The Evolution of Mobile phones
The first
mobile was created by Motorola, it was given approval in 1983 and then, it was
called the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X and had a retail price
of, £3,995. It offered 30 minutes of
talk time and an 8 hour battery life, with a LED display for dialling or calling. It also could
only hold a maximum of 30 contacts. Although this was the first mobile phone and was obviously groundbreaking because it was so expensive and so big not many people had one, so it didn't change the way people lived.
Although mobile phone and graphic technology was still basic, compared
to present technology, in 1998 Nokia released the Nokia 5110. It was
one on the first every mobile phones that allowed you to play a game
on it. It was the very popular game, 'Snake'. Since the release of Snake in
1988, the game has been installed on over 350 million mobile phones. The Nokia
5110 went on to become one of the most popular mobile phones ever created. Mobile phones by this time were much cheaper and the average person could afford one, so they were much more popular. Much more people were communicating on the go now.
In 2002 Nokia introduced the 3510 it was one of the first
mobile phones that offered internet service usage to the mass
market. The Nokia 3510i, was an enhanced version of the 3510 and was
released in later 2002, it was the first mobile phone with a coloured display. The coloured screen changed the way people used mobile phones. They were used mainly for calling people but now they were constantly used for gaming and other features.
The Nokia 7650 was released on the second quarter of 2002 . It was the first mobile phone with a built-in
camera, compared to recent technology; the camera quality is very poor with
only, 0.3 Megapixels. The handset also had side form feature, with 4mb
of memory. This phone once more changed how people used mobile phones, they were no longer used for calling, texting and gaming. You could now take photos and store them on your person at all times.
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In 2004 Motorola released one of the slimmest phones of all
time. The Motorola V3 was a phone with great features and an excellent
sleek finish. The phone had dual, coloured screen with a flip function and a
camera with an x4 zoom. By 2004 mobile phones had come from bulky bricks to
fashionable accessories. 
In 2005, Motorola partnered with apple to create the Motorola
Rokr E1. This mobile phone integrated with Apple's ITunes it allowed
you to download music from ITunes and then upload them to the mobile. This
mobile phone acted as the pioneer for music on mobile phones. The handset
could also hold micro SD cards for extra memory. With the ability to add music and an a bigger memory storage system people started using their mobile phones as an mp3. .jpg)
In 2007, Apple launched the first IPhone. It was the first
advanced touch screen smartphone. It came with a memory of either 8 or 16 GB
and it allowed you to easily download apps and music using the internet on the
go. It was really the first phone that could be used instead of a computer.
With a 3.5 inch touch screen the graphics were better than any previous mobile
phone and the screen resolution were better than anything before. The IPhone introduced GPS Tracking. This meant that there was satilite tracking on your phone and if you wanted to know where you were you're phone would tell you and if you lost you're phone you could track where it is. This phone pioneered the generation of touch screen mobile
phones.
Since the first IPhone almost every phone company turned to
touch screen technology and since then the technology
has improved massively. The latest IPhone, the 5S is
considered to be one of the best phones ever made, with
its fingerprint recognition lock screen and its fasted system ever
the I0S7 and also its stylish, fashionable colour.The Evolution of Printers
Before printers as we know them came the printing press in January 1439.
It was invented by a German goldsmith called Johann Gutenberg. It is considered
the most important and revolutionary invention in the history of the printing
industry. When it was created and put into use it significantly increased the
speed in which books were printed but compared to today's printing technology
it was still extremely slow. The machines were manually operated, and even the
ink had to apply to the text-blocks manually.
This printing press was the first of many models
that spanned from 1439 to the last printing press in 1814. In 1847
the Steam Printing Press was invented, as the name suggests it was powered by
steam and it was the first ever automatic printing press. It was still quite
a primitive invention compared to today's standards but this creation
greatly increased the efficiency that newspapers and books were printed.
In 1847 came the last of the Printing Presses, it came in the form of
the Rotary Printing Press. It was invented by Richard March Hoe. Impressions
were curved around a cylinder so that printing could be continuously printed on
paper, cardboard, plastic or other materials. As it was continuous this made
the printing of books and newspapers were much quicker.
In 1983 Chester Carlson invented a dry printing process call electrophotography,
known today as Xerox. The process involved a directed beam of ions onto a
rotary drum, which created an electrostatic charge that powdered ink would
stick to. This invention was the foundation of modern laser printing. In early
1953 came the first high speed printer. It was bases on Chester Carlson's dry
printing process (Xerox).
In 1984 came the HP Laser Jet, it was the first desktop laser printer, I
was priced at about $3,500. HP LaserJet
printers used Xerox electro-photographic laser-marking engines sourced from the
Japanese company Canon.
In 1988 came the HP Desk Jet, it was the first mass-market inkjet
printer. The Desk Jet allowed you to continuously print on plain paper. The
Deskjet also gave a higher print quality than any of its predecessors and it
was also priced lower than the LaserJet, at about $1,000.
In 1983 came the first ever 3D printer, invented by Chuck Hull, up until
recently they have been far too expensive for people take real notice but as
the prices of these printers have dropped the 3D printers they are becoming
more commonly used and recognised. The printer creates a scale 3D model of
whatever it is sent from a specialised plastic. These printers are recently
been used to create guns and are useful to see what the object you are trying
to create will look like.
In more recent years, 3D printing has come so far that prosthetic limbs can be built from using this tool. A human leg for example is scanned and then uploaded to a computer and then just like 2D printing the image is sent to the printer and it is printed out in 3D. As the limb is a photograph that has been scanned onto a computer with all the correct dimensions and scale sizes the final outcome is far more exact than any human could possibly create. 3D printing of prosthetic limbs is earlier to do than how they were made before which is clearly an advantage but it can also be a disadvantage as people could get reckless and not be as weary to get injured.
In more recent years, 3D printing has come so far that prosthetic limbs can be built from using this tool. A human leg for example is scanned and then uploaded to a computer and then just like 2D printing the image is sent to the printer and it is printed out in 3D. As the limb is a photograph that has been scanned onto a computer with all the correct dimensions and scale sizes the final outcome is far more exact than any human could possibly create. 3D printing of prosthetic limbs is earlier to do than how they were made before which is clearly an advantage but it can also be a disadvantage as people could get reckless and not be as weary to get injured. 