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Presentation on
on
“The
“The Evolution
Evolution of
of
CELL
CELL PHONES”
PHONES”
BY
GAURAV PRAKASH GUPTA
 The First Cell Phone

• The first cell phone

was named the
DynaTAC8000X.
• It was created by
Martin Cooper in 1984.
• It took over a decade
to develop and $100
million.
• There were only about
2,000 of these cell
phones available to
the public.
 Features
• Weight- 2 pounds Could
store only 30 phone
numbers.
• Battery needed to be
charged for 10 hours.
Talk time- 1 hour!
• The phone cost $3,995!!
• Even though the cell
phone had been
invented, it was still too
heavy, too impractical,
and too expensive for
most people to buy!
 The Next Step
• Extensive research & development work
was started to meet the objective of
designing a cheaper, lighter and attractive
cell phone.
• Cell phone companies began to introduce
new phones to make them more appealing.
• They created address books, built-in fax
machines, calculators, e-mail, and SMS
messaging within the phones.
• Flip-phones started to become popular.
 Flip Phones
• One of the first, major
flip phones was the Nokia
9000 Communicator.
• It was created in the
late 1980’s.
• Weighed 397 grams.
• It was popular but still
cost $3,000.
• Includes the most useful
organizer functions:a
calendar,an address book
and a calculator.
 The First Blackberry
• The first Blackberry was called
the Blackberry 850.
• Introduced in 1999.
• It was originally named the
Interactive Pager.
• It was one of the first phones
with a full keyboard.
• Supporting email and limited
HTML browsing, the small
device featured a monochrome
screen.
 The other Blackberries
• Among the other blackberries
include-
857,5810,6200,6510,7210,87
00,8320.
• The latest BlackBerry 8320
features Wifi.
• However, phones that could
function as more than just a
telephone began to increase in
popularity at the start of the
century.
• Even after the Blackberry was
invented, cell phones without
full QWERTY keyboards were
still popular among all people.
 Camera Phones
• These phones had an
inbuilt camera.
• Camera phones made it
easy to snap pictures
anywhere and send them
to friends.
• They were first
developed in 2002.
• The Sanyo SCP-5300 was
the first camera phone
available to Americans.
• Photos were of VGA
quality.
• Photos taken were often
very blurry and distorted.
 Other Camera Phones
• VGA camera phones were followed
by digital camera phones.
• In October 2004, Samsung became
the first to market a 5-
megapixel camera phone.
• Since then,LG and Nokia have
followed suit,with Nokia launching
its highly touted N95 phone with a
5-megapixel camera.
• In March 2006 Sony Ericsson took
digital imaging in camera phones to
new heights with the launch of the
K800 and K790 phones, the first
handsets to carry the Cyber-shot
name.
Phones with Gaming facility
• Cell phones soon
became all about
games, as well.
• Nokia attempted to
bring major gaming to
cell phones by
introducing the Nokia
N-Gage.
N-Gage
• Was awkward to hold.
• ‘Gamers’ typically stuck
with their original
devices.
 The Era of i-phones
• Launched by Apple in
June 2007.
• The iPhone is a line of
Internet and multimedia-
enabled smartphones.
• First phone without any
numerical keypad.
• Touch-screen.
• Music, e-mail, photos, a
camera, and thousands of
applications.
 Present Scenario
• Cell phones have come a long way since first being
introduced in the 1900’s.
• In today’s Era the phones have incorporated
various advanced technologies like 3G & 4G
services,web based app.,high resolution
camcorders,etc.
• There are 4.1 Billion Mobile Phone
Subscribers Worldwide.
• India now has over 246 million cell phone
subscribers which is the largest for any country in
the world.
• In countries like India, cell phone usage has been
expanded to rural areas as well.
 THE PROS
• Can communicate with others while
away from home.
• Send pictures to friends and family.
• Keep in touch using email and text
messaging.
• Great in case of emergency.
• 24X7 web access.
 THE CONS
• Service is not always available.
• Easy to misplace/lose.
• Ring at inappropriate times.
• Subject to others’ conversations.
• Can cause car accidents.
• Toxins like arsenic, antimony, beryllium,
cadmium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc
accumulate in the environment. These can
cause cancer and neurological disorders.
 What
What do
do YOU
YOU think?!
think?!
Has the invention of cell phones been
positive or negative? How have they
influenced your life?