He and his wife are also inventors of the Jitterbug, a simplified cell phone geared to senior citizens. Martin Cooper placed what's recognized as the first public cell phone call in New York City ...

The first cell phone was created in 1973. Since then, pretty much everything about it has drastically changed. Here's where "cell" phones originated from and where they may go in the future.

The first keypad phones, SMS, touchscreen smartphone In the 1980s and '90s, mobile telephony developed rapidly. Phones became smaller, more accessible, and cheaper, allowing for their mass popularity.

Motorola's Marty Cooper tested the first cell phone prototype on the streets of New York in 1973 His first call was to his rival at Bell Labs to break the news that they had beaten them to ...

When was the first cell-phone call made? Who made it, and to whom? When did cell phones get sleeker and smarter? WSJ's Jason Bellini has "The Short Answer." ...

IBM's Simon was the first phone to meld together the functions of a cell phone and a PDA, and it launched with the price tag of $899 with a service contract ($1,435 in today's dollars), according ...