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The History Of Mobile Phone

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By Garson Cornellio


The mobile phone is called by numerous names including cellular phone and also hand phone as too wireless phone and cell, mobile telephone and cellular phone. Whatever the name by which you call this device, it is an electronic device that can help you do numerous helpful tasks including sending text messages and sending data. It's also useful for mobile telephony. All cell phones work via a network (cellular) that include base stations which in turn are generally known as cell sites.

Main Function

Though the main function of a mobile phone is to offer voice functions, it is also a device which can be used for a variety of other reasons and along with the perfect accessories will help you to email and SMS and access the Internet as well as take photos with the help of an inbuilt camera. In most cases, the mobile phone connects to the cellular network that is made up of switching points as well as base stations which are commonly had by one of the large mobile network operators.

Mobile phones are different to radio phones in that they offer complete duplex communication as well as automatic calling. Moreover, mobile phones provide wider area of service and are distinguished from the wireless or cordless phones that only offer basic telephony services and within a limited range such as in an office or in a home.

The popularity of the mobile phone keeps rising and in fact it's estimated that subscribers that are using such phones would total to about four plus billion in the end of the year 2008. These phones are proving to be especially beneficial in sectors such as information as well as communications.

The story of the mobile phone all started in the year 1908 when a person named Nathan B. Stubblefield from Murray, Kentucky applied for a patent for his 'cave radio' phone. In addition, cells for the mobile phone station only came into being around 1947 when engineers at Bell Labs and AT&T invented base stations for such phones. The rest is history!

When it concerns shopping for mobile phone accessories, there are numerous choices from among the best names in the mobile phone industry. From Nokia to Sony Ericsson to Samsung and Blackberry there's much to select from. You'll find much to choose from including chargers, hands-free accessories, Bluetooth headsets and car phone holders and much more.




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