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The first telephone
Alexander Graham Bell's greatest accomplishment was accomplished on April 10,1876 when he invented the telephone. It worked the very first time when he spoke through the instrument to his assistant. -
Eiffel Tower telephone
The first L.M. Ericsson telephone to use a normal handset, It is called “Eiffel Tower” or “Skeletal” by many collectors. This table top telephone was produced in 1892. Nearly one million original phones were manufactured and it has been copied and reproduced for over 100 years. -
Candlestick telephone
The candestick telephone was being manufactured in the 1890's but was not completely invented until 1900. It was similar to other telephones but the style was different.The candlestick telephones were connected to a bell box that was mounted on a nearby wall. -
Thompson Houston Desk Telephone
This was the first desk telephone and was used in businesses. -
Gray Telephone Pay Stationc
Gray Telephone Pay Station was like one of the first pay phones. -
Model 202 Oval baseWestern Electric
Model 202 Oval base Western Electric was the first model to ever use a handset. It was built off the base of the old telephones but it was shortened and had a hooked phone. -
The Pushbutton Telephone
This phone was created in 1941 and it was the first phone you actually had to push buttons to dial numbers. -
First Transcontinental Phone Call
Mayor M. Leslie Downing of Englewood, N.J., picked up a telephone and dialed 10 digits. Eighteen seconds later, he reached Mayor Frank Osborne in Alameda, Calif. The mayors made history as they chatted in the first customer-dialed long-distance call, one that introduced area codes. -
First Cell Phone was Created
Dr. Martin Cooper of Mototrola was considered to be the inventor of the first mobile phone. -
First PDA
In 1993, IBM and BellSouth teamed up to release the Simon Personal Communicator, the first mobile phone to feature PDA features. Not only could it send and receive voice calls, but it could also serve as an address book, calculator, pager and fax machine. Plus, it offered the first-ever touchscreen by which customers could use their fingers or a stylus to make calls and create memos. -
First vibrating Cell Phone
The Motorola StarTac was the first phone in the world with Vibrating alert function. It was unveiled on January 3, 1996. -
First Blackberry
The first BlackBerry cellular device appeared in the late 90s as a two-way pager. It featured a full QWERTY keyboard and could be used to transmit SMS/email messages and pages. Plus, it offered an 8-line display, a calendar and an organizer. -
First Camera Phone
The Sanyo SCP-5300 removed the need to buy a Kodak, as it was the first cellular device to feature an integrated camera with a dedicated snapshot button. Users of the phone could snap photos on the go and then later upload them to their PC using a bundled software suite. -
Iphones
Now we have a lot more technology and more advanced phones. Ones that send messages, get on the internet, take pictures, and much more.
