http://www.cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Car_Phone&feed=atom&action=historyCar Phone - Revision history2024-03-28T21:48:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.25.2http://www.cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Car_Phone&diff=12677&oldid=prevFinnb: Undo revision 12550 by Egugecuge (Talk)2010-11-24T14:44:14Z<p>Undo revision 12550 by <a href="/deadmedia/index.php/Special:Contributions/Egugecuge" title="Special:Contributions/Egugecuge">Egugecuge</a> (<a href="/deadmedia/index.php?title=User_talk:Egugecuge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Egugecuge (page does not exist)">Talk</a>)</p>
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</table>Alexhttp://www.cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Car_Phone&diff=5300&oldid=prevAcm438 at 18:31, 15 October 20082008-10-15T18:31:20Z<p></p>
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</table>Acm438http://www.cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Car_Phone&diff=5292&oldid=prevMaxwell: /* Analog */2008-10-15T16:26:17Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Analog</span></span></p>
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</table>Maxwellhttp://www.cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Car_Phone&diff=5288&oldid=prevMaxwell: /* A Brief Technological History of the Car Phone */2008-10-15T16:20:47Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">A Brief Technological History of the Car Phone</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An important aspect to consider when understanding the development of the car phone is the difference between "Mobile Telephony" and "Cellular Telephony." The Mobile Telephone was invented by Bell Laboratories in 1946, while cellular technology was conceptualized in 1947, but not technically feasible till the advent of transistors. Because car phones were developed in an organic manner, it was limited greatly by practical technological limits of the times.  Such issues included extreme power requirements, costs, and size. The car phone was not actually theoretically feasible in the United States in the way we understand it today until 1962, when the first automatically switched wireless networks were granted wireless spectrum by the FCC. Cell phones were created as a superior revisionist technology which <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">would address </del>not only the technological shortcomings of the mobile phone, but also a re-focusing of the technology on individual phone users, rather than telephony locales. (History of Mobile)  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An important aspect to consider when understanding the development of the car phone is the difference between "Mobile Telephony" and "Cellular Telephony." The Mobile Telephone was invented by Bell Laboratories in 1946, while cellular technology was conceptualized in 1947, but not technically feasible till the advent of transistors. Because car phones were developed in an organic manner, it was limited greatly by practical technological limits of the times.  Such issues included extreme power requirements, costs, and size. The car phone was not actually theoretically feasible in the United States in the way we understand it today until 1962, when the first automatically switched wireless networks were granted wireless spectrum by the FCC. Cell phones were created as a superior revisionist technology which <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">addressed </ins>not only the technological shortcomings of the mobile phone, but also a re-focusing of the technology on individual phone users, rather than telephony locales. (History of Mobile)  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first prototype of a mobile telephone, pioneered by Bell Labs in 1946, was billed as a "radio telephone," which involved transmission on a single frequency, which resulted in CV radio style telephones, where one person spoke, and then another person responded after the transmission was received. This first network was known as MTS (Mobile Telephone Service), when replaced by a duplex network, IMTS (Improved Mobile Telephone Service), in 1964.  IMTS is thought to be the first "modern"  mobile telephone network, meaning a automatically switched network which allowed for multi-channel phone conversations and  direct mobile to mobile calls (History of Mobile).  Once IMTS was deployed, the concept of cellular technology was invented, but phone companies were unable to secure new radio frequency until much later, which perhaps extended the life of the car phone to well into the 1990s.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first prototype of a mobile telephone, pioneered by Bell Labs in 1946, was billed as a "radio telephone," which involved transmission on a single frequency, which resulted in CV radio style telephones, where one person spoke, and then another person responded after the transmission was received. This first network was known as MTS (Mobile Telephone Service), when replaced by a duplex network, IMTS (Improved Mobile Telephone Service), in 1964.  IMTS is thought to be the first "modern"  mobile telephone network, meaning a automatically switched network which allowed for multi-channel phone conversations and  direct mobile to mobile calls (History of Mobile).  Once IMTS was deployed, the concept of cellular technology was invented, but phone companies were unable to secure new radio frequency until much later, which perhaps extended the life of the car phone to well into the 1990s.</div></td></tr>
</table>Maxwellhttp://www.cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Car_Phone&diff=5279&oldid=prevMaxwell: /* Other Ideas for Automobile Telephone */2008-10-15T16:12:31Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Other Ideas for Automobile Telephone</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Car Phone had many iterations of entrepreneurs and inventors trying to formulate exactly what the device was, as well as what it could be.  Notable patents which were passed included works by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CHARLES </del>H. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">KIKBY</del>, who invented what he called the "Automobile Telephone" in 1932.  This was simply a bank of payphones which was positioned into place where people who could make calls without having to leave their car (Automobile Telephone Patent).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Car Phone had many iterations of entrepreneurs and inventors trying to formulate exactly what the device was, as well as what it could be.  Notable patents which were passed included works by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Charles </ins>H. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Kikby</ins>, who invented what he called the "Automobile Telephone" in 1932.  This was simply a bank of payphones which was positioned into place where people who could make calls without having to leave their car (Automobile Telephone Patent).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another interesting false start for the Car Phone is outlined in a patent for the "Automobile Radio and Communication System."  This technology, patented by Alfred N. Goldsmith in 1939 allowed for vehicles within close proximity to talk to each other through their pre-existing car radios, much like CB radios that Long Haul Truckers use to communicate with each other today (Automobile Radio and Communication System Patent).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Another interesting false start for the Car Phone is outlined in a patent for the "Automobile Radio and Communication System."  This technology, patented by Alfred N. Goldsmith in 1939 allowed for vehicles within close proximity to talk to each other through their pre-existing car radios, much like CB radios that Long Haul Truckers use to communicate with each other today (Automobile Radio and Communication System Patent).</div></td></tr>
</table>Maxwellhttp://www.cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php?title=Car_Phone&diff=5277&oldid=prevMaxwell: /* A Brief Technological History of the Car Phone */2008-10-15T16:04:09Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">A Brief Technological History of the Car Phone</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the United States was floundering with the FCC attempting to create better networks, the Swedes were trying to incorporate this technology into their everyday lives. The first prototype of a car phone was created by Ericsson, in 1956 outside of their Stockholm offices. The phone itself weighed "40 kilos and was about the size of a suitcase... [w]hen mounted in a car, it cost almost as much as the car" (History of Ericsson). In its first incarnation, it was said that the only call one could make would be to the service station, as the power required to make a call actually killed the car battery. The first implementation of this technology was thought to allow for a "doctor on call and bank on wheels" - two concepts which signify that the car phone was imagined as a way of creating a living and working space for individuals, rather than a tool for mobile, on-the-go personal communication (History of Mobile). With other restrictions, such as the fact that the network in 1956 could only handle approximately 100 subscribers, more mainstream adoption would have to wait until the early sixties, with improvements in network technology, and proliferation of the transistors to make these phones market viable.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the United States was floundering with the FCC attempting to create better networks, the Swedes were trying to incorporate this technology into their everyday lives. The first prototype of a car phone was created by Ericsson, in 1956 outside of their Stockholm offices. The phone itself weighed "40 kilos and was about the size of a suitcase... [w]hen mounted in a car, it cost almost as much as the car" (History of Ericsson). In its first incarnation, it was said that the only call one could make would be to the service station, as the power required to make a call actually killed the car battery. The first implementation of this technology was thought to allow for a "doctor on call and bank on wheels" - two concepts which signify that the car phone was imagined as a way of creating a living and working space for individuals, rather than a tool for mobile, on-the-go personal communication (History of Mobile). With other restrictions, such as the fact that the network in 1956 could only handle approximately 100 subscribers, more mainstream adoption would have to wait until the early sixties, with improvements in network technology, and proliferation of the transistors to make these phones market viable.  </div></td></tr>
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