Cell Phones: Then & Now (Alexandra's Science Project)

First Mobile Telephone Call

Jun 17, 1946

http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/46mobile.html
A driver in St. Louis, Missouri placed a phone call using a Mobile Telephone Service MTS and made history.

Improved Mobile Telephone Service IMTS

Jun 15, 1963

http://www.privateline.com/PCS/mobilephonepictures.htm
This system was introduced in 1969 to replace MTS. IMTS is best known for direct dial capabilities. A user was not required to connect to an operator to complete a call.

AMTS Advanced Mobile Phone Service

Jun 15, 1983

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Mobile_Phone_System
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone4.htm
This system was introduced in 1983 by Bell Systems, the phone introduced by Motorola in 1973 and released for public use in 1983 with the Motorola 8000.

The first flip phone you can put in your pocket!

Jun 15, 1989

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/the-evolution-of-cell-phone-design-between-1983-2009/
Motorola MicroTAC

1st PDA and texting phones!

Jun 15, 1993

http://cellphones.lovetoknow.com/Cellular_Phone_Timeline
IBM and BellSouth teamed up to release the first mobile phone to feature PDA Personal Digital Assistant features. It could it send & receive voice calls,it also was an address book, calculator, pager & fax machine.

Cell Phones are now made with Antenna's Inside the Cell Phone

Jun 15, 1998

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/evolution-of-mobile-phones/
The antennas vanished from the mobile phones, giving an improved look than how it was before.

Bluetooths were Invented

Sep 15, 1998

http://www.bluetomorrow.com/about-bluetooth-technology/history-of-bluetooth/bluetooth-history.html
Bluetooth is the name of a new wireless technology that links phones, computers and other network devices over short distances.

The BlackBerry

Jun 15, 1999

http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/the-history-of-the-blackberry-88296/
A BlackBerry is a smartphone that can synchronize email and calendars.

Cellphones with Camera's

Jun 15, 2002

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/tech/mobile/gallery-evolution-mobile-phones/index.html
It's almost unimaginable that people once had cell phones without built-in cameras. One of the first, the PCS phone by Sanyo sold in Sprint stores for $400.

The First iPhone

Sep 1, 2007

http://www.appsrumors.com/tag/iphone-4s/
The original iPhone was released in June 2007 and by September 2007, 1 million samples were sold.