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The SCR 194 was the first portable AM radios, produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories in Fort Monmouth, NJ.
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The SCR-536 was known as the first "handie-talkie" radio. This handheld version shed the fat off the previous two transceivers, weighing only 5 pounds. But its land range was only 1-mile (3 miles over water).
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Bell System introduced the first commercial mobile telephone service, called the Mobile Telephone System (MTS). The original equipment was huge, weighing 80 pounds with limited calling bands available from AT&T.
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A more advanced mobile car phone with push buttons. This one by Motorola weighed 40 pounds, half as much of the original units from the '40s.
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The first portable, practical, mobile phone that didn't have to be in an automobile. Was used to make the first ever mobile phone call, made by motorola employee Martin Cooper. He made the call from New York city to Bells Labs in New Jersey.
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The world's first flip/pocket phone. The hardware of the speaker was housed inside of the hinging bottom part of the phone, making it smaller when not in use.
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World's first clamshell phone. Continuing to reduce the size of their models, motorola released the StarTAC in 1996 and improved the folding feature by collapsing the phone in half, hints the name clamshell.
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First cell phone to feature a camera on the back. Stuck the the flip clamshell design and was released in Japan in 2000
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First ever blackberry device. Also, was the first mobile phone to feature audio capabilities like listening to music. Was the star to an era of popularity for the blackberry line.
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EXTREMELY popular in its time. First phone created as a "fashion phone. Featuring a sleek design and coming in many different colors, this was the first time people really cared about how their cell phone looked. It was the iPhone of the 2000s
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In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a revolutionary new touch screen smart phone. Although it wasn't the first smartphone, it was definitely the first one to get the interface right, as it was very easy to use.
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The first Smartphone to run the Android OS. This began the rivalry between Apple and Android, as it is still prevalent today. The Dream featured a QWERTY keyboard, full HTML web browser, Gmail, YouTube and more.
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The first smartphone to reach the 4G capabilities, infinitely expanding the users calling limits. It featured an HD Camera, HD video, and the largest touchscreen of its time.
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From hear, updates would be made to phones such as size of phone, speeds, screen quality, applications etc.
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Cell phones are called cell phones because the system divides an area of a city into different cells, allowing for frequent use and allowing people to use their phones simultaneously.
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A cell phone is essentially a two-way radio. When making a phone call, the phone turns your voice into an electrical signal and then transmits it to the closest cell tower.
