Telephone

Telephones

By r4cha3ld0ve

  • Telephone patent

    Telephone patent
    The first telephone was patented. However, no actual model was built. (Patented)

  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell
    In 1876, at the age of 29, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

  • First Telephone

    First Telephone
    The first telephone appeared in Wisconsin in 1877. (Telephone History)

  • Manual Switch Board

    Manual Switch Board
    In 1878 a manual switching board was introduced that allowed many phones to be connected through a single exchange.

  • R.I.P

    Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1922 at the age of 75.

  • Model 500

    Model 500
    The model 500 went into production in 1949, and was initially available only in black, with a plastic housing and dial face, straight handset cord, and a bakelite handset. This finally changed in 1953, when four colors were introduced. Soon, coiled handset cords would become standard. Over the years, colors would come and go.

  • First Portable Phone

    First Portable Phone
    In 1973, Motorola showed off a prototype of the world's first portable cellular telephone. That phone, which measured more than a foot long, weighed almost 2 pounds, and cost $3995, ultimately became commercial available in 1983.

  • First Portable-Phone Call

    First Portable-Phone Call
    On this date, Martin Cooper made the first phone call with a portable phone. (First Portable-phone call)