it was 40 years ago that the first cell
phone call was made before this there
were car phones they function more like
radios but the first call from a
handheld cell phone came in 1973 who
made it
this man Martin Cooper general manager
of Motorola communication systems
division whom did he call his chief
competitor at Bell Labs there weren't
any other cell phones then so he dialed
through to a landline Bell Labs had
first proposed the idea of a cellular
system in 1947 and was working to create
the first Network when did cell phones
hit the market that wasn't until 1984
the DynaTAC phone offered 30 minutes of
talk time
Zack Morris the character from Saved by
the Bell was always getting in trouble
with principal Belding for using it at
school it also became a symbol of
ostentatious luxury enjoyed by the likes
of Gordon Gekko and Wall Street what
came next other models and manufacturers
emerged then presidential candidate Bill
Clinton used one during his 1992
campaign the same year the 2g network
was introduced allowing for text
messaging by 1999 Finland's Nokia was
the leader in the market selling 79
million mobile phones worldwide Aleta
kept until 2012 when did it get sleek
the Motorola RAZR introduced in 2004
broke through as the hot new clamshell
or flip phone the competition to make
cell phone stylish was on when did they
get smart the best communication
possibilities of cell phones beyond just
gabbing became clear with the BlackBerry
it started out as a texting device in
1999 but became a souped-up cell phone
in 2003 posting of email and Internet
access
four years later Steve Jobs introduced
Apple's new iPhone and the rest as they
say is history that's the short answer