MobileModo
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The Transition To Digital Mobiles In Australia
Australia went through a revolution almost 10 years ago. Telstra turned off the original AMPS phone network and the Australian mobile network entered the digital age. However, it wasn’t as easy as turning off the old network and flipping the lever on the digital network.
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The Digital Revolution – The Arrival Of 2G Phones
The world is in its 3G stage and moving towards 4G but there was a time when 2G, or second generation, handsets were all the rage. Back in the day, in the early days of 2000, this little black duck was carrying one of the coolest handsets on the planet – the Nokia 7110. It…
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The Car Phone: Mobile, Just Like Your Car Is
1946. The War is over and life is starting to return to some semblance of normality. Two-way radios have been in widespread use but the telephone was starting to become the dominant form of communication. The Swedish police force are looking for a way to get the benefit of two-way radio and take advantage of…
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MobileModo: Giz’s Historical Look At The Mobile Phone
Mobile phone, cell phone, telefonino (it you’re Italian) – whatever you call it, that fancy communicator in your pocket or on your hip represents over 120 years of development, evolution and ingenuity. To trace the history of the modern mobile phone, we really need to go back to the 1870s and look at the development…