Believe it or not, telephones have not always been smart! This recent blog post from The Atlantic showcases a time when phones were not so smart! It got us thinking about how quickly the telephone has changed over the years. Check out this history of the telephone. What is your prediction for the next generation of smart phones?
Some fun images from the past!
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At one time having a princess phone was considered the must have phone!
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/the-princess-and-the-ipod.html
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Here is Michael Douglas in
Wall Street! The telephone is
almost as big as a football!
http://trendycellular.com/blog/old-school-fridays-first-cell-phone-in-a-movie/
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Photos from the American Memory Project and Library of Congress.
Image of historic sheet music from the collection of Duke University, 1915.
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Women sitting at a desk in a room, talking on telephones during a Mississippi River flood relief fund drive. Chicago Daily news 1927.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/when-dumb-phones-were-cool-a-visual-history/279274/