History of mobile phones - Wikipedia
WEBThe history of mobile phones covers mobile communication devices that connect wirelessly to the public switched telephone network. While the transmission of speech by signal has a long history, the first devices that were wireless, mobile, and also capable of connecting to the standard telephone network are much more recent.
History Of The Cell Phone (1973 to 2024) - Practically Networked
WEBThe first cell phone was created by Martin Cooper and his team at Motorola. The prototype, known as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X , was the first handheld cellular phone. Cooper made the first publicized handheld cellular phone …
The First Cell Phone: The Device the Changed the World
WEBJan 20, 2022 · The First Cell Phone: A Complete Phone History from 1920 to Present. From Germany’s train operators testing wireless communication in the 1920s, the DynaTAC 8000X prototype, flip, and digital phones to the present-day devices, the first cell phone went through a lot of transformations.
The History Behind the Invention of the First Cell Phone
WEBWith encouragement from his boss, Motorola’s chief of portable communication products, John Mitchell, Cooper, and the engineers at Motorola produced the working prototype for the first cell phone.
Martin Cooper | Biography, Inventions, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMartin Cooper, American engineer who led the team that in 1972–73 built the first mobile cell phone, the DynaTAC (Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage), and made the first cell phone call, on April 3, 1973. He is widely regarded as the father of the cellular phone.
Mobile phone - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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 …
The history of cell phones: A decade-by-decade timeline - Android Authority
WEB6 days ago · After decades of research and development, Motorola unveiled the world’s first cell phone prototype in 1973. Martin Cooper, the Motorola engineer who led the development of this invention,...
From ‘the Brick’ to the iPhone, the Cellphone Celebrates 50 Years
WEBIt was April 3, 1973, and Cooper had just placed the world’s first cellphone call. Cooper, who worked for Motorola, had just stepped out of the Hilton Midtown where he would soon officially...
Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago - BBC
WEBOn 3 April 1973, Marty Cooper stood on a corner of Sixth Avenue in New York and took a phone book from his pocket. He then punched a number into a large, cream-coloured device and put it to...
Cell phone history: From the first phone to today's smartphone ... - Versus
WEBAug 4, 2020 · On April 3, 1973, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first-ever cell phone call on the DynaTAC 8000X. The prototype he used weighed 2.4 lb (1.1 kg) and measured 9.1 x 5.1 x 1.8 in (23 x 13 x 4.5 cm). This clunky device offered a talk time of just 30 minutes and required 10 hours to recharge.
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