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Alexander Grahm Bell invented the first telephone
In the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically. Both men rushed their respective designs to the patent office within hours of each other, Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone first. Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell entered into a famous legal battle over the invention of the telephone -
The first telephone of Yellow Pages directory is created.
The very first time the term yellow pages was used was in 1883. A printer working on a regular telephone directory ran out of white paper and used yellow paper instead.In 1886,Reuben H. Donnelly produced the first Yellow Pages directory featuring business names and phone numbers, categorized by the types of products and services provided. -
Almon Strowger invents first automated telephone switch and dial phone.
Enabled people to be able to directly call a number instead of using an operator. -
Bell and Watson invent first transcontinential long distance phone cell.
It went between New York and Fransico. -
First telephone to have a ringer installed.
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First mobile phone invented.
The phone weighed 40 kilos and was the size of a suitcase. -
Bell Telephone invented the first push button phone.
The phone only had 10 buttons. -
IBM invented the first smartphone.
One specific person did not invent the smartphone, instead a company did. IBM invented the smartphone. It was invented in 1992. The name of the first smartphone was SIMON.
