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First Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell approved the first telephone in 1876 after 2 years of work.
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Rotary Phones
In 1889, Almon B. Strowger invented the first rotary telephone. http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/telephone.htm -
Handheld cellular phone
The company Motorola publicly launched the first handheld phone in 1984.
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First Text Message
The first text message was sent in 1992. The message said "Merry Christmas."
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First Camera Phone
Creators in Japan created the first camera phone. No one could believe how far they had come from Alexander Bell's first phone.
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First Blackberry phone
The first Blackberry came out in 2002. It had no microphone or speaker but you could send emails and text messages.
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First Iphone
In 2007 a new company, Apple, cam out with the Iphone. With it you could easily send text messages, check email, make calls, search things on the internet, and you could use a new program called Youtube where you could easily share videos. You could even take pictures and videos.
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Android
In 2008 Google, the main web browser at the time, introduced the Android. This phone was very similar to Apple's Iphone, but had an easier user interface. Over the years both Apple and Android have built upon their first phone's and have turned a phone into both a laptop, and a camera at the same time as it fits into your pocket.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/evolution-of-the-phone-from-the-first-call-to-the-next-frontier/
