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What is the History Of Mobile Phone?

13 replies · 3,176 views · Started 28 September 2004

http://www.motorola.com/content/0,,121-286,00.html

1973

Motorola demonstrates a design for the DynaTAC (Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage) portable radio telephone. This prototype of the world's first commercial portable telephone uses a radio technology called cellular.

http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,2467_2010_23,00.html

Motorola Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary of the World�s First Commercial Portable Cellular Phone

MOBILE � An Exhibition Showcasing The History Of The Mobile Phone To Open In New York This Week

NEW YORK -- March 6, 2003 -- Motorola (NYSE: MOT) will commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the world�s first commercial portable cellular phone, unveiled by the company in 1983, with the MOBILE Exhibition -- a visual history of the mobile phone, a technological marvel that has transformed our world. In 1983, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X phone was the first portable cellular phone to receive FCC type acceptance and become available for consumer purchase just a few months later -- igniting a frenzy of growth and consumer demand for personal wireless communication.

And some Nokia Firsts in Telecommunications:

http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,6771,32923,00.html

Year 1981

The world's first international cellular mobile telephone network NMT opened in Scandinavia with Nokia introducing the first car phones for the network.

Year 1984

The world's first portable NMT car telephone, the Nokia Talkman.

Year 1987

The world's first NMT handportable, the Nokia Cityman.

Year 1991

The first manufacturer to have a large-scale production-ready GSM phone.

The world's first genuine GSM call made using Radiolinja's network, supplied by Nokia.

Year 1992

The Nokia 1011, the first digital handportable phone for GSM networks.

The Nokia 100 series, the first family of handportale phones for all analog networks.

Thanks N/A
it just like the toy musical phone which i used to play with when i was a kid
just the same thing.

Well the history has been covered nicely.

But if you want Retro, then check out Pokia for old handsets made to work with modern phones!

Gadget17 wrote:Well the history has been covered nicely.

But if you want Retro, then check out Pokia for old handsets made to work with modern phones!


WICKED!!!! 😉

Don't know if it's been mentioned above, but I saw some documentary ("Day's that changed the world"😉 about the worlds first cellular phone call. Two separate camps were working on a system for "Mobile" phone calls, and this guy from New York finally cracked it. The first call he ever made using this new system was from Time Square - to his rival! Talk about rubbing salt into the wound! "Hey, you'll never guess where I'm calling you from?" 😃