UFCFX5-15-3Mobile Device Development History of the Mobile Device.

UFCFX5-15-3Mobile Device Development

Mobile Device Development

History of the Mobile Device


Agenda

Historical Overview and Related Hardware Significant Technological Developments


First ‘Mobile’ Phone

Motorola DynaTak, developed by Dr Martin Cooper working for Motorola Systems Division in 1973So-called ‘Brick’ phone: 35 minutes talk-time, 10 hours recharge time, features: Dial, Talk, Listen.The first call he made was to his rival, Joel Engel, Head of Research at Bell Labs.Phone went into production in 1983 selling at some $4000 per phone.


1980s

Motorola and Nokia continued to develop mobile phone technology

Nokia Cityman 1320 (1987)

Motorola (1987)


1989 Motorola MicroTAC

First example of the ‘Flip Phone’ design. It was the smallest and lightest phone available at the time. Upon its release, it made headlines across the world. Sold for around $3000


1992 Nokia 1011

Worlds first commercially available GSM(Global System for Mobile Communications)

i.e. Digital Network Mobile Phone


1992 – 2002 Ericsson Phones

Ericsson was number three behind Nokia and Motorola


1999 Blackberry ‘Device’

The BlackBerry 6230, released in 2003

The BlackBerry 850 1999 was thefirst device to from Research in Motion.Not yet a phone but a mobile communicationdevice which had a full keyboard, unusual at the time.

It could send messages, access email, sendand receive pages and act as a basic organizer.

The BlackBerry 850 had a very small screenthat could display a mere eight lines of text.


2003 Blackberry Phone

The BlackBerry 6230, released in 2003


2003 Nokia N-Gauge

‘Game Deck’ with music player, FM radio and also USB compliant


2004 Motorola RazR V3

Very successful series, with over 110 million units sold over its four-year run


UK Mobile Ownership

Between 1997/98 and 2007, household ownership

of mobile phones increased from 20 per cent of UKhouseholds to 78 per cent. UK Office for National Statistics


2007 First Apple iPhone

iPhone came with a host of features for media-rich user experience. Featured iTunes integration, camera for pictures and video capture. Multi-touch gesture interface.


2008 First Google Phone

The first Google Android phone, the G1 was launched in 2008 and was the first to use the Android operating system. The Android marketplace and open source operating system has revolutionized smartphones and tablet devices.


Significant Technological Developments

1981 1G Analogue Network 1992 2G Digital Network 1998 3G Included mobile broadband 2006 4G Faster 3G services especially web media 2020 5G Standards still evolving – includes faster

access and better network coverage


1995 Simple Message Service


Symbian Operating System

The Symbian Operating System was used by many major mobile phone brands, including Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and especially Nokia.

It was the most popular smartphone OS on a worldwide average until the end of 2010, when it was overtaken by Android


iPad Mini ‘Cellular’ Tablet

‘Cellular’ refers to the ability to connect to cellular mobile network towers for data transmission and Internet connection even when you are not near a wi-fi connection


Phone + Tablet = ‘Phablet’ ?


References

www.itp.net www.apple.com www.mobilephonehistory.co.uk www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/social-trends-rd/social...39/

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