Phones
Mobile Phone
The first mobile phone is big and you cannot text with it. You can only make calls by dialing numbers and talking on the phone. The mobile phone is big and you cannot carry it around because it has a long cord. The first call used by the mobile phone was on June 17, 1946 in Missouri. During this time, there was no texting so people had to transfer calls through the mobile phone. However, as time pass by, Martin Cooper, he invented the first hand-held mobile telephone called the cell phone.
Cell Phones
The invention of cell phones was first invented by Martin Cooper on April 3, 1973. When cell phones were invented, they sold over $4000 and then cell phones were nicknamed as "the brick." After a while, texting came in and new cell phones were invented like cell phones with a keyboard. Texting was popular in the 1980s because it was convenient and faster than making calls. At first, cell phones were used by pressing the same button and then when cell phones with the keyboard came out, it was easier to text. Texting has changed the way people write too. SMS was first being used by Neil Papworth on December 3, 1992 and it influence people to start sending SMS. SMS stands for short message service. Text messaging is translated into 160 characters of the English alphabet and it has 1364 texting abbreviations. An example of SMS is instead of writing "for" people would write "4" or "this" to "dis."
iPhone
The iPhone is run by the Apple Incorporation. The first iPhone that came out was in in 2007. The most recent one that came out is the 6th generation iPhone 5 on September 21, 2012. The iPhone has wifi so you can use the internet. The iPhone is unique because you do not need to press any buttons, all you have to do is touch because the keyboard is virtual. Whenever you text, you do not even have to touch the iPhone, you can just say what you want to say and the iPhone automatically sends the message to the person. It is more convenient than a cell phone because you can "FaceTime" or "Skype" with your friends or family. FaceTime and Skype is like webcaming and talking at the same time with a person.