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Before the phone
Before the phone everything was quieter, the children talked and played in the streets happily, and the parents worked for a living while their wives cleaned their houses. -
The inventor of the phone
Martin Cooper born in December 26, 1928 is an American engineer. He is a pioneer and visionary in the wireless communications industry. With eleven patents in the field, he is recognized as an innovator in radio spectrum management. Cooper invented the first hand held cellular mobile phone distinct from the car phone in 1973 and led the team that developed it and brought it to market in 1983. -
Evolution of the phone
Since its original conception, successive improvements have been introduced, whether in the telephone set itself or in the methods and systems for operating the network. -
Evolution of the phone 2
Early cell phones were just for talking. Gradually, features like voicemail were added, but the main purpose was talk. Eventually, cell phone manufacturers began to realize that they could integrate other technologies into their phone and expand its features. -
Evolution of the phone 3
In recent years, the purpose of the cell phone has shifted from a verbal communication tool to a multimedia tool, often adopting the name “mobile device” rather than being called a phone at all. We now use our cell phones more for surfing the web, checking email, snapping photos, and updating our social media status than actually placing calls. -
Evolution of the phone 4
The cell phone has changed and developed so rapidly in the past decade that it seems as though almost anything you can imagine is possible for the future. According to Jones, the convergence of all our tech gadgets into one mobile device will continue to advance. He anticipates that “the majority of the hardware and the software can be moved to ‘the cloud’ and the product will mainly be comprised of the input and the display.” -
The phone in 2000
The cell phones of today are also replacing our other gadgets, such as cameras and video cameras. When cameras were first introduced on phones, the images were low quality and the feature was considered to just be an extra. -
The phone in 2000 2
It’s not just the technology of the cell phone that has changed over time, the physical design has also gone through a rollercoaster of changes. Original car phones and bag phones were as large as modern day computers and just as heavy. -
Today
Like computers, the cell phone over time has become drastically smaller, .Customer research showed that the phone was so small that the user interface was unacceptable. Though the phone may have functioned perfectly well, their opinion was partially driven by the perception that the phone was simply too small. -
Modern phone
Modern day smartphones — the Apple iPhone in particular — changed everything that consumers expect from their phones. The app market has transformed the phone into a virtual toolbox with a solution for almost every need.