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First basic phone
Italian innovator Antonio Meucci is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849, -
First telephone line was constructed
In 1877-78, the first telephone line was constructed, the first switchboard was created and the first telephone exchange was in operation. Three years later, almost 49,000 telephones were in use. -
The idea of telephones started to spread
By 1900 there were nearly 600,000 phones in Bell's telephone system; that number shot up to 2.2 million phones by 1905, and 5.8 million by 1910. As the years came, more and more phones were being used. For example, by the 1960's, there were more than 80 million phone hookups in the U.S. and 160 million in the world; by 1980, there were more than 175 million telephone subscriber lines in the U.S. -
Very first radio-telephone in a vehicle
As the years passed, more modifications were made to the basic phone, including the development of the car phone. The car phone was a mobile radio telephone specifically designed for and fitted into an automobile. This service originated with the Bell System, and was first used in St. Louis on June 17, 1946. -
Radiotelephone in vehicles were introduced
This is the first radiotelephone equipment to allow phone calls to-and-from vehicles to be relayed completely unattended through local telephone companies. -
First hand-held mobile phone prototype
In 1973, Motorola made history by becoming the first company to produce the first handheld mobile phone. Chairman and CEO of ArrayComm, Martin Cooper, made the first mobile telephone( Motorola DynaTAC) all from handheld subscriber equipment, is pictured here holding the Motorola DynaTAC. -
Mobile Phones in Vehicles were introduced
Before handheld mobile phones were introduced in 1973, mobile telephony was limited to phones installed in vehicles. -
First mobile phone call
The first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, where Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey. -
First Nokia Mobile phone
In 1997, Nokia brought the Nokia 3110 to the consumer market. -
First Blackberry was introduced
The Blackberry was first introduced in 1999, but it wasn't until the 2002 model release when users really popped their (Black)Berry, as it featured end-to-end wireless e-mail, print and fax e-mail attachments. -
First flip-phone was introduced
In the early 2000's, an updated flip phone finally began to hit markets. In 2003 Motorola introduced the phone pictured here to tempt customers away from Nokia. Motorola emphasized the sleek design and color screen as selling points -
The T-mobile Sidekick was introduced
In 2003, the T-Mobile Sidekick was introduced , it included a full keyboard behind its swiveling rectangular screen, web browsing, e-mail, AOL instant messaging, calendar and camera. -
Motorola introduced Razor flip phone
Motorola introduced the Razor flip phone in 2004. The thinnest most compact phone to hit the market, the V3 model, Motorola's first and main phone of the series, sold a total of 130 million units over its four-year run. -
First Apple !Phone was introduced
In 2007, the very first Apple iPhone hit the market and it was like nothing we had ever seen, the revolutionary iPhone combined three products -- a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch screen controls and a breakthrough Internet communications device. It also introduced an entirely new interface based on a large multi-touch display, allowing users to control their iPhone with just their fingers. -
Mobile phones keep improving to this day
From then !Phones, Androids,LG's, Motorola's and many other brands of phones have only been improving mobile phones
