Martin Cooper invented the first cell phone in 1973 while working as the Director of Research and Development at Motorola. The first cell phone, called the DynaTec phone, weighed around 5 pounds, had a battery life of only 20 minutes, and cost $4,000. Cooper wanted to develop a portable phone not confined to a car so people could communicate freely anywhere.

1. HISTORY OF THE CELL PHONE
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2. WHO INVENTED THE CELL PHONE?
The person responsible for inventing
the cell phone is Doctor Martin
Cooper.
He invented the technology for the
cell phone when he was the
Director of Research and
Development at Motorola

3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ON MARTIN COOPER
BORN: DECEMBER 26, 1928 IN
CHICAGO ILLINOIS, USA.
Cooper is the CEO and found of
Arraycoom.
Arraycoom is a wireless
communications software company.
ArrayCoom, works on researching smart antenna
technology and improving wireless networks.

4. HOW DID THE CELL PHONE
BECOME A “CELL” PHONE?
It started of with engineers, in the
late 40’s, proposing ideas to use
hexagonal cells for mobile phones in
vehicles.
The only problem was at this stage
technology to implement the ideas
did not exist.

5. Their was two companies that were trying to
develop a better way to communicate, AT&T
and Motorola. While AT&T was stuck around
the idea about having a cell phone in a car,
Martin Cooper was thinking of ways to
communicate wirelessly, which was un-heard
of.
IT’S A RACE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

6. The first cell phone released by Motorola was
the DynaTec phone.
FIRST CELL PHONE
DynaTec phone was considered to be the
first generation of Cell Phones.
In 1973 Martin Cooper out beat AT&T and was
successful with his first ever mobile phone.

7. QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE FIRST CELL
PHONE
The first DynaTec phone weighted about
5 pounds
DynaTec phone toke batteries
The battery life would last for 20 minutes long
Nicknamed the BRICK
It cost 4,000 US dollars to own a cell phone

8. WHY WAS THE CELL PHONE INVENTED?
AT&T announced to the world that they
were the only ones capable of created a
“cell” phone. Their idea of a cell phone was
one that connects to your car.
Martin Cooper laughed at the idea, that
why would you want to be trapped in a car
talking to a phone.
He wanted people to have freedom to talk
where ever they wanted to.

9. Cell phones had quickly become popular, and
in demand!
When something is in demand inventers
always thinks of ways to make a product
better suited for what its intended.
The cell phone at the time was only intended
to communicate with other people wirelessly.
Over time inventers created other features
for the cell phone
ARE CELL PHONES CHANGING THE WORLD?

10. HOW THE CELL PHONES EVOLVED
1992
Motorola International 3200
The first digital hand-size mobile
telephone.
Nokia 1011
This was the first mass-produced
GSM phone. It was produced
until 1994.

11. 1996
Motorola StarTAC
The first clamshell (flip phone)
cellular phone. Also one of the first
display screens featured on a cell.
CELL PHONES THROUGH TIME
Nokia 9000 Communicator
The first smartphone series, driven
by an Intel 386 CPU.

12. CELL PHONES THROUGH TIME
1999
Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar
The Uproar was the first cell phone
to have MP3 music capabilities.
Ericsson T39
This tiny handset was the first
Bluetooth-capable phone.

13. 2003
BlackBerry 7210
BlackBerry’s first color screen.
CELL PHONES THROUGH TIME
2007
iPhone
The original iPhone was released in June

14. CELL PHONES THROUGH TIME
Lets stop here for a moment! Is it necessary
to actually have all these features
on a cell phone?
Lets take a look to what features this next
Phone has

15. 2010
iPhone 4
Internet
Ipod
Camera
Air print
Voice control
Messages
Gps
Maps
CELL PHONES THROUGH TIME
Face 2 Face talking
Key board
Play movies in HD
OVER 10,000 MORE FEATURES
Lets not forget you can make
phone calls.

16. Its not necessary to have over 10,000
features on your phone but people enjoy the
new technology, so that’s why inventers will
keep making new things to “better improve”
the future.
The only question that’s left to ask is what's
Next?
FINAL THOUGHTS