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  2. Pager - Wikipedia

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    Pager. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, [1] is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate messages using an internal transmitter. [2]

  3. Android (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android is developed by a consortium of developers known as the Open Handset Alliance, though its most widely used version is primarily developed ...

  4. Personal digital assistant - Wikipedia

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    The Palm TX. A personal digital assistant ( PDA) is a multi-purpose mobile device which functions as a personal information manager. PDAs have been mostly displaced by the widespread adoption of highly capable smartphones, in particular those based on iOS and Android, and thus saw a rapid decline in use after 2007.

  5. Mobile phone - Wikipedia

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    The first handheld mobile phone was demonstrated by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City on 3 April 1973, using a handset weighing c. 2 kilograms (4.4 lbs). In 1979, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) launched the world's first cellular network in Japan. In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially available handheld mobile phone.

  6. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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    The world's first telephone exchange took place on Jan. 28, 1878. ... Language included in this act completely changed phone book distribution. Before the act's passage, telephone companies only ...

  7. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

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    History of mobile phones. A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile ...

  8. History of tablet computers - Wikipedia

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    The history of tablet computers and the associated special operating software is an example of pen computing technology, and thus the development of tablets has deep historical roots. [1] The first patent for a system that recognized handwritten characters by analyzing the handwriting motion was granted in 1914. [2]

  9. Telephone - Wikipedia

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    An old rotary dial telephone. AT&T push button telephone made by Western Electric, model 2500 DMG black, 1980. A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice ...