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The telephone was invented by Alexander Grahm Bell and Elisha Gray in 1876. Both him and Grey raced to make it theirs, but Bell won. The first words ever spoken by Bell where "Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you."
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William Gray of Hartford in 1889 makes the first pay telephone.
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The first free-standing dial telephone was introduced in 1919 by AT&T in Norfolk, VA
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Initially between the US and London. The conversations crossed the Atlantic via radio. The initial capacity is 1 call at a time, at a cost of $75 for the first three minutes - worth over $1,000 today.
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AT&T introduces touchtone service in Greensburg and Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
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Martin Cooper makes the first cell phone call.
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The cell phone, invented by Martin Cooper, is put on to the market by Motarola. It weighed 2 pounds.
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Time Magazine named the iPhone the 2007 invention of the year.
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We think that in the year 2050, cell phones may project holagraphis images.