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Alexander Graham Bell launched the telephone era with the first bi-directional electronic transmission of the spoken word.
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The rotary telephone dial was invented by Almon B. Strowger, To dial, you would rotate the dial to the number you wanted, and then release.
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Popular from the 1890s to the 1930s, The candlestick phone was separated into two pieces. The mouth piece formed the candlestick part, and the receiver was placed by your ear during the phone call.
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allowed callers to leave a message if no one was on the other end.
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AT&T introduced Touch-Tone, which allowed phones to use a keypad to dial numbers and make phone calls. Each key would transmit a certain frequency, signaling to the telephone operator which number you wanted to call.
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Analog Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Advanced Mobile Phone System mobile phone as of 1983.
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The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.
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The first digital hand-size mobile telephone
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This was the first mass-produced GSM phone. It was produced until 1994.
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The IBM Simon was the first PDA/Phone combo.
