2.  Telephone- an instrument which converts sound (human voice) to electrical impulses of various frequencies and then back to a tone that sound like the original voice  The first words uttered on the telephone were, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you!”  Before people relied on mail and the telephone kept families connected over long distances. It also made businesses more efficient and instant communication around the world  The telephone was made from the study of electricity & acoustics and as a direct attempt to improve the telegraph  The telephone has advanced and developed over many years till today!

3.  The first telephone was created by Alexander Graham Bell  The first form of communication, the telegraph, was limited t receiving and sending one message at a time with its dot-and dash Morse code  Bell offered his own harmonic approach as a practical solution to a multiple telegraph  The “harmonic telegraph was based on the idea that several notes could be sent simultaneously along the same wire if they differed in pitch  He wanted to further the telegraph by creating a device that could transmit speech electrically(telephone)  After building a working transmitter with a membrane capable of varying electronic currents and a receiver that would reproduce the variations in audible frequencies, the telephone was complete !

4.  Theordore N. Vail, the president of American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) participated in the first transcontinental telephone call.  The telephone line stretched between New York and San Francisco, crossing 13 states  Fur copper wires were used as the means to transmit the telephone signal, which was held up by 130,000 wood poles  This grand ceremonial 4-way call was between Jekyll Island, Washington D.C., New York, and San Francisco  This transcontinental ability of telephones allows people to communicate with people across the state

5.  In 1963, phones were created with DTMF, which stands for dual-tone multi-frequency, and it is a communication device that makes use of telephone switching  These phones were referred to as touch –tone telephones and they replaced the earlier pulse style of switching that was common with rotary dial pones  DTMF phones introduced the simple keypad, which made it possible to switch calls more efficiently  This advancement allowed businesses to provide enhanced customer service and banks could set up direct access to current balances, latest activity, and pending deposits

7.  The first phone call was made from a portable cellular phone by Martin Cooper  This cell phone was created by Motorola and weighed 2 lbs and cost $3,995  It only offered a half-hour of talk time for every recharging  AT&T introduced the idea of a portable device in 1947 with the police car phone  It was not till 10 years later and $100 million in development till the cell phone officially hit the market

8.  Today the latest phone in technology is the Droid made by Google from Verizon  This pone includes email management and browsing for the Internet  It is touch screen and includes a keyboard  The Droid is only 3.7 inches and includes a great camera and video recording  It is everything you need in a small device !  Telephone technology has come along way since 1915

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