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The Cup and The Wire
The cup and the wire (string), along with the "Talking tube" were the very first instruments of long distance communication. Of course, these two in particular could only reach out a couple hundred feet, so they were typically used aboard ships. -
Electricity comes into play
Charles Morrison came up with the idea to hook up a bunch of wires, each representing a different lettter of the alphabet and then to use electricity to send a vibration through each individual wire. -
"What Did You Say?"
The speech telegraph could transmit sound from one telegraph to another over long distances via electricity. Voice could not be heard clearly until 1861. -
Dinosaur ages
The bell and coils were added to the inside of the box, making the decive much smaller. Also adding the base for the receiver to rest. -
The "Brick" ages
The earliest mobile devices were introducd during WWII. They were also used in police cruisers, aboard trains, and the like. -
The "Brick" ages Part 2
Numbers were added to the mobile device becoming the first cell phone, differentiating it from the original which we would now call the walkie talkie.
10 hours of re-charge for just 30 minutes of talk. -
The 3 G's
In 1978, the first generation (1G) was created. It was easy to intercept the voices with a scanner. The second generation (2G) was introduced in the 90's. It proved stronger than 1G because it used digital transmission vs. analog. The first media content sold was a ringtone. today we have 3G. fast, faster, and fastest. and most recently, 4G: fast, faster, fastest, and quicker. -
iPhone
Fast, easy, information, music, media, social, weather, news, sports, shopping, selling, scheduling, email, studies, camera, maps, notes, reminders, clock, calculator, compass, stocks, games, health, food, all at your fingertips.
