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History of the Cellphone
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First cellphone
Alexander Graham BellOrigin of this gadget is quite interesting. Starting from bulky mobiles phones which were as long and heavy as one’s forearms, to ultra thin and techno savvy handsets, mobiles phones have covered a long way so far. It all started with the basic telephony. Alexander Graham Bell was the first one to patent telephone in the year 1876. This technology was developed using the equipment designed for telegraph. Calls were connected with the help of operators. -
Cellphones
Cellphones The electronic components used in cell phones of today’s generation were first developed in the 1960s. During this time, the technology of cell phone was already available. The problem that persisted during that time was the user was restricted to a certain block of areas, which were called cell areas. Cell areas were base stations covering a small land area. -
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YeahIn 1969 Penn Central Railroad equipped commuter trains along the 360 km New York-Washington route with special pay phones that allowed passengers to place telephone calls while the train was moving. The system re-used six frequencies in the 450 MHz band in nine sites -
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Click herePrior to 1973 and stretching back into the 1920s there was some version of radio phones that were mostly used by businesses with vehicle fleets. These services were generally of somewhat poor quality and also limited either by the number of simultaneous users (only 3 at a time, per city in the early 50’s) or by geography (you couldn’t leave the range of the tower you were connected to). -
The Cellphone
Car Phone Many of the early cell phones were considered to be “car phones,” as they were too large and cumbersome to carry around in a pocket or purse. However, in 1983, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x arrived on the market. Though huge by today’s standards, it was considered the first truly mobile phone because it was small enough to carry. -
2nd Cellphone
2nd CellphoneThe first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket. -
Second Generation Handsets
Second Generation HandsetsAs second generation mobile phone technology was developed -- GSM and CDMA are the most widely used today -- the actual handsets quickly advanced in terms of functionality as well. It was also during this time that transmission switched from analog to digital. The first digital cellular call was made in the United States in 1990. The first GSM network was opened in Finland in 1991. Today, we have networks like T-Mobile, AT&T, and Rogers Wireless. -
The original smartphone
The original smartphoneIn 1993, Bellsouth and IBM announced their creation of the Simon personal communicator phone, touted as the world's first smartphone. Simon was designed to be a cellphone first and a computer second, according to the product's media release.
The device, with a $899 suggested pricetag -
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Hello A year earlier in 1999, Siemens ushered in another major design innovation with its SL10: the slide phone. This style of handset covered the physical keys with the screen when not in use. Slide designs were used by other manufacturers for later handsets that hid full QWERTY keyboards beneath the slide-open screen, such as the Danger Hiptop (which later became the T-Mobile Sidekick). -
Camera CellPhone
2002 Camera CellphoneA camera phone is made
A company called Sanyo made a phone that could snap pictures. Later the user could download the pictures to a computer to be printed.
