Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A Brief History of Cell Phones

Cell phones have grown in popularity to the point where many people no longer have landlines. They allow us to communicate when we're on the road, can be reached at any time, call for directions to call for help, and any number of things. While they help simplify our lives, is the process of development of mobile phones much more varied and interesting that many people realize. Here is a brief history of the phone.

Like many inventions, the mobile phone humble roots. As far back as 1843 experiments were conducted to determine whether space could conduct electricity. Scientist Michael Faraday's experiments were far from the founding of mobile phone development to give into the next century. Dr. Mahlon Loomis promoted the cause in the next few decades, by telegraph messages. He was the first person to wireless communications. He was able to find out, how to use the atmosphere of the earth send to and receive messages. From there, we were able to communicate via> Walkie - talkie and two-way radio. Mobile phones were just a step.

With this important foundation stone came more progress. In 1973, Dr. Martin Cooper invented the first mobile phone and made the very first cell phone call. Larger scale testing of the new technology began in 1977. Of course, similar to the first cell phones none of our small, sleek mobile phones of today. They were big and clunky, but without it we would not have our pocket phones today. The phones werefirst fair for the public in 1984, placed on the market, but it took several years before the technology was used in a widespread manner.

There are 140 million cell phones in the United States alone. The ability to make and receive calls from anywhere, take pictures, send files, and more is possible with mobile phones. You can even have a phone number and find out more about a number of cells, which never before been possible. Technology keeps on developing and using cell phones are the lucky onesBeneficiaries of this progress.



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