Mobile Technology

Early developments in mobile technology to smartphones

Key points in the development of mobile technology

In Europe 1926 , radio telephony was first used on the first-class passenger trains

Also introduced on passenger airplanes for air traffic security

Germans used radios in tanks during World War 2.

In 1946 soviet engineers successfully tested their version of a radio mobile phone mounted inside a car. It had a range of 20 kilometres (12.5 miles).

Mobile Rigs

In the early 1940’s the first 2 way radios to be developed were called mobile rigs. These were used in taxis, police cars and ambulances. •Ran on electricity from vehicle•Used radio waves to communicate

Original Walkie-Talkie SCR-300

In the early 1940’s Motorola developed a backpacked two-way radio, the Walkie-Talkie.

•Only one radio transmits at a time•Push to talk button•Used dry cell batteries for power

Handie-Talkie AM SCR-536 In 1951 large hand-held

two-way radio for the US military was developed. This battery powered Handie-Talkie and was about the size of a man's forearm.

Limitations such as line of sight

Interference from structures and large objects.

Repeaters needed for long distance

Mobile Phone Timeline

First commercially available mobile phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. It cost $3995

Motorola MicroTAC 9800X was available in 1989 and the first real hand held portable mobile phone. 10 character LCD.

Mobile Phone Timeline

First Clamshell (Flip) phone was the Motorola Star TAC it also had first ever display for numbers and was available in 1996 it cost $1000

This Nokia 5110 (1998) was the most successful model at the time and continued to sell well for sometime afterwards

Mobile Phone Timeline

The Nokia 7110 (1999) was one of the first slide phones and was made very popular due to the movie The Matrix

Samsung SPH-M100 Uproar (1999) was the first phone to have MP-3 capabilities

Mobile Phone Timeline

Nokia 3210 (1999) was the first phone with T9 (predictive text). 150 Million were sold

First commercial camera phone was the Sharp J-SH04 and was available in 2000

Mobile Phone Timeline

Ericsson T68 (2001) was one of the first mobile phones with a colour screen

Nokia 7600 (2003), one of the world first 3G smart phones. It is still one of smallest phones ever made

Mobile Phone Timeline

Motorola Razor V3 (2004) set a new standard is design and is one the most successful selling phones ever.

Nokia 7280 (2004) was also referred to as the ‘Lipstick’ phone. This phone has no keypad and all processes are carried out by using a small dial.

Mobile Phone Timeline

HTC Universal (2005) was the first pocket PC made by HTC and had windows mobile installed

Nokia N73 (2006) was a very popular smartphone and even 3 years after its release it is still used widely

Mobile Phone Timeline

Apple iPhone (2007)auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches. On release this phone was extremely popular. 8Gb – 32Gb versions are available.

iPhone 3G developed in 2009

Mobile Phone Timeline

Blackberry Storm (2008) Designed to be a direct competitor to the iPhone 3G and other 3G smartphones

Mobile Phone Timeline

Palm Pre (2009) Touch sensitive screen. This phone is to challenge the Apple iPhone. This phone is the first to come with a touch stone charger (wireless charge) 8GB internal storage

Mobile Phone Timeline

Google Nexus One

ManufacturerHTC (Designed and branded by Google)TypeSlate smartphoneRelease dateJanuary 5, 2010Introductory price$529 unlocked$179 with 2 year contract[1]

Operating systemAndroid 2.1 (Eclair)

CPU1 GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250 Snapdragon ARM

Storage capacityFlash memory: 512 MBmicroSD (Class 2) slot: 4 GB included, expandable up to 32 GB

Glossary of terms

Difference between 1G and 2G, is that the radio signals that 1G networks use are analog, while 2G networks are digital.

Although both systems use digital signaling to connect the radio towers (which listen to the handsets) to the rest of the telephone system, the voice itself during a call is encoded to digital signals in 2G whereas 1G is only modulated to higher frequency, typically 150 MHz and up.

Glossary of terms

3G - Services include wide-area wireless voice telephone, video calls, and wireless data, all in a mobile environment. Compared to 2G and 2.5G services, 3G allows simultaneous use of speech and data services and higher data rates (up to 14.0 Mbit/s on the downlink and 5.8 Mbit/s on the uplink with HSPA+). Thus, 3G networks enable network operators to offer users a wider range of more advanced services while achieving greater network capacity through improved spectral efficiency. Back

Glossary of terms

MP3 - MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a method of data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players.

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Glossary of terms

Touch Stone charger – charging the Palm Pre using Touchstone wireless inductance charging system ($69.99).

The Touchstone charger utilizes magnetic inductance, or electric current produced through a loop of wire in the presence of a magnetic field, to charge its internal battery wirelessly. back

Glossary of terms

Windows mobile - Windows Mobile is a compact mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and designed for use in smartphones and mobile devices.

It is the 3rd most popular smartphone operating system for business use (after BlackBerry and iPhone).

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Glossary of terms

smartphone is a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities, often with PC-like functionality (PC-mobile handset convergence). There is no industry standard definition of a smartphone. For some, a smartphone is a phone that runs complete operating system software providing a standardized interface and platform for application developers. For others, a smartphone is simply a phone with advanced features like e-mail, Internet and e-book reader capabilities, and/or a built-in full keyboard or external USB keyboard and VGA connector. back