Talk:History of mobile phones

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Contents 1 Why did it take so long to reduce the size of the phones? 2 Bunk Alert 3 Sweden 4 godmother of mobile devices 5 Additional section... 6 Third Generation Section... 7 Amateur Radio 8 Anybody ever hear of Nokia? Of Europe? Of Asia? Of the world outside USA?

[edit] Why did it take so long to reduce the size of the phones?

Perhaps somebody can add an explanation of why the phones were so big in 1970 and why it took 20 years to reduce the size? What parts had to be made smaller, if some parts could be made smaller why were it so much more expensive to produce etc. -- 17:59, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bunk Alert

This article seems to have a lot of misinformation and gaps in it -- "Mobileer" is a term unique to a single amateur radio club in Maryland which has nothing to do with mobile phones. The credit for first mobile telephone is certainly due to the Bell System working together with several two-way radio companies (Motorola, GE, RCA, Dumont) in the late 1940's to develop a system for a car-mounted duplex VHF radio with selective signaling. Original Bell MTS survived through the early 1970's in the 35/43, 152/158 and 454/459 MHz bands. I will try to dig up some accessible references and work on this.

Altaphon 00:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sweden

The first mobile phones were created in Sweden by the goverment owned telephone company in 1956?! There were about 150 users of the mobile phone. THe NMT was created and the GSM but without taking patent of the technics. okok...i just want to know who build the first mobile phone.

[edit] godmother of mobile devices

in a recent news article of "indian express" there was a mention about a famous hollywood actress who's considered to be the godmother of mobile devivces... so i would like the research team of wikipedia to look for the information in depth and add the info to the article.... unfortunately i've lost the newspaper or else i would have edited the page. to help u guys a little more bout her... she was the first one to do a nude scene in hollywood... she was also married to some army guy during one of the world wars.

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[edit] Additional section...

I am currently incorporating a new section into the history of mobile phones. I wanted to add a section covering the social/historical aspect of mobile phones. Do you think this would be appropriate for the history of mobile phone page or better suited for a page on the societal impacts of the mobile phone (which does not currently exist). There is a wikipedia page on Mociology, which is the study of human behavior in a mobile world and the study of mobile device/phone lifestyles, however. Would a section about the social/historical aspect of mobile phones be better incorporated into the page on Mociology? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jbwilson333 (talk • contribs) 18:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Third Generation Section...

I re-entered the Third Generation section because it is a crucial link in the historical development of the mobile phone. It describes one of the most modern generations of the mobile phone and coincides with the previous parts of the article (First Generation, Second Generation). This section should be left in due to its relevant nature. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jbwilson333 (talk • contribs) 06:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC).

I'm sorry I missed the vandalism by 203.51.12.5 that you reverted, when I reverted one line of vandalism. Greensburger 14:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio operators used Autopatch, which allows operators to make phone calls from a portable radio.

This was popular until the proliferation of cell phones. I think it deserves a mention in this history article. Greenlead (talk) 03:02, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anybody ever hear of Nokia? Of Europe? Of Asia? Of the world outside USA?

This article is very USA-oriented. Nokia, the world's most inovative and largest (I think) maker of mobile telephones isn't mentioned once, and Motorola is mentioned six times. I believe (don't have the figures) that Europe was/is way ahead of the USA in penetration and use of mobile telephones, thanks to GSM. Ditto much of Asia, Australia, etc. You sure don't get that impression reading this article. --RenniePet (talk) 00:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC) --RenniePet (talk) 02:29, 15 February 2008 (UTC)