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The Innovation of The Phone
The phone has changed our lives in many ways. It has also innovated very much and has changed throughout the generations. -
The Invention of Mail
In 1653, Frenchman, De Valayer established a postal system in Paris. He set up mail boxes and delivered any letters placed in them if they used envelopes that only he sold. An enemy put live mice into the letter boxes and ruined De Valayer's business. -
The Invention of The Telegraph
Samual F.B Morse invented the telegraph in May 24, 1844. The telegraph was a device for human-to-human transmission through coded messages. In just decades after the invention, people could transmit messages over continents and oceans almost instantly. -
The First Telephone
The first phone call was betweeen Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson. Since only a little bit of people had telephones the first phone book was only about twenty pages long. -
The First Touch Tone Phone
Touch-tone dialing replaced the older and slower pulse dial system. The push-buttoon format is also used for all cell phones, but with out-of-brand signaling of the dialed number. -
The Mobile Phone
The first mobile phone was made in April 3, 1973 and was known as the father of the cellphone. The weight of the phone was about two pounds. There was a block-like battery that took ten hours to charge and allowed thirty minutes of talk time. -
The New Touch Screen Phone
The IBM Simon was the first touch screen phone and was also known as the first smart phone. Most of the first mobile touch screen phones were like PDAs.