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Who invented the mobile phone?

July 19, 2006 09:54 IST
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1. Which company launched the first mobile phone?
a) Motorola
b) Nokia
c) Samsung

2. Which film first featured a mobile phone?
a) Wedding Planner
b) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
c) 16 Candles

3. Who invented the camera mobile phone?
a) William Kelly
c) Philippe Kahn
b) Jeremy Watt

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The correct answer is Philippe Kahn.
Kahn invented the camera phone in June 1997. The first commercial camera phone was the J-SH04 made by Sharp Corporation and marketed by J-Phone (Vodafone) in Japan in November 2000.
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Philippe Kahn. Kahn invented the camera phone in June 1997. The first commercial camera phone was the J-SH04 made by Sharp Corporation and marketed by J-Phone (Vodafone) in Japan in November 2000.

4. What is the nickname for a large, obsolete mobile phone?
a) Radiophone
c) Vodaphone
b) Brick

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The correct answer is Brick.
In cellular terminology, it is referred to a large, heavy and usually obsolete mobile phone.
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In cellular terminology, it is referred to a large, heavy and usually obsolete mobile phone.

5. Who invented the mobile phone?
a) Adrian Girzone
b) Joel Engel
c) Martin Cooper

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The correct answer is Martin Cooper.
Dr Martin Cooper, a former general manager at communications giant Motorola, is said to be the inventor of the first portable handset and the first person to make an analogue mobile phone call on a portable mobile phone in April 1973.
The first call he made was to his rival, Joel Engel, Bell Labs head of research. AT&T's research arm, Bell Laboratories, introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947. But Motorola was the first off the block with a mobile phone.
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Dr Martin Cooper, a former general manager at communications giant Motorola, is said to be the inventor of the first portable handset and the first person to make an analogue mobile phone call on a portable mobile phone in April 1973.
The first call he made was to his rival, Joel Engel, Bell Labs head of research. AT&T's research arm, Bell Laboratories, introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947. But Motorola was the first off the block with a mobile phone.

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