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Car-to-car radio
The first car-to-car radios are used by the Detroit Police Department, however, it did not work very well -
FCC
The Federal Communications Committee is established to decide who gets to use which channels of radio frequency -
Mobile Phone Service
The first mobile phone service is created in St. Louis, MO. It did not work very well and did not last very long -
"Cell" phone
The term "cell" comes into play when AT&T proposed splitting phone service into different areas across the cities called "cells" -
Portable phone
Dr. Martin Cooper invented a portable hand-held phone and made the first mobile phone call -
Motorola
The cell phone goes public by Motorola -
Cell phone revolution
The flip phone is introduced -
Text Messaging
Text messaging is created by developers in Europe -
The Synergy
Philips introduces "The Synergy" which provided wireless access to email, internet, and faxes. An early version of what will later be known as the smartphone -
Goodbye to Payphones
BellSouth announces that it is leaving the pay phone business due to the competition from cell phones -
QWERTY
Nokia releases a cell phone that includes a QWERTY keyboard -
Smartphone
The first smart phone is invented: it could send and receive emails and messages but did not have a speaker or microphone so it required a headset as well -
Camera
The first camera phone is made by Sanyo -
Are camera phones a good idea?
Camera phones make people concerned, paranoid, and uncomfortable -
Motorola Razr
The Motorola Razr becomes one of the most popular phones of the time. Originally at a price around $600, the Razr sold over 50 million phones by the summer of 2006. -
LG texting competition
The first ever LG texting competition is held in the United States -
iPhone
Apple released the first iPhone, with a 3.5 inch display -
Samsung
The Galaxy SIII becomes the best-selling smartphone in the world, in front of the iPhone 4s. However, the release of the iPhone 5 means Samsung was not able to stay in the top spot for long -
Apple takes the lead
Apple continues to release at least one new iPhone each year. Leading to 2014 with the iPhone 6 and 6+
