1) Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola, made the first public call on a mobile phone 40 years ago, choosing to call his rival who was also working on the technology. 2) Early mobile phones had limited capabilities, able to hold only 99 phone numbers, but cameras and internet browsing were introduced in 2002. 3) The iPhone launched in 2007 combined the functions of a mobile phone, iPod, and internet communication device and was revolutionary for being entirely touchscreen controlled.

1. The evolution of Mobiles
By: Hassan Lakhani
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2. Forty years ago today, Motorola engineer Martin
Cooper, credited as the inventor of the cellphone, made the
world's first public call from a mobile phone, choosing to get in
touch with his rival in the race to create the device. – Source: 5 major
moments in cellphone history by CBC News
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6. Nokia’s 1011 model was the first mass-produced GSM
(Global System for Mobile Communications) phone –
equipped to hold up to 99 phone numbers in its memory.
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7. Photo by: Museum of Hartlepool
(Flickr)

8. Photo by: National Institute of Standards and
Technology's photostream (Flickr)

9. In 2002, the first phones with built-in cameras became publicly
available, including the Nokia 7650 and the Sanyo SPC-5300. - Source: 5
major moments in cellphone
history by CBC News
Photo by: U.S. Department of State's
photostream (Flickr)

10. Photo by: Doug88888 (Flickr)
The Nokia phone boasted "a large 176x208 pixel colour display,"
according to a media release at the time. The Sanyo version offered
three user-controlled tones, white balance and zoom. - Source: 5 major
moments in cellphone
history by CBC News

11. Today's iPhone 5, in contrast, offers an eight-
megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and built-in
face detection. - Source: 5 major moments in cellphone
history by CBC News
Photo by: Dinosoldier (Flickr)

12. The Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone
giant, formerly called Research in
Motion, unveiled its first integrated
phone in 2003. - Source: 5 major moments in
cellphone
history by CBC News
Photo by: arrayexception

13. Part of BlackBerry's Quark
series, the BlackBerry 6210 was the
company's first device to offer:
Email.
Texting.
A web browser.
BlackBerry Messenger
service, allowing for web-based
communication between
BlackBerry users.
- Source: 5 major moments in cellphone
history by CBC News
Photo by: Ninja M (Flickr)

14. In January 2007, Apple launched its
first iPhone. - Source: 5 major moments in
cellphone history by CBC News
Photo by: reticulating (Flickr)

15. The company described the phone as combining
three products into one handheld device: a mobile
phone, an iPod and a wireless communication device.
- Source: 5 major moments in cellphone history by CBC News
Photo by: Yutaka Tsutano
(Flickr)

16. One of the original iPhone's more revolutionary features was that it
allowed users to command the device using only their fingers on a touch
screen.
- Source: 5 major moments in cellphone history by CBC News
Photo by: Bobsee (Flickr)

17. Mobile phone texting was first introduced 21 years ago
- Source: 5 major moments in cellphone history by CBC News
Photo by: Katerha (Flickr)

18. It is estimated that 250-300 million cell phones are currently being used
in the U.S. – Source: Facts about cell phones
Photo by VampzX_23
(Flickr)

19. There is one cell phone for every two people in the world, which is a
grand total of about 3.3 billion cell phones that are actively in use. -
Source: Facts about cell phones
Photo by: nedrichards (Flickr)

20. More than 1,000 cell phones are activated each minute - Source: Facts
about cell phones
Photo by: sheldonschwartz
(Flickr)

21. Photo by: carnero.cc (Flickr)
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