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  2. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

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    History of mobile phones. A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile ...

  3. Martin Cooper (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Martin Cooper (inventor) Martin Cooper (born December 26, 1928) is an American engineer. He is a pioneer in the wireless communications industry, especially in radio spectrum management, with eleven patents in the field. [2][3] On April 3, 1973, he placed the first public call from a handheld portable cell phone while working at Motorola, from ...

  4. Mobile phone - Wikipedia

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    The first handheld mobile phone was demonstrated by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City on 3 April 1973, using a handset weighing c. 2 kilograms (4.4 lbs). [2] In 1979, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) launched the world's first cellular network in Japan. [3] In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially available handheld ...

  5. Since the first cellphone came out in the '80s, how ... - AOL

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    Spokeo dove into news sources like CNN, data from researchers like Pew Research Center, and online encyclopedias to uncover the history of cellphones.

  6. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois. Tivadar Puskás proposed the telephone switchboard exchange in 1876. Thomas Edison invented the carbon microphone which produced a strong telephone ...

  7. Motorola DynaTAC - Wikipedia

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    A DynaTAC 8000X; the first commercially available mobile phone from 1983. Electrical engineer Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model on April 3, 1973. This is a reenactment in 2007. The DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994.

  8. Timeline of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    1667 to 1875. 1667: Robert Hooke creates an acoustic string telephone that conveys sounds over a taut extended wire by mechanical vibrations. [ 1 ][ 2 ] 1844: Innocenzo Manzetti first suggests the idea of an electric "speaking telegraph", or telephone. 1849: Antonio Meucci demonstrates a communicating device to individuals in Havana.

  9. Smartphone - Wikipedia

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    Smartphone. The "Sooner" prototype Android smartphone. A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web ...