"We're going to the idea of a pocket computer and everything that can be, and unleashing it," said Scott Stein, a senior editor atCNET. He enumerated some of the ways smartphones are now going beyond basic communication: "Making payments, being able to unlock doors, being able to check...
No assessment of the evolution of the phone system in the Unites States can minimize the impact of AT&T (parent company of the nationwide Bell System) on the development of the telecommunications industry. AT&T was responsible for most of the major technological advances in communications in the ...
In 1983 the world got the first ever portable mobile phone in the shape of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. It cost an eye-watering $4000 USD and was a huge status symbol at the time. Two years later the first mobile phone call on UK soil was made, the then Vodafone Chairman Sir Ernest ...
Music, and the basic functions of a phone, plus some others like the calendar. In the same way, the browser had the peculiarity of displaying internet pages as if it were a computer; it did not have the mobile vision we are used to. ...
There are 7 billion people and 6.8 billion cell phones on Earth. Put another way, as of 2013, there were 96 cell-phone service subscribers for every 100 people on the planet. Needless to say, in a matter of two decades the cellular telephone has permeated our lives in an unimaginable way...
9 photos that show the extraordinary evolution of the phone over 80 yearsLeanna Garfield
A foldable is exactly that — a folding phone. Unlike bar-type smartphones with a single body, foldables consist of a central hinge and two folding sides. The hinge serves as the central axis for opening and closing the phone. Over time, Samsung has intr
This week we step away from our usual line of work to do some time travel. We’re looking back at the ten years that we’ve been following the mobile phone industry. It doesn’t start nor end with us, but we just couldn’t resist the temptation to pause and slowly rewind the evolu...
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Technology has come a long way since the launch of the first 'mobile phone' in 1982, and it's been a thrilling journey! We take a look at some of the best mobile phones through the ages, from the Nokia 1011 to the iPhone XS...