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Alexander Graham Bell was the first person to invent a practical phone in the home. It was short ranged but it worked.
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Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young proposed the idea of putting a mobile phone in your car. In order to do this, cell phone towers and antennas had to be installed.
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John Francis Mitchell created the first pager. He took Motorola's walkie-talkie and automobile radio technologies, combined them together, and created the first transisistorized pager.
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A jazz musician, Teri Pall, invented the first cordless phone. She then sold it to a manufacturer in 1968 for them to make and sell.
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Motorola employee Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call when the first flip phone was released. He used what would then become the "Motorola DynaTAC 8000x", the worlds first commercial cell phone.
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The first Analog Cellular System was invented and commercially introduced. It helped drive mass market technology.
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The "second generation" of mobile phone systems was publicized. This was a faster working program than the first, making it easier to communicate.
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Since people started using their 2G in their everyday lives, industires believed they needed to create data. Therefore creating the 3G, making it easier to browse the internet on your phone.
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Apple introduced the IPhone. It was the first multi-touch interface known for its large touch screen. You could do what you wanted with your fingertips, not a stylus or a keyboard.
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The first phone to use andriod was released called "HTC Dream." It was an open-source platform founded by Andy Rubin.
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When the 3G networks started getting too crowded, they needed to create something again more advanced. They improved their speed, their streaming of media, and added the voice calls over the internet.
