{"id":2805,"date":"2013-04-19T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T08:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enaikoon.com\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2019-07-31T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:58:13","slug":"the-40-year-history-of-the-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enaikoon.com\/en\/the-40-year-history-of-the-mobile-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"The 40-year history of the mobile phone"},"content":{"rendered":"Living in a world full of convenience created by modern technological\nadvancements, it\u2019s hard to imagine a life without the existence of mobile\nphones. Man has become somewhat unappreciative of such modern technology,\nforgetting that it was only 40 years ago that mobile phones weighed a kilo, was\nalmost the size of your head, had only 30 minutes of air time, and took 10\nhours to charge the battery. It\u2019s safe to say a lot has changed since the\ninvention of Martin Cooper\u2019s first mobile phone.\n\n1 G: The First Generation\n\nYes, there was a 1G network, and it was analog! The Advanced Mobile Phone\nSystem (AMPS) was introduced to North Americans in 1978, bringing mobile phone\ntechnology to the masses. In 1983, Motorola released the world\u2019s first\ncommercial mobile phone.\n
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The first commercial handheld mobile phone:\nMotorola\u2019s DynaTAC 8000X<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nDigital World\n\nThe subsequent network became digital. The 1990\u2019s saw a huge rise in mobile\nphone use, with the European development of the GSM standard and the North\nAmerican CDMA standard. 2G was probably when we all had our first experiences\nwith a mobile phone.\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nThis was the era when the first smartphone was launched by BellSouth\nCellular in 1994. The IBM Simon had mobile phone and PDA capabilities and\nweighed half a kilo. Aside from the usual calling features, this phone could\nsend faxes, emails, and cellular pages.\n\n\"\"<\/a>\n\nThe Data Age\n\nThe cell phone as we know it now uses data. The 3G network allowed data\ntransmission, revolutionising the functionality of the mobile phone. Media\nstreaming of radio and TV content became available and browsing the internet\nbecame faster with the advanced 3G+ network.\n\nDespite the emergence of advanced mobile phone features, the Nokia 1100\ngained massive popularity on a global scale, becoming the world\u2019s best-selling\nphone handset and the world\u2019s best-selling consumer electronics device.\nAlthough now discontinued, more than 250 million handsets have been sold since\nits release in 2003.\n

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Nokia 1100, the world\u2019s best-selling mobile\nphone<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nToday\u2019s Network<\/span>\n\nThe mobile phones and smartphones we are using today use 4G, an all IP\nnetwork. Compared to its previous generation, 4G provides an even faster\nbrowsing experience with mobile ultra-broadband Internet access. With an\nincreasing number of smartphones with GPS and NFC capabilities, applications\nfor the mobile phone have also increased dramatically.\n\nThe mobile phone. It wakes us up in the morning. It gives us the weather\nforecast. Tells us when to catch the metro. How to get to places. Where to eat.\nBecomes a flashlight in darkness and keeps us connected to friends and family.\nWithout it we are lost, so thank you, Mr. Cooper, for inventing the mobile\nphone 40 years ago.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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