History of mobile phones - Wikipedia
Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On 3 April 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, his rival.
History Of The Cell Phone (1973 to 2024) - Practically Networked
Jan 11, 2024 · The first cell phone was created by Martin Cooper and his team at Motorola. The prototype, known as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X , was the first handheld cellular phone. Cooper made the first publicized handheld cellular phone call on a …
The History Behind the Invention of the First Cell Phone
On April 3, 1973, before stepping into a news conference in Manhattan to demonstrate the new device that would go on to revolutionize communications, Cooper tested it by placing the first...
Martin Cooper | Biography, Inventions, & Facts | Britannica
Martin Cooper, American engineer who led the team that in 1972–73 built the first mobile cell phone, the DynaTAC (Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage), and made the first cell phone call, on April 3, 1973. He is widely regarded as the father of the cellular phone.
50 years ago, Martin Cooper made the first cellphone call
On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper made the first ever cellphone call on the streets of New York. His invention, a brick-sized device, became the first cellphone available to the general...
From ‘the Brick’ to the iPhone, the Cellphone Celebrates 50 Years
It was April 3, 1973, and Cooper had just placed the world’s first cellphone call. Cooper, who worked for Motorola, had just stepped out of the Hilton Midtown where he would soon officially...
50 years ago, he made the first cell phone call | CNN Business
Apr 4, 2023 · On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men he’d...
The First Cell Phone Ever: Incredible Facts And Photos - All That's ...
Apr 13, 2016 · See the very first cell phone ever made, and compare it with the mind-boggling flexible smartphone that just might be the future of mobile.
The History of Cellular Phones - ThoughtCo
Jan 13, 2020 · Dr. Martin Cooper, a former general manager for the systems division at Motorola, is considered the inventor of the first modern portable handset. In fact, Cooper made the first call on a portable cell phone in April 1973 to his rival, Joel …
Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago - BBC
On 3 April 1973, Marty Cooper stood on a corner of Sixth Avenue in New York and took a phone book from his pocket. He then punched a number into a large, cream-coloured device and put it to...