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Cell phone in use,
c.
2006.
Cell phones are now more commonly referred to as smartphones, as most models offer...
© BananaStock/Jupiterimages
Nokia cell phone that allows users to take still photographs and video clips.
Courtesy of Nokia
cell phone tower; microwave tower
Cell phone tower (right) and combination cell phone and microwave tower (left).
© Inacio Pires/Fotolia
Sending Text Messages
Cell phones became ubiquitous in classrooms around the world for exchanging images...
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Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, introduced in 1983, was the world's first portable commercial...
© Motorola, Inc., Heritage Services & Archives
Motorola customer using a cell phone in 1984
Motorola customer using the DynaTAC 8000X portable cellular phone in Asia,
c.
...
© Motorola, Inc., Heritage Services & Archives
businessman with cell phone
Indian businessman using a cell phone on a train.
© AMA/Shutterstock.com
Motorola's MicroTAC flip cellular phone
Motorola's MicroTAC flip cellular phone, introduced in 1989.
© SSPL/Getty Images
2008 Nokia Videophone
A Nokia videophone showing MultiVu, a mobile video-delivery system, 2008.
PRNewsFoto/PR Newswire/AP Images
Computer and Cell Phone
Teenage girl using a laptop computer and a cellular telephone,
c.
2007.
© Goodshoot/Jupiterimages
videophone
Video connection on a mobile telephone.
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computer and mobile phone
People can quickly and easily communicate with one another over long distances using...
© likoper/stock.adobe.com
Cell Relays of Cellular Phone
Operation of a cellular telephone systemFrom...
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