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Electromagnetic waves theory created.
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Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone. Voices were able to be transmitted with landline phones.
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Radio technology or known as the wireless telegraph system was created to send messages to long distances without the use of wires.
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Cellular network was proposed with the use of antenna towers to allow frequency reuse.
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First mobile cell phone to be in the market. "The Brick". Battery lasted 30 minutes on one charge. Weight of about 2 pounds. -
2G was launched which allowed for global communications. Lithium-ion batteries were much more lighter - these are the same batteries we use in our cellphone today.
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1st actual cellphone. Not marketed until 1994. 1992 first text message was sent.
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IBM Simon Personal Communicator. Could be used for calling, receiving fax email.
$1,100. -
Mobile games were introduced, first was snake. Known as GS88. -
Phone known as Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210. From Japan. Storage space of 20 photos. -
J-SH04 from Japan. 1st mass marketed phone with a camera. -
Phones could connect to 3G networks. 1st cellphone with internet on the market.
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Location accuracy improved while using gps.
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Cellphone had built-in internet access, camera, GPS, iPod, touch screen.
1.4 million sold in 1st year. -
T-Mobile G1 or HTC Dream. Dual touch screen and keyboard - sliding feature to reveal keyboard. -
Faster network speeds up to 10x faster.
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Today we have the iPhone 17 with 3 types of iPhone 17 released. iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro.
iPhone 17 Pro = 8x zoom camera feature, 39 hour battery life.