History of the cell phone

first car phone

Jun 17, 1946

A driver in St. Louis, Mo., pulled out a handset from under his car's dashboard, placed a phone call and made history. It was the first mobile telephone call.

martin cooper

Apr 3, 1973

It was April 3, 1973 that the first working prototype of the cell phone was introduced. This was also the day of the first cell phone call being placed by Mr. Cooper. This first prototype was a Motorola Dyna-Tac Phone.

steve jobs

Oct 30, 1974

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (/ˈdʒɒbz/; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)[5][6] was an American entrepreneur,[7] marketer,[8] and inventor,[9] who was the co-founder (along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne), chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he is widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution[10][11] and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields, transforming "one industry after another, from computers and smartphon

Motorala dynaTAC 8000x

Mar 6, 1983

In 1983 the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and become the world's first commercial handheld cellular phone. When it was made available for purchase just a few months later on March 6 1983 it ignited a demand for personal wireless communication. Everyone wanted to be the first to get their hands on these awesomely unwieldy portable analogue brain-fryers

first flip phone

Mar 17, 1989

The first Motorola Flip Phone was invented

nokia

Oct 28, 1997

GLOBAL – So mobile broadband dongles are the big thing right now. Did you know Nokia had one back in 1997? A whole 11 years ago. Yessiree. Okay, it wasn’t 3G capable (what was, then?), and it didn’t fit into a USB slot (the first USB-equipped computer wouldn’t launch for another year) but it did enable users to connect to the Internet from their not-very-portable, er,

first camera phone

Oct 30, 2000

The first camera phone was sold in 2000 in Japan, a J-Phone model, about a decade after the first digital camera was sold in Japan in December 1989. [3] Some of the more expensive camera phones have only a few of these technical disadvantages, which apply most acutely in low light conditions and in any case have not inhibited their widespread use. Most model lines improve in these regards every year or two. Some, such as the Droid Incredible only have a menu choice to start an application progr

first iphone

Jun 29, 2007

The iPhone (/ˈaɪfoʊn/ EYE-fohn) is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system.[15] The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007;[16] the most recent iPhones

Htc desire2

Oct 28, 2010

The HTC Desire was the first Android phone to be released by Telstra, and we think it's the best Android phone period. A highly impressive design, a superb customisable user interface and all the features and capabilities of Android combine to produce an excellent smartphone. Better still, the HTC Desire continues to improve with software updates. If you're after an iPhone alternative, look no further.

iphone5c

Sep 17, 2013

September 17, 2013—Apple® today announced that iPhone® 5s, the most forward-thinking smartphone in the world and iPhone 5c, the most colorful iPhone yet, will be available to customers on Friday, September 20 at 8:00 a.m. local time at Apple retail stores and at 12:01 a.m. PDT at the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com).