Evolution of cellphones

The Cellular Phone

  • Creation of the Cell Phone

    Creation of the Cell Phone
    The cell phone, also known as a mobile phone was and innovation from the Car phone created by Martin "Marty" Cooper while he was working at Motorola in the 1970's.
  • Caller ID

    Kazuo Hashimoto invented the Caller ID for cellular devices and allows the phone owner to see who is calling.
  • Mobile phone system

    In 1981, the world's first fully automatic mobile phone system "NMT" is started in Sweden and Norway. AMPS was a first-generation cell tech that used separate frequencies for every conversation.
  • The Cell Phone brought to market

    The Cell Phone brought to market
    After 10 years since the creation and prototype of the cellphone created by Marty Cooper, it was finally brought to market by the company that goes by the name Motorola. Motorola supported his idea and invested $100 million between they years 1973-1993.
  • Texting created

    "Nokia was the first handset manufacturer whose total GSM phone line in 1993 supported user-sending of SMS text messages." This was the first created text-messaging. The first keyboard for texting only had 9 keys Source: http://mashable.com/2012/09/21/text-messaging-history/
  • Full keyboard for texting created

    Nokia created GMS In 1997, and it was the first company to create a full keyboard on the cell called the Nokia 9000i Communicator.
  • Bluetooth invented for mobile phones

    The bluetooth is a device for wireless interconnection of cellular phones, computers, and other electronic devices. It was available for phones in the year 2000 but invented in 1998.
  • Waterproof phone

    The first waterproof phone was invented in the year 2006 but was a little bulkier than wanted. Now, waterproof phones are more accesible and less bulkier.
  • Voice Control for iPhone created

    Voice Control for iPhone created
    Siri is a voice control setting on the iPhone that came out on April 28th, 2010. It led to other mobile companies having similar innovations such as the Galaxy having Voice Search. Although, Siri is used for more as an entertainment service among the tennage audience.
  • Screen projection

    Screen projection
    Samsung created the Galaxy Beam, which has a built-in projector that can show 50-inch-wide videos on a blank surface.