The idea of mobile phones has been around a lot longer than you thought. In 1947 a certain Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young, who worked for the Bell laboratories, had the idea of a hexagonal cell for mobile phones.But really it was not until the Eighties arrived before the first technology actually surfaced, although at the time the mobile phone was not in everybody's price range. These new inventions of the day could only be afforded if you were extremely well off or very rich.
The mobile technology of the Eighties were nothing like the ones you see today. For starters they were far too big to fit in your pocket or your purse, and because they were so big, they were also very awkward to handle.
Because of their size you could not hold them up for too long before your arm started to ache. Not a good idea really. Also the sound was not very clear; nothing like you get today. The main concept of these phones were to carry in your car when you were out and about.
Motorola were the first company to introduce the first true portable handheld phone device.
1990 brought about the first digital cellular phone call. By then the phones had shrunk considerably.
Actually the first cell phones were only supposed to be for receiving and making voice calls whilst out on the road.
Like anything else with time, technology has moved on since the first mobile phones were introduced. You are now able to do a lot more on it than just the making and receiving of calls, such as text messaging, video calls, taking and receiving pictures and much more. The mobile phone has got bigger technology with its smaller size.
There is no doubt that as we get older; the mobile phone technology will only get better.
