Technology timline

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  • First Phone

    First Phone

    Alexander Graham bell discovered the telephone. He works with Thomas Watson to make the first telephone connection.
  • First outdoor phone wire

    First outdoor phone wire

    The first permanent phone wire is strung. Commercial telephone business starts in the U.S.
  • Wireless communication

    Wireless communication

    Oliver ledge shows wireless communication over 150 yards. This is the begging of phone tech as we know it.
  • Transcontinental phone line

    Transcontinental phone line

    Transcontinental phone line was put across the U.S. Now everyone in the U.S. was connected to each other.
  • First Mobile telephone

    First Mobile telephone

    The first wireless telephone was made and it was connecting moving cars to the radio. They could now talk to people from the car.
  • Affordability

    Affordability

    Started making phones affordable. Lots more people were getting phones now.
  • Touch-Tone Phone

    Touch-Tone Phone

    Bell systems introduce the touchtone phone. This phone makes a different tone for each button pressed instead of clicks.
  • Micro-Chip Processer

    Micro-Chip Processer

    Intel develops the first single chip processor. This micro chip will make phones faster and less weight.
  • Fax machine

    Fax machine

    Fax machine becomes popular by printing a piece of paper could be sent across telephone lines. Used in offices to this day.
  • First pocket phone

    First pocket phone

    Motorola makes the first mobile phone small enough to fit in a pocket. It was called the microtac.
  • The first cell phone

    The first cell phone

    The IBM Simon is made and it is considered the first cell phone. The Simon sold for $900.
  • Cordless phones were introduced

    Cordless phones were introduced

    Cordless phones were made with 500MHz for that time and the ones today 5.8GHz. Digital cords are introduced to charge them.
  • Blackberry

    Blackberry

    Blackberry introduces the blackberry 850. Was a phone that could download apps from the blackberry download.
  • Apple launches first iPhone

    Apple launches first iPhone

    Apple launches the iPhone 1 with touchscreen display. With internet access from a mobile phone.
  • The first android

    The first android

    Motorola makes the droid, which is technically the first android cell phone. It sold 1 million units within 71 days of its released.