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The first patent
The history of mobile phones goes back to 1908 when a US Patent was issued in Kentucky for a wireless telephone. -
The first Mobile telephony service
The first successful mobile telephony service was offered to first class passengers on the Deutsche Reichsbahn on the route between Berlin and Hamburg. -
When were mobile phones invented?
“Mobile” phones were invented as early as the 1940s when engineers working at AT&T developed cells for mobile phone base stations. The very first mobile phones were not really mobile phones at all. They were two-way radios that allowed people like taxi drivers and the emergency services to communicate. -
The first mobile call
The first “Mobile” phone call was made in April 3th of 1973 by Martin cooper to Joel Engel in the 6th avenue of Manhattan, New york. The companies involucrated were motorola and Bell labs from AT&T -
First mobile cell phone network - 1G
Japan has always been at the forefront of technology but it wasn’t until 1979 they launched the first ever commercially available automated cell phone network, it was however only available in cars. We now call this “1G” -
2G
GSM launched the 2G digital cellular networks replaced the 1G analogue system. -
IBM Simon
The IBM Simon was released. This is considered the first Smartphone because it was able to create task lists and store contacts with a price around 900 Dollars. -
Emojis?
Emojis were invented by Shigetaka Kurita in Japan. Unlike their all-text predecessors emoticons, emojis are pictures. -
NOKIA in the 2000´s
Nokia became One of the biggest Cell Phone manufacturers in the early 2000´s making slimmer, friendly and unbreakable designs. -
Blackberry revolution
The internet and email were introduced in the mobile devices by Blackberry making a revolution in the industry. -
Iphone´s
The first iphone was announced by Steve Jobs with a cost between 500 and 600 Dollars. It started a series of developments to bigger and slimmer touch screens with a relative accessible price. -
Watsapp
WhatsApp was launched as a one-to-one chat app service in February 2009 by two former employees of Yahoo -Brian Acton and Jan Koum. The app was first released on the App store for iPhone users in May. In May 2010, the company finally added the support for Android OS. -
Samsung, a new generation cell phones
Samsung launched its first Galaxy S series smartphone. Which was one of the Android giants, HTC, the Samsung Galaxy S range is still the most popular Android brand. -
Pokemon Go
The Pokemon Go app launched worldwide. The free augmented reality game that uses the smartphone camera and location to show Pokemon characters in the real world. The aim of the game is to travel to different locations to collect as many Pokemon as possible, leading countless gamers to walk into lamp-posts in their quest to catch ‘em all. -
The new generations
The UK & US started to deploy 5G network, initial indications point that real-world data transfer speeds 10 times faster than 4G.There are as much dreamers as realists that hope to use this amazing technology in an early future -
Conclusion
If cell phones weren’t invented we would be less communicated Because they are very important today allow us to communicate with family and friends. This also helps you when you need to search for something on the internet or want to see something just because of boredom, the internet and technology are already essential for daily life.
