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The History of the Mobile Phone

By u10gilmorem
  • First wireless connection

    First wireless connection

    1865 Doctor Mahlon Loomis was the first person to communicate through wireless atmosphere.
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    Mobile

  • Try for a better wireless connection

    Try for a better wireless connection

    In 1968 the FCC decided to increase the frequencies to allow research for better connections.

  • First mobile!

    In 1984, Motorola released the Motorola DynaTAC to the public. It contained a few features save for a basic numeric keypad, a single-line display and a deplorable battery with only one hour of talk time.
  • First mobile network - Vodaphone

    First mobile network - Vodaphone

    The first mobile phone networks to open in the UK were Vodafone
  • second mobile network - Cellnet

    second mobile network - Cellnet

    The second mobile network was Cellnet.

  • Big companies make cell phones

    The big company's started to make cell phones. There were over 54 places all over the world.

  • Flip phone

    Six years after the DynaTAC appeared, Motorola took a step further by releasing what became the inspiration for the first-ever flip phone.

  • First text message

    The first text message was sent when the 22-year-old British engineer Neil Papworth sent one saying 'Merry Christmas'

  • first PDA features

    IBM and BellSouth teamed up to release the Simon Personal Communicator, the first mobile phone to feature PDA features.

  • Bluetooth

    The Ericsson T36 introduced Bluetooth technology to the cellular world, thus allowing consumers to wirelessly connect their phones to their computers.

  • First Blackberry

    Tired of making PDAs, Research in Motion (RIM) finally took the plunge with the release of the BlackBerry 5810. It was the first BlackBerry PDA to feature cellular connectivity.