooke and entered use on the Great Western Railway in England. Ran for 13 mi (21 km) from Paddington station to West Drayton. -
Alexander Graham Patents the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was granted US patent 174465A for a method of transmitting speech; the telephone -
The Carbon Microphone
Thomas Edison invents and develops the carbon microphone that went along with the Bell Receiver -
The Candlestick
The candlestick telephone was introduced and packaged in 3 parts -
First Cellular Device
Motorola manager Martin Cooper placed a cellular-phone call to Dr Joel S. Engel, head of research at AT&T's Bell Labs. -
First Smartphone (Apple)
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features. -
Modern Day Phone
The iPhone 13 Pro is released