Martin Cooper and the Handheld Mobile Phone Martin Cooper did not know that his invention of the first handheld mobile phone would become a huge success and change the world. Cooper invented the mobile phone in 1973, the DynaTAC 8000x, he is the reason people today could make phone calls outside of their homes. He was born on December 28, 1928. He graduated in the institute of technology in Illinois of the year 1957. Cooper worked for Motorola in 1954. When Martin Cooper invented the handheld mobile cell phone, he was conflicted with wanting everyone to own one by proving to people that his invention would change the world. By doing so he would have to make something different that would be a huge success, defeat the company he was competing against, and changing the way people communicate today. Martin Cooper wanted to create something different that would then become a huge success. Cooper got the idea of creating this invention when he came across an episode of Star Trek. Captain Kirk, which is one of the main characters from Star Trek: The Original Series, had a twenty-third century piece of technology. “Who could forget Captain Kirk's fashionable gold cell phone? Not surprisingly, Cooper was highly influenced by Star Trek.” (Tran). Cooper saw that Captain Kirk was using the small device to communicate with others, which surprised Cooper and was later inspired to create the cell phone. Another reason is that people were stuck at home, a car, or office just to use the
Cooper’s cell phone is also symbolic of how much technology is taking over our society. When he arrives at the game testing center, Cooper is required to hand over his cell phone and turn it
The first mobile phones, due to its “smaller” size, would still be considered very large in today’s world. Many of the early cell phones were considered “car phones” because they were shaped like a brick and could not fit into one's pocket. The first cell phone was called the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x and was commercially available in 1983. The cellular technology to call these phones was analog frequencies. In the early 2000’s, cell phones became smaller is size and the software got faster. The introduction of the Blackberry popularized the use of the technology allowing more and more people to be involved. Cell phones became popular with the introduction of text messaging, short messages that can be sent to another person. Texting has become an easier and quicker form of communicating with others. Teenagers and children grew to love this feature as a main form of communication. They took on this mainly because it is very private and did not have to be loud in a situation that was not appropriate. “Today’s teens will carry the technology with them as a part of their repertoire of communication possibilities. Where older generations, when
We live in the 21st Century, the age of scientific and technological advancements. One aspect of life that humans take for granted is communication. When the word, “Phone” is said, the electronic companies like “Apple”, or “Samsung” automatically come to mind. Companies have attempted to improve the phone for many years, and that is why modern-day telephones and cellular devices are cosmetically sleek, futuristic, and more advanced than ever before. Steve Jobs was behind the lucrative company Apple Inc., but who was behind the actual telephone? The man who invented a device that would change the world forever, that man was Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander was an inventor, scientist, and entrepreneur. He invented the first practical telephone; a device that enabled people to communicate with one another more efficiently. Alexander Graham Bell possessed the four traits that led him to be a successful and prosperous entrepreneur; his character consisted of passion, patience, resilience, and trustworthiness.
In the modern-day world, there are about 6.8 billion cell phone subscriptions. Mobile telephones have really changed the way we do things in our daily life. Before cell phones were invented individuals were more interactive with each other. In the late 1900’s, Martin Cooper invented the first mobile telephone. Today we have a variety of mobile phones to choose from such as Apple and Samsung. Widespread cell phone use has definitely affected the world negatively because it is a distraction, can be harmful, and addicting.
The Social Construction of Technology (or SCOT) is a new research tradition rooted in the sociology of technology. SCOT provides a multi-directional model based on the property of interpretative flexibility, and emphasizes on social influences on the technology design and development. This paper will apply SCOT principles to explore the development of cell phone, define the development of cell phone into three different stages historically, and analyze the interpretative flexibility of the cell phone accordingly in the three different stages. Based on SCOT theory, this paper will discuss how the original huge cell phones are shaped and developed by social influences to the smartphones in today’s life.
Throughout all of history expectant mothers always wanted to have a way to announce to others the gender of their child, and now they can. Mothers can now show the gender of their children easier with the use of their cell phone; they just take a picture and send it in an instant. Cell phones were first invented by Dr. Martin Cooper, who worked for the Company Motorola (Oak) Cell phones have made an impact on many things including society, culture and a multitude of other areas such as fashion. The significance cell phones have made in the U.S. has endless tasks it can help people do.
This was the Motorola PynaTAC 8000x. Although it was extremely expensive, it still diffused across the country hierchically. Still, not many people could afford it, besides in the sales and business world, where it was primarily used. After this revolutionary telephone, the Nokia Mobica Talkman and the Motorola 2900 Bag Phone released. As more phones came out, the new phones kept developing including smaller sizes and more uses. (Ray). 34 years after the first ever cell phone released, the Apple IPhone was release, courtesy of Steve Jobs. This cell phone revolutionized the world forever. Jobs wanted to “reinvent the phone”, and he did this exceptionally (History Cooperative). Without the creation of the cell phone, our world would be a much different place. Even though the cell phone improved our ways of life, there are still some atrocious aftereffects caused by it.
On April 3, 1973, the first public cellular phone call was made by Martin Cooper, then general manager of Motorola’s Communication Systems Division. Cooper called his rival at AT&T from the streets of New York City. Phones gradually added features, such as cameras, mp3 players, video capability, speakerphone, and much more. Today, cell phone technology has advanced to smartphones, which allow more computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The Droid, the iPhone, and the Blackberry are the most popularly sold phones in today's smartphone market.
Cell phones are one of the most usable resources on the world, they provide us with messages, calls and much more. The first cell phone was a Motorola made in 1973 by Martin Cooper. This cell phone was a 13 centimeters long, 13 centimeters deep and 4.45 centimeters wide. This cell phone was a great technology back then when people have no more of communication than carts to send in the mail. No matter the side of the cell
If you have ever opened up a phone (do not try this at home, you might
Cell phones, as we know them haven’t been around for that long. The quick progression of the item and development has enormously influenced the regular daily existence in the general public eye today. It 's implementation has been genuinely quick considering that mobile phones were inexistent a quarter century ago. The first phone was made by Alexander Graham Bell. According to an article, ' 'This brought upon a major change in communication and gave leeway to the improvement of the telephone in the days to come ' '(Bellis, 2013b).
On April 3rd, 1973, the very first cell phone call was made by a man named Martin Cooper. Martin was using a Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, or as most people know as the very first cell phone. At first glance the 8000x basically looked like some
who led a team of developers at Motorola and made the first cell phone call in April 3, 1973 at
During the Second World War Motorola developed the Handie-Talkie SCR536 handheld radio transmitter and receiver, and icon of that conflict, and forefather of the mobile phone. In the 1970s, together with AT&T, Motorola started developing cellular networks, and in 1980 the company released the world’s first mobile phone, the DynaTAC phone. From then on the company because a household telecommunications name.
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the world has become a smaller place. The time used to travel to far distances has diminished; with the growth of new technologies, traveling and communicating have become simple daily tasks for many people. Through the growth of global communication, people have become closer to others across the globe, and business has gone world wide. One invention that came along with the technological revolution is the cell phone. Cell phones allow us to be reachable anywhere at anytime, letting us communicate even during travel. As time becomes more valuable for people, the importance of accessibility to communication also increases. With cell phones, the communication and