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the candlestick phone
It was popular from the 1890’s to the 1930’s the phone was named the candlestick phone cause the mouthpiece has a stand that looked like a candle and the earpiece would just hang on the side of the phone the style eventually died out in the 30’s and then they started to combine the mouth and ear piece. -
the original phone
The first words that alaxander spoke into the phone were "mr. watson come here i want to see you." Then cause it worked so well bell started the telephone era, with the first bi-diretional electronic transmission of the spoken word. -
the rotary phone
e rotary phone became really popular in the 1960’s and the 1970’s to dial, you would rotate the dial to the number you wanted, then release, this must have been incredibly tedious. -
push button phone
In 1963, AT&T introduced Touch-Tone, which allowed phones to use a keypad to dial numbers and make phone calls. each key would transmit a certian frequency, signaling to the telephone operator which number you wanted to call. -
portable phones
Portable, or cordless, phones were the phone equivalent of the TV remote. Beginning in the 1980s, portable phones were like a small-scale cell phone. Now that you can talk on your phone anywhere in the world, portable phones seem quaint. -
Motorola DynaTAC
Released in 1984, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was the first commercially available mobile phone.Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call ever with a predecessor of this beast. At 1.75 pounds,this phone had 30 minuets of talk and time but i cost $3,995. -
The Motorola StarTAC
The Motorola StarTAC was the first successful flip phone,introduced in 1996 -
BlackBerry
Canadian-based Research in Motion, now BlackBerry, was by far the leading smartphone manufacturer in the 2000s. With their advanced email capabilities, BlackBerry Messenger, and physical keyboards, BlackBerry smartphones were the ultimate business phone. -
Nokia 5110
One of many classic Nokia candybar-style phones, the Nokia 5110 was rugged and had a long battery life. More importantly, you could play Snake on its 47 × 84 pixel screen. The 5110 was also customizable, with replaceable face plates. -
Sanyo SCP–5300
Released in 2003, the Sanyo SCP–5300 was one of the first phones to include a camera. It was already clear that digital cameras would replace film cameras, but it wasn’t clear that a camera could fit in a phone. -
Motorola RAZR
The Motorola RAZR represented the culmination of the flip phone. Unable or unwilling to experiment with new designs, mobile phone companies continued their push for smaller and smaller phones. -
iPhone and Android
When the iPhone was introduced in 2007, Apple brought the smartphone to the masses. With its intuitive touchscreen, intelligent sensors, and sleek design, the iPhone has been an incredible success. -
HTC dream
It was launched almost a year later in October 2008. Android has adapted to its competition, developing an app-based operating system for touchscreens. -
Palm Treo
With the Treo, Palm expanded its popular PDA line to become one of the first smartphones. The Treo ran Palm OS, and like many leading phones at the time, began to lose its appeal after the introduction of touchscreen smartphones. -
answering machine
The answering machine transformed phone behavior,it let callers leave a message if no one was on the other end. Not popular until the 1960s, In the past 15 years, digital answering machines replaced the miniature cassette tapes.
