History of Phones

Electricity Through Space

Oct 30, 1843

A man by the name of Michael Faraday studies to see if space could conduct electricity.

First Communication

Oct 30, 1865

Doctor Mahlon Loomis was the first person to communicate through a wireless atmosphere.

AT&T

Oct 30, 1947

AT&T comes out with the first radio-car-phones

Motorola

Oct 30, 1973

Martin Copper came up with Motorola

Cellular plan

Oct 30, 1975

AT&T adapts its own cellular plan for Chicago

First Cell Phone

Oct 30, 1977

The first Cellphone was made in Chicago

Going Big

Oct 30, 1988

The big companies started to make cell phones

Mobile Telephone

Oct 30, 1992

The first digital hand-sized mobile telephone

IBM Simon

Oct 30, 1993

The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo

GPRS Internet Service

Oct 30, 2002

The first Nokia phone to bring GPRS internet service to the mass market