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History of the Telephone
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Innocenzo Manzetti first mooted the idea of a “speaking telegraph” (telephone)
This was the first ever idea and prototype of a telephone. This lead many inventers to be facsinated into the "telephone systems". Innocenzo Manzetti was the first to do so. -
Discovery of transmitting sounds
On this day Alexander Graham Bell found out that you could transmitt sound waves and be picked up by another. Alexander called this the teleograph. It was the first of its kind. http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm -
Alexander Graham Bell makes first telephone
On this date Alexander Graham Bell makes his first telehpone and says the famous line " come here mr.watson i want to see you". This day went down in history of one of the electornic greats. This was the first real telephone.
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Telephone first works
On this date they have made a protocall of a phone, this one had many faults, so no one really used this type. This was made as an expeiriment to see different sound waves they used. This machine was also called the " second" telephone. http://excelhardwaresolutions.blogspot.com/ -
AT&T is created and works with Bell System's telephones
This set off one of the most popular cell phone companies in the United States. It was producing cell phones at a mass number and bundles. AT&T is one of the " founding fathers" of the cell phone. http://www.corp.att.com/history/ -
The "Coffin Telephone"
Within two years of Bell's invention, the "coffin" telephone was manufactured in the Boston electrical shop of Charles Williams. This phone was the first "complete" telephone consisting of two wooden receivers (one was for listening and the other for speaking), a magneto generator, a ringer and a switch. The first generation "coffins" had only one combination receiver/transmitter. The caller would speak into the instrument and then place it to his ear while his party was talking. -
The Wall Set
The Wall set was the first telephone with a device to talk into and another one to listen to the speaker. People were happy because this made it easier to talk on the phone. This is an important step in telephone history.
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The Reis "receiver"
This is a receiver that was never pattoned, it was similar to the teleograph.The instrument shown was developed by Philipp Reis in the early 1860s and was used as the receiver for his telephone transmitter. This also was after Alexanders telephone.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT &T) is formed
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT &T) is formed in 1885. This is one of the biggest companies in the telephone world still today. This was a very important bussiness in the 1800's evens till to this day. They have created their own bussiness, away from Alexander Graham Bell's company. -
The Bell Telephone Company was formed
This is the company that Mr.watson and Mr.Bell made. This companyw as one of the most productive at that time span. There were more than 7 telephone factories making the telephone. http://www.telephonymuseum.com/telephone history.htm -
AT&T installs the first dial telephones in the Bell System
AT&T installs the first dial telephones in the Bell System, in Norfolk, Virginia. The last manual telephones in the system were not converted to dial until 1978 when the last of the first bell phones were no longer made. This started a whole new era of telephones.http://www.google.com/imgres?q=dial+phones&um=1&hl=en&safe=strict&biw=1280&bih=881&tbm=isch&tbnid=IkAmpqldHKSwHM:&imgrefurl=http://www.telephonearchive.com/phones/sticks/strowger-dial-1905.html&docid=8oMu0HQZ3Xd0PM&imgurl=http://www.te -
Western Electric sells its companies
This is an Western Electric manufacturing plant. In 1925 Western Electric sold its overseas manufacturing plants to a small company with a big name and even bigger ideas: International Telephone and Telegraph. This is one of the biggest reasons why telephones have come so far in history. -
Rotary dial service was started.
Rotary dial service was started. This started a new trend to make telephones look cool. This was also leading up to more advancements in telephones.
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Western Electric #302 Desk Set
http://www.antiquetelephonehistory.com/we302.htmlThe Western Electric Number 302 series desk telephone was introduced in 1937. The first versions had a die-cast zinc housing and were changed during the War to a thermo-plastic housing. The F-1 series handsets were first made of bakelite and also later changed to the much lighter thermo-plastic -
The first mobile phone
This was the first created and working "cell phone". It was invented by Martin cooper, vice president of Motorola. This led to a new style of communications: mobile phones. http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/the-evolution-of-cell-phone-design-between-1983-2009/ -
The worlds first 1G cell phone
This is the first 1g phone, this is called an analog telephone. this is the first generation of cell phones, leading up to the present day 4G phones. This cell phone was created in Chicago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_phones -
The first 2G cell phone drops
this is the first 2g phone that was made. this was found by the creatures of Nokia. This led to a high tension to invent better phones from all rival companies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_phones -
The 3G phone.
This is the very popular 3G phone, this phone is very popular. The 3G phone has many more advances then the last two generations. This phone lets you play games, applications, and has nifty tools on it. http://student.dcu.ie/~ahmeda3/assign2/start2.html -
The founding of Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless was founded in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. This is one fo the biggest cell phone services on the market. They have came out with over a thousand of phones and is a big part of the cell phone world today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Wireless -
4G phone drops in Russia
HTC MAX 4G is the first GSM/WiMAX phone and released in Russia only, at the time . So MAX 4G support 4G network for high-speed internet access. This is rumored to soon to be coming to the United States. http://htc-phones.net/htc-max-4g-cell-phone-review.html
