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  2. Martin Cooper (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    That first cell phone began a fundamental technology and communications market shift to making phone calls to a person instead of to a place. [6] [19] Bell Labs had introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947, but their first systems were limited to car phones which required roughly 30 pounds (12 kg) of equipment in the trunk. [21]

  3. Clamshell design - Wikipedia

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    The clamshell form factor is based on the hinged design of the clam.. The clamshell form factor is most closely associated with the cell phone market, as Motorola used to have a trademark on the term "flip phone", [1] but the term "flip phone" has become genericized to be used more frequently than "clamshell" in colloquial speech.

  4. Foldable smartphone - Wikipedia

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    A foldable smartphone (also known as a foldable phone or simply foldable) is a smartphone with a folding form factor. It is reminiscent of the clamshell (or "flip phone") design of many earlier feature phones. [1] [2] Some variants of the concept use multiple touchscreen panels on a hinge, while other designs utilise a flexible display.

  5. Firefly (mobile phone) - Wikipedia

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    The phone also offers a call screening option which, when activated only allows the numbers that are in the phone's memory to call that phone. The standard features of the phone are up to 8.5 days standby time and up to 6 hours talk time. Texting and download capability are unavailable, which allows parents to manage phone costs. [citation needed]

  6. Watch these teenagers react to a flip phone for the first time

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    The video above shows you their reactions when they were introduced to a flip. Teaching elders how to use today's technologies is a pretty interesting task, but nothing resembles showing yesterday ...

  7. Chatter Telephone - Wikipedia

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    The Chatter Telephone was designed by Ernest Thornell, [5] whose daughter Tina would drag around a metal phone while playing. This gave him the idea of adding wheels, which with a bent axle permitted the movement of eyes, adding to the "whimsical" nature, that Herman Fisher desired of all Fisher-Price toys (from phone conversation with Ernie ...

  8. Schools are spending millions to keep kids' phones locked up

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    Graham Dugoni, the CEO of Yondr, invented the pouches in 2014 when there was less anxiety about the amount of time kids spent on phones. “At the time, I was going around door-to-door.

  9. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

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    A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile phones than wired devices. [1]