Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Friday, January 12, 2007

"Hello?...Hello?...Operater! I believe my party has been disconnected!"


As of January 10th, Apple Industries has officially announced the debut of its newest product the iPhone. The new mobile device is set to appear on the market in early June of 2007 and will be a part of the Cingular Wireless Network company. The iPhone is going to be one of the greatest achievements in the mobile market by combinding picture, movies, music, phone devices, touch-screen technology and WIFI wireless internet technology all into one small, thin design crafted from high quality materials and large size hard drives. However the cell phone market has no always look so tres chic.
In the mid 1980's the world first saw the first Generation Nordic Mobile Telephone, which used satellites in orbiting the earth and special towers to beam telephone calls virtually anywhere in the world, with some limitations of course. Intially the cellular phone was a large device often found in the car of a wealthy business man always on the go. But thanks to companies like Nokia that made the celluar phone a small, easily transported device it now, in 2006 occupies the hands of 2.14 billion human beings and 80% of the globe has 80% celluar coverage.

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