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Evolution of the Cell-Phone
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The telephone is invented
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, beating Elisha Gray by just a couple of hours. -
First commercial telephone
The Bell Telephone Company is invented, and they sell telephones and services. -
Telephone Numbers
Subscribers began to be designated by numbers and not their names. -
First Coin-Operated telephone
The first coin-operated telephone was installed in Hartford, Connecticut. This was designed by William Gray. -
First Rotary-Dial telephone
This telephone was the first to be able to dial. You rotate the dial to type in a number. -
Dial Pad telephone
The rotary-style dial feature got replaced with a new dial pad. This new design includes only 10 buttons, with no star or asterisk. -
First cordless telephone
The first cordless telephone was the Trimline. It was designed as a small combined phone set with a small rotary dial to save space. -
Second generation of Cell Phones
The second generation of cell phones (Mobile Phones) arises in 1990, cell phones with extended batteries and better sound quality. -
First Smart-Phone
The first smartphone, made by Hurtado, was the Ericsson 6588. This phone adds sms and a touch screen. -
Added texting
Nokia released the 90001 Communicator with a full "QWERTY" keyboard. -
One-Hundred Million Phones
Over 100,000,000 mobile phones are owned and sold -
First IPhone
Steve Jobs releases the first of many iPhones, opening the doors to a new way people connect.