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Telephones

By crowlands
  • Acoustic Telephones

    Acoustic Telephones

    ~Invented by Robert Hooke
    ~"Tin Can Telephones"
    ~Limited range for communication

  • Telegraphs

    ~Allow for communication through Morse Code
    ~Does not support the transfer of sound from one device to another

  • "Voicelike Sounds"

    ~Alexander Graham Bell successfully transfers "voicelike sounds" but no clear words
  • Words Transfer

    Words Transfer

    ~Alexander Graham Bell successfully transferred words over a wire
    ~Alexander's first words to his assistant that transferred over the wire were "Mr. Watson-- come here-- I want to see you."
  • First Commercial Telephone

    First Commercial Telephone

  • "Butterstamp" Phone Invented

    "Butterstamp" Phone Invented

    ~Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
  • Wall Set Phone Invented

    Wall Set Phone Invented

    Customers can now talk and listen through either of the mouth/ear pieces
  • First Coin Operated Telephone

    First Coin Operated Telephone

    The first coin operated telephone was located in the Hartford Bank in Hartford, Connecticut.
  • Candlestick Telephone Invented

    Candlestick Telephone Invented

    ~Invented by Almon Strowger an undertaker from Kansas City
    ~Popular until the 1930's
    ~Separate piece to talk into and piece to hold up to your ear
  • First Transcontinental Call Made

    First Transcontinental Call Made

    ~New York to San Fransicso
  • Rotary Dial Telephones Invented

    Rotary Dial Telephones Invented

  • "500" Type Color Desk Phone Invented

    "500" Type Color Desk Phone Invented

    ~Highest selling phone than any other dial telephone
    ~Invented by Bell Operating Company
  • Wall Telephone Invented

    Wall Telephone Invented

  • First Car Phone Invented

    First Car Phone Invented

    ~Invented by the Bell System
    ~A convenience and a hassle; individuals could call from their cars, but they would have to wait up to 30 minutes to be able to make the call
  • Cordless Phone

    Cordless Phone

    ~Invented by Dr. Raymond Phillips Sr. and African American inventor but he did not receive credit for inventing the phone until 1987 due to inequality for African Americans
    ~Took three decades to actually gain popularity
  • Touch Tone Telephone Invented

    Touch Tone Telephone Invented

    ~Invented by Bell system
    ~Removed the rotary dial and included buttons to dial
  • Motorola DynaTAC

    Motorola DynaTAC

    ~First commercial mobile phone
    ~Cost almost $4,000 dollars and only provided users with 30 minutes of talk
  • Motorola Bag Phone

    Motorola Bag Phone

    ~Provided more talk time than the DynaTAC
  • Blackberry

    Blackberry

    ~Became known as one of the first smartphones
    ~Originally was similar to a pager
  • Motorola RAZR

    Motorola RAZR

    ~Most popular cell phone of all time 50 million RAZR phones were sold in the first year of release
  • iPhone

    iPhone

    ~First successful cell phone that used touch screen