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Cell Phone History

Author: RaymondSabo | Total views: 31 | Word Count: 378 | Category: Mobile Phone | Date: Feb 23rd 2008

Did you know that the cell phones have a longer history then the radio? Yes, the radios were first introduced in 1921 but the technology for the cell phones is traced back to 1920. Police used some of the cell phone features on their radios back in the 1940s.

In 1947 the idea of the cellular phone was developed as a mobile car phone. The concept of the cellular phone was produced by Bell Laboratories (also known as AT&T Bell) they introduced the cells for mobile phone stations. A device that converts light energy into electrical energy was developed by Russell Ohl. When trying to eavesdrop on the conversation there was a buzzing hornet sound and because of this the prototype was called Green Hornet. A long history of Motorola making automotive radio as two-way radios for taxicabs and police is amazing. In 1973 the actual cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper and other assisting inventors of Motorola. The "radio telephone system" is what it was called

On a New York City street to the amazement of the people walking, Cooper was the first person to make a call on the portable cell phone. The Motorola DynaTAC prototype was used. He made the call to Joel Engel of the AT&T Bell Lab. From this technology there was a shift from the workplace to the person. The birth of personal wireless communications from the vision of Cooper, was born.

AMPS (Advanced Mobile System) was used and it introduced the first commercial network in Chicago in 1978. Analog as a name the mobile phone was known as. Various digital standards have come into play so there is a less desire for the analog mobile phone in North America.

Cell phones were first made available to the public in 1984 although they were very large, expensive instruments. The Federal Communications Commission worked together with AT&T and Bell Towers to establish broadcast towers. The towers were small with little power and covered a "cell" that was actually only a few miles in radius but could cover a larger area. Towers allowed calls to transfer from tower to tower.

Just another view, the GPS Cell phone is widely being known today.

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Did you know that the cell phones have a longer history then the radio? Yes, the radios were first introduced in 1921 but the technology for the cell phones is traced back to 1920. Police used some of the cell phone features on their radios back in the 1940s. 
In 1947 the idea of the cellular phone was developed as a mobile car phone. The concept of the cellular phone was produced by Bell Laboratories (also known as AT&T Bell) they introduced the cells for mobile phone stations. A device that converts light energy into electrical energy was developed by Russell Ohl. When trying to eavesdrop on the conversation there was a buzzing hornet sound and because of this the prototype was called Green Hornet. A long history of Motorola making automotive radio as two-way radios for taxicabs and police is amazing. In 1973 the actual cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper and other assisting inventors of Motorola. The "radio telephone system" is what it was called 
On a New York City street to the amazement of the people walking, Cooper was the first person to make a call on the portable cell phone. The Motorola DynaTAC prototype was used. He made the call to Joel Engel of the AT&T Bell Lab. From this technology there was a shift from the workplace to the person. The birth of personal wireless communications from the vision of Cooper, was born. 
AMPS (Advanced Mobile System) was used and it introduced the first commercial network in Chicago in 1978. Analog as a name the mobile phone was known as. Various digital standards have come into play so there is a less desire for the analog mobile phone in North America. 
Cell phones were first made available to the public in 1984 although they were very large, expensive instruments. The Federal Communications Commission worked together with AT&T and Bell Towers to establish broadcast towers. The towers were small with little power and covered a "cell" that was actually only a few miles in radius but could cover a larger area. Towers allowed calls to transfer from tower to tower. 
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