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The first telephone
the first words ever spoken through the telephone were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, when he made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: -
the candle stick dial phone
This desk set was the first free-standing dial telephone and was introduced in 1919.
It began an era of rotary dial telephone sets which would span the rest of the 20th century. -
the model 202
Introduced in 1930, the "202" is identified by its graceful oval base. The E1 handset remained virtually unchanged with its distinctive "spit cup" to focus the speaker's voice into the transmitter. -
the third mobile phone
A mobile phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area. -
the princess phone
Prior to the introduction of the Princess phone in 1959, most households had only one telephone set, usually located in the living room or other central location. The princess phone's small size and lighted dial were designed to make attractive as a bedside extension and the Bell System marketed it as such. -
the fourth timeline
The last standard rotary-dial telephone to be manufactured by Western Electric was the Trimline, introduced in 1965. -
the first mobile phone
Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, his rival. -
the third telephone
First introduced in 1949, the Model 500 was to become the standard Bell System telephone for well over a generation and the most widely produced dial telephone ever. -
the second mobile phone
In 1983, Motorola released its first commercial mobile phone, known as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. -
the fourth phone
4G is the fourth generation of mobile telecommunications technology, succeeding 3G. A 4G system must provide capabilities defined by ITU in IMT Advanced. Potential and current applications include amended mobile web access, IP telephony, gaming services, high-definition mobile TV, video conferencing, and 3D television.
