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Telephone firsts through the years on 150th anniversary of first call

March 10 marks 150 years since the first telephone call was made by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, and telephones continue to change our lives today. The first call was made from Bell in his Boston ...
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What Your First Phone Says About You and Your Generation

*Whether it was a chunky Nokia or a sleek iPhone, your first phone did more than make calls. It helped define your relationship with technology, shaped your expectations for digital life, and ...
WBAY

150 years after first phone call, Wisconsin’s role in telephone history

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) - Tuesday marks 150 years since Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. Wisconsin residents played a role in the invention’s early development. Two years before ...
NPR

Happy birthday to the telephone — oh, how you've grown in 150 years!

These days, our phones are basically extensions of our bodies. An MIT historian of science and technology takes us back to Alexander Graham Bell's famous first telephone call on March 10, 1876. These ...
WFSB

New Haven’s role in telephone history: From Alexander Graham Bell to modern calls

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) - Before the iPhone’s marimba ringtone, before rotary phones, even before the candlestick telephone, it all started in New Haven. The New Haven Museum displays a replica of ...
CNET

150 Years After the First Phone Call, We're Still Looking for 1-on-1 Connections

I spoke to an AT&T archivist about Alexander Graham Bell's famous transmission. Even though calls have changed, the reasons behind them are still the same. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology ...