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The First step into Telephones
Michael Faraday was able to show that the vibrations on metal objects could be transformed to electrical signals. -
The Machine Created
Johann Philip Reis was the first known inventor who created a device that could change sounds to electrical signals and then back to sound once again. -
Alexander Graham Bell Inspired
Bell gets the idea for a telephone while working on telegraph machines. -
Bell's Phone Company
The Bell Telephone Company was created and the first telephone exchange was developed in Connecticut. -
The Very First Phone Call
The first telephone exchange was made in London, England. -
Long Distance Communications
ATT & T was formed for long distance communication; this was more commonly known then as the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. -
The Payphone
William Gray created the first pay telephone, which people would use by putting coins into slots. -
Testing communication in Cars
Police departments began to test one-way communication systems in cars.
In 1933 2 way communication devices were used in patrol cars in Bayonne, NJ. -
First Mobile Call in Car!
This was when the first mobile telephone call was made from a car. -
Ideas for the telephone
The person who thought of cellular telephone service had the idea during this year but the technology did not yet exist. The name of this genius was Dr. Ring. -
The new model of Telephones
Push button, or touch-tone telephones were first seen and sold. -
Taking Picture!
The first commercially developed Picture phones were shown. -
Motorola Using a Phone to call ATT&T
This was the year of the first cell phone call from a Motorola employee to an ATT&T employee. -
The Network of Phones
Japan was the site of the first network for mobile phones -
Mobile Telephone System
The first commercial mobile telephone system was opened. -
The Evolution of Phones
Starting from 1984, there are many different types of phones and companies that manufacture these machines, such as Apple and the new iPhone. There is Nokia with the unbreakable phone, new touch scrreen phones, in all different shapes and sizes. However, they wouldn't be here if it wasn't for an idea that came from the mind of a genius in 1831!
