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If you're looking for detailed information about how we ended up with carrying around such incredible devices, then you should take a look at this tab. Can you name anyone that doesn't have a mobile phone? Today mobile phones are nearly ubiquotous in the developed world - and even in some underdeveloped locales. Unbelievably, it wasn't to long ago in our history that no one had a mobile. Many of these resources share timelines about the history of mobile and also discuss where we are headed in the future.
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All about the history of mobile phones - Includes information from as far back as the 1800s, like in 1866 the first transatlantic telegraph line was installed.
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Wikipedia - History of Mobile Phones - Wikipedia gives information about mobile phone history for the three generations, elaborating on the significance of each.
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The People History - Talks about the 3 generations of cell phones which we've seen over the course of the past 30 years, as well as the plans in the works for the 4th generation of phones.
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The History of.net - Blog does a quick chronological history on the mobile phone and foreshadows what they see the 4th Generation will bring.
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History of mobile communication - Information about mobile phones from 1921 to 1993
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Retro Brick - This site has images of and information on phones older than 25 years and states that they are collectables and have reached a cult status and are coveted by some collectors.
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American Heritage - In depth historical article about another pivotal event in cell phone history in 1973 at Motorola's communications division.
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About the future of mobile phones - Ideas of a forward thinking MIT professor detailed. Includes information gathered at MIT's Better World Summit
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The Huffington Post - Images of Cool Concepts in the works for future phone models.
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Cell Phones.org - Not too old article talks about what the future may hold for all of us when we go wireless and how this impacts other areas of life as we now see it. Interesting but a bit daunting too.