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Kimberly White October 23, 2012 Block 2 Telephone

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Kimberly White

October 23, 2012

Block 2

Telephone

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Why the telephone is important. We use our telephone or cell phone everyday. It is a faster way to communicate with our family, friends, or people. And if you have an emergency to call for help. But it took smart people with the best ideas to invent the telephone. As you read this you will see how the telephones were back then and how they improved. The telephone is one important device, that almost the whole world has a telephone or cell phone. Just imagine what would we be doing now if there was no telephone or cell phone?

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We should all thank Alexander Graham

Bell for inventing the telephone in

1876. Bell was born in March 3, 1847.

He was a scientist, inventor, engineer

and innovator. His first invention was

dehusking machine which was used to

take husk of any vegetable. Bell’s mom

and wife were both deaf which was a

reason his work was getting better. He

also worked with the deaf. How he

knew the telephone was a success is he

called his assistant Thomas Watson and

Thomas answered and Bell knew it

worked He had an idea and invented

the telephone. Bell’s invention was a

success. He died on August 2, 1922.

Alexander Graham Bell

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Bell Crater IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal Bell Telephone MemorialAlexander Graham Bell InstituteAlexander Graham Bell National Historic SiteThe Bell Homestead Bell Telephone Company of Canada Graham Bell Museum Gift Shop & Tea Room

Places Named After Alexander Graham Bell

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Using the first practical electrical amplifiers, developed by AT&T's Harold Arnold, AT&T opens the first transcontinental telephone line in 1915

In 1919 AT&T installed the first dial telephones in the Bell System.

In 1951 AT&T introduces customer-dialing of long distance calls.

In 1963 AT&T introduces touchtone service.In 2005 AT&T and SBC Communications announce

an agreement.

What Happened After Bell’s Telephone

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This was a vertical metal cone with a piece of parchment stretched like a drum over its narrow end at the base. On the outside of the parchment, Bell had glued a cork with a needle stuck in it, pointing into a tiny cup of diluted sulphuric acid.

Bell’s Phone and how the telephone was back then

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The telephones now are pretty easy to use. Some phones are connected with wires and they have buttons. The buttons have numbers on them, you will push in the phone number which is the person you want to call. Their phone will ring and you talk through the small ear. It is also comfortable to use.

How telephones are today

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The first phone company was called A&T was founded in 1983 . It was first invented in 1875 Bell, Gardjner Hubbard, and Thomas Sanders were the ones who done this work. It was first called Southwestern Bell Corporation. It is the biggest provider both of mobile the largest provider both of mobile telephony and of fixed telephony[5] in the United States. It still runs today.

The first cell phone company

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Dr. Martin Cooper is considered to

be the inventor of the first practical

mobile phone. He placed a call to

rival Joel Engel, head of research at

AT&T's Bell Labs, talking on the first

Motorola DynaTAC while walking the

streets of New York City.

Who invented the first mobile

phone

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Cell phones are much smaller. Now there are touch phones, phones with tiny keyboards, and flip phones. You can also now play games on the phones, download music, take pictures, and you can have access to the Internet. Since a cell phone is much smaller it can fit right in your pocket.

How cell phone are today

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Boost Mobile was founded in 2000 .

When cell phone companies were founded

Cricket Wireless, was founded in 1999U.S. Cellular was created in 1983 Verizon Wireless was founded in1983

T- Mobile was founded in 1983

 Sprint was founded in 1999

 Tracfone Wireless was founded in 1996

Net 10 was founded in 1996

Metro PCS was founded in 1994

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Cell Phone Companies