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The Evolution of The Telephone

The document summarizes the evolution of the telephone from its invention by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to modern smartphones. It describes some of the early models including wall-mounted phones, switchboard operators, and the transition to automatic exchanges. The document then outlines the development of technologies like touch-tone dialing, mobile/cellular phones, and integration of additional capabilities in smartphones. It concludes by noting how phones transformed from large stationary devices into compact mobile devices that can also access the internet, take pictures, and more.

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The Evolution of The Telephone

The document summarizes the evolution of the telephone from its invention by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to modern smartphones. It describes some of the early models including wall-mounted phones, switchboard operators, and the transition to automatic exchanges. The document then outlines the development of technologies like touch-tone dialing, mobile/cellular phones, and integration of additional capabilities in smartphones. It concludes by noting how phones transformed from large stationary devices into compact mobile devices that can also access the internet, take pictures, and more.

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The Evolution of the Telephone:

From the Crank Phone to the iPhone

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MOHAMAD AZRIF BIN MOSKAM

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How It All Began

An accident gives
Alexander Graham Bell
his idea for the
telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
patents the electric
telephone in 1876
Lawsuits were filed by
various individuals, and
Bells claim to being the
inventor of the first
telephone had to be
defended in court some
600 times

Switchboard Operators

Switchboard Operators
The first telephone operators were under-trained,
unsupervised telegraph boys but were soon
replaced by young women who proved to be more
pleasant and reliable
The ever increasing number of callers soon
transformed the profession. By 1946, nearly a
quarter-million switchboard operators were
employed by AT&T
In 1921, Omaha, Nebraska opened the first allautomatic exchange
Today there are no telephones served by manual
exchanges in the United States. All telephone
subscribers are served by automatic exchanges
run by computers, which perform the functions of
the human operator

How They Work


Sound waves are converted into electrical
signals, and electrical signals into sound
waves
The telephone required the
simultaneous invention of the microphone,
signal amplifiers and speaker

Parts:

Transmitter (microphone)
Receiver (speaker)
Dial (pulse or tone)
Alerter/Ringer
Antisidetone network

Long Distance
1881
1884
1892
1893
1895
1896
1897
1898
1927

Boston-Salem
New York-Boston
New York-Chicago
Boston-Chicago
Chicago-Nashville
Kansas City-Omaha
New York-Charleston
New York-Kansas City
Columbia, MO-London

Hand Cranked Wall-1880s

Candlestick-1890s

Cradle Phone-1890s

Candlestick Rotary-1914

Desktop Rotary-1920s

Touchtone-1960s

Wall Touchtone-1970s

Cordless-1980s

Mobile/Cellular-1983

Candy Bar-1990s

Clamshell/Flip

Sliding/Qwerty Keyboard

Smart Phone

Blackberry

Bluetooth

Touch Screen

iPhone

VoIP (eg, Skype, Vonage)

Then and Now

Then
Make calls

Now
Make calls
Text
Voicemail
Pictures
Video
Music
Internet
Email
GPS
Videogames
And more!

From Big & Bulky to Slim & Subtle

The Future?

References

Krupa, Frederique (1992). The Evolution of the Telephone


System: From Bell's Electric Toy to the Internet.
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translucency.com
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Telephone. Wikipedia (2009). Retrieved July 16, 2009,
from http://en.wikipedia.org
Telephone. Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia
(2009). Retrieved July 16, 2009, from
http://encarta.msn.com

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