The above video shows the evolution of mobile phones from the bricks introduced in 1985 to present day multi functional phones. Here is some mobile phone trivia for you.
- the billionth Nokia ever sold was a Nokia 1100, purchased in Nigeria, a model designed to be dust-proof for use in dusty, developing countries
- In 1908, U.S. Patent 887,357 for a wireless telephone was issued in to Nathan B. Stubblefield of Murray, Kentucky.
- The first commercial citywide cellular network was launched in Japan by NTT in 1979.
- In 1983, Motorola DynaTAC was the first approved mobile phone by FCC in the United States.
- Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive is widely considered to be the inventor of the first practical mobile phone for handheld use in a non-vehicle setting.
