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(electricity) and the study of their behavior and effects in vacuums, gases, and semiconductors,
and with devices using such electrons. This control of electrons is accomplished by devices that
resist, carry, select, steer, switch, store, manipulate, and exploit the electron.
Let us now have a look at the timeline of discoveries and inventions in the field of electronics
and electrical engineering way back in 600 BC.
1600 – William Gilbert coined the word electricus that was later termed as Electricity by
Benjamin Franklin in 1752.
conductor .
1745 – Ewald Georg von Kleist and Pieter van Musschenbroek invented Leyden jars.
1752 – Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning is electrical by flying a kite, and explained
how Leyden jars work.
1820 – André Marie Ampère published his law of electrodynamics called Ampère’s law.
1862 – James Clerk Maxwell published four equations bearing his name “Maxwell’s equations”.
1879 – Thomas Alva Edison introduced a long lasting filament for incandescent lamp.
1888 – Heinrich Hertz proved that electro magnetic waves travel over some distance.
1944 – John Logie Baird developed the first color picture tube.
1973 – John F. Mitchell and Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola invented the first mobile phone.
2010 – Tablets
Submitted by:
John Kenneth D. Arellon
Submitted to:
Mrs. Gloria T. Malapira
Brief History of Smartphones
2007
November - Google announces that they will offer the Android operating system for free
and anyone will be able to use or change it.
2008
October - Apple announces sales of iPhones for their summer quarter, stating that they
have sold 4.7 million devices, giving Apple almost thirteen percent of the smartphone
market.
November - The G1, the first Android phone is launched. It features a sliding keyboard
and limited touchscreen capabilities.
December - Microsoft stops Windows Mobile after realizing they cannot compete with
the Android and iPhone. They then develop the Windows Phone.
2010
January - Apple launches their first edition of the iPad which is a ten inch tablet.
February - Android phones begin to appear that feature the same full touchscreen
interaction as the iPhone.
April - It is announced that Google's Android has gained slightly less than ten percent of
the smartphone market in the first three months of the year.
September - Another tablet, the Samsung Galaxy is introduced. It is slightly smaller than
the iPad, at seven inches.
October - Microsoft introduces their first phones running on the Windows Phone
operating system. Sales are initially very low.
2011
January - It is announced that research has shown that smartphones actually outsold
personal computers in the last three months of 2010.
April - Apple takes the lead, becoming the largest smartphone vendor, and Android
becomes the highest selling smartphone platform.
June - Nokia and Apple settle a multiple year dispute by signing a patent licensing
agreement, and Microsoft starts demanding payments from Android phone makers, with
the claim of patent infringements.
July - Android takes over forty three percent of the smartphone market in the year's
second quarter.
October -According to estimates, Samsung is the largest smartphone vendor at this time.
November - Android takes over fifty percent of the smartphone market in the year's
third quarter.
From 2011 to current times, smartphone technology has become even more advanced
and technology continues to improve at a rapid pace. Smartphones have more features
than ever before including touchscreen capabilities, GPS, cameras, and much more.