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First car-to-car Radios
detroit police used them to talk to each other but it didnt work that well. -
The FCC
The federal Communications Comittee is created. there job is to govern who can use what radio frequencys -
Mobile phone service
The first mobile phone service was created but it did not work very well and didnt catch on very well. -
Second attempt at car phones
The second time around car phones caught on and were quite a good success. they were bulky heavy and unruly but made communication really easy. -
First cell phone gets tried
Dr. Martin Cooper invented a phone that didnt need the car attached for power also he is the first one to make a call from a celluar device. -
Cell phone goes public.
It took ten years but motorola makes the cell phone availible to the public -
first flip phone
it is introduced by motorola and they are the first once to coin this design. -
Text messaging invented.
european developers came up with a way to send written messages from cellphone to cellphone. -
camera phone and smartphone
the first camera and smartphones were made in this year the smart phone could recieve emails, texts and calls. and sanyo made the first phone with a camera in it. -
The first Iphone
the first iphone is realesed from apple. it featured a touch screen and allowed users to pretty much do anything they could do on a compter on the phone