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Telephone Timeline

  • The Telephone was Created

    The Telephone was Created
    Alexander Graham Bell created the magical telephone at this time.
  • First Commercial Telephone

    First Commercial Telephone
    On this date, the Bell Telephone Company created, well, the Bell Telephone Company! They started commercially producing phones and service.
  • First Telephone Numbers

    First Telephone Numbers
  • The First Rotary Dial Handset Telephone

    The First Rotary Dial Handset Telephone
    This telephone was the first telephone to be ably to dial- you rotated the dial to type in a number.
  • The Dial Pad Telephone

    The Dial Pad Telephone
    The rotary style dial pad had been replaced with a cooler dial pad. It only had 10 keys, and no star or asterix key.
  • First Cordless Phones

    First Cordless Phones
  • The First Mobile Phone

    The First Mobile Phone
    Martin Cooper is considered the inventor of the mobile phone. You could talk on this phone for 35 minutes before recharging it for 10 hours. The only things you could do with this cell phone were dial, talk, and listen.
  • Mobile Phones Available to the Public

    Mobile Phones Available to the Public
    The US public allowed a cellular mobile phone service to be run.
  • First Advanced Mobile Phone System

    First Advanced Mobile Phone System
    The first advanced mobile phone system was created by BNell Laboratories.
  • First Flip Phone

    First Flip Phone
  • First Smart Phone

    First Smart Phone
    The first extremely modern mobile phone ! There are many many out there. Some features included touch screens, cameras, etc.
  • Texting Permitted

    Texting Permitted
  • First Phones with Internet Conncetion

    First Phones with Internet Conncetion
  • Over 100 000 000 mobile phones owned and sold

    Over 100 000 000 mobile phones owned and sold
    This truly was the start of the technology century.
  • First iPhone-

    The 1st iPhone was born!
    !!!!!!!!!!!
    -iPhone -
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