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The history of cell phones: A decade-by-decade timeline

After the war ended, American company Bell Labs began working on an in-car system allowing users to place calls from anywhere. This led to the ...

1870s – 1940s: Telephone | Imagining the Internet - Elon University

Under this commitment, AT&T agreed to divest itself of Western Union and provide long-distance services to independent phone exchanges. During World War I, the ...

War in the Smartphone Age | Hurst Publishers

This book explains why you see what you do on your phone. It asks how these devices shape our knowledge, conduct and representation of war in the 2020s.

The smartphone turns 25: here are the five major milestones of the ...

The first smartphone was invented in 1992, 25 years ago. Created by IBM, the Simon Personal Communicator was truly revolution.

Smartphone History When was the first smartphone invented?

Smartphones have forever changed the way we live, communicate, work, and stay entertained. For many, these mobile devices have replaced ...

Martin Cooper | Biography, Inventions, & Facts - Britannica

Martin Cooper, American engineer who led the team that in 1972–73 built the first mobile cell phone, the DynaTAC (Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage), ...

50 years ago, he made the first cell phone call | CNN Business

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell ...

Who invented the first mobile phone? - Telefónica

Find out more about the first mobile phone was invented by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper in 1973 and known as the DynaTAC 8000X.

Army Innovations: The First Cellular Network

A massive research effort yielded the first major leap in field communications since the World War II crystal radio Mobile Subscriber Equipment ...

The first mobile phone call was 75 years ago - The Conversation

A major impetus for developing mobile wireless technologies was the need during World War II for troops to communicate on the move in the field.

A Visual History of the Mobile Phone « Smartphones :: Gadget Hacks

Perhaps the world's first smartphone, IBM Simon was a mobile phone, pager, fax machine and PDA, all rolled into one. It included a calendar, ...

Smartphone History: The Timeline of a Modern Marvel

Cellular phones preceded smartphones on the road to portable digital technology. Motorola's Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call in ...

Who Invented Mobile Phones or Cell Phone? - Reliance Digital

On April 3rd, 1973, Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola, made the world's first mobile phone call from a busy New York street using a device that would ...

World's First Smartphone Simon Launched Before iPhone

People didn't start using the term "smartphone" until 1995, but the first true smartphone actually made its debut three years earlier in ...

20 years of the smartphone: an evolution in pictures - The Telegraph

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the world's first smartphone, the IBM Simon, going on public sale. Here we track the evolution of the smartphone since 1994.

Evolution of the Mobile Phone timeline - Timetoast

the Nokia 9000 Communicator was what really brought on the smartphone era. It was the first cell phone that could also be called a mini-computer (though it had ...

A story of creating the first smartphone ever (IBM Simon, 1992) told ...

A story of creating the first smartphone ever (IBM Simon, 1992) told by one of it's developers · Comments Section · Community Info Section · More ...

History & Evolution of Smartphones | From 1998 to 2020 - Perfecto

Remember the Nokia 5120 mobile phone? It launched in 1998. At the time, Microsoft and Netscape were fighting the first browser war. And ...

Who invented the first smartphone? What is the evolution of ... - Quora

The first practical and popular smart phone was Nokia 9000 Communicator from 1996: Of course you should not understand it as a smart phone in ...

Before IPhone and Android Came Simon, the First Smartphone

In the 1995 techno thriller, The Net, Sandra Bullock plays a software programmer who unwittingly uncovers a plot to gain access to the ...