Evolution of Technology Presentation

Telephone

The initial concept for this form of communication technology began more than 400 years ago. In 1667, Robert Hooke created the string phone that sent mechanical vibration waves down a taut string or wire. This is like the tin cans on a string children play with. The first form a communicating over long distances was the telegraph, which was invented 1837.

The First Phone : Liquid Transmitter

1876: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Another inventor, Elisha Gray, also invented a device that could transmit speech electronically, but Graham was the one who received that patent.

Gower-Bell

1880: First telephone used in Europe and other countries besides the United States

Strowger

1905: First phone with the ability to dial out rather than going through an operator

Frankfut Bauhaus

1925: First version of the rotary phone

Late 1800's and Early 1900's: In 1887, the first pay phone was invented. It was invented by William Gray and first installed in Hartford Bank. The first telephone exchanges were performed by a switchboard. Almon B. Strowger invented a telephone that could perform the first automatic telephone exchange and did not require an operator. Other innovations in this time period included the answering machine (1898), the first long distance call (1915), and the car phone (1940).

AT&T Picture Phone

1970: AT&T's first video phone

AEG Telecar CD

1980: First "mobile" phone

Motorola MicroTAC9800X

1989: First flip phone

1970's - 1980's: The first cordless phones were invented. Caller ID's were introduced. AT&T invented a device that could also transmit pictures, but to due its high cost, it was not used much.

IMB Simon

1994: Considered to be the first smart phone and touch screen

1900's: Cell phones became popular as consumers quickly discovered the benefits of being accessible while on-the-go.

Motorola StarTAC

1996: Popular flip phone that helped start the cell phone craze

Sharp J-SH04

2000: First cell phone with built in camera

Polycom Soundstation

2001: First VoIP conference call phone

Sony Ericsson TG8i

2002: First color screen cell phone

iPhone

2007: The first Apple iPhone

T-Mobile G1

2008: First phone that used Google's Android operating system

iPhone X

2018: Latest version of the iPhone

2000's: The first touch screen phone was invented. Phones are now more compact and have more features than ever. Text/voice/video software such as Skype allowed people to connect in even more ways. In 2010, the cloud based system was introduced.

Resources

https://www.nextiva.com/blog/the-evolution-of-the-telephone.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/evolution-of-the-phone-from-the-first-call-to-the-next-frontier/

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-evolution-of-telephones/3/

https://www.broadviewnet.com/blog/2016/04/the-evolution-of-the-telephone

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