| The idea of mobile phones has been around a lot | | | | concept of these phones were to carry in your |
| longer than you thought. In 1947 a certain Douglas | | | | car when you were out and about. |
| H. Ring and W. Rae Young, who worked for the | | | | Motorola were the first company to introduce the |
| Bell laboratories, had the idea of a hexagonal cell | | | | first true portable handheld phone device. |
| for mobile phones. | | | | 1990 brought about the first digital cellular phone |
| But really it was not until the Eighties arrived | | | | call. By then the phones had shrunk considerably. |
| before the first technology actually surfaced, | | | | Actually the first cell phones were only supposed |
| although at the time the mobile phone was not in | | | | to be for receiving and making voice calls whilst |
| everybody's price range. These new inventions of | | | | out on the road. |
| the day could only be afforded if you were | | | | Like anything else with time, technology has |
| extremely well off or very rich. | | | | moved on since the first mobile phones were |
| The mobile technology of the Eighties were | | | | introduced. You are now able to do a lot more on |
| nothing like the ones you see today. For starters | | | | it than just the making and receiving of calls, such |
| they were far too big to fit in your pocket or | | | | as text messaging, video calls, taking and |
| your purse, and because they were so big, they | | | | receiving pictures and much more. The mobile |
| were also very awkward to handle. | | | | phone has got bigger technology with its smaller |
| Because of their size you could not hold them up | | | | size. |
| for too long before your arm started to ache. | | | | There is no doubt that as we get older; the |
| Not a good idea really. Also the sound was not | | | | mobile phone technology will only get better. |
| very clear; nothing like you get today. The main | | | | |