Interesting Cell Phone Facts

With subscriptions expected to reach 5 billion some time this year, as reported by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), cellular phones are arguably the most widely used gadget and the most popular communication tool today. That is about 75 percent of the world's population. With this feat, it is just right to compile a list of interesting facts regarding our beloved mobile phones.

The invention of the modern cell phone is often attributed to Dr. Martin Cooper, a former Director of Research and Development at Motorola. He is also the first person to have made the first ever call over a cell phone in April of 1973.
The first ever Short Message Service (SMS) was sent by Neil Papworth in December of 1992 containing the words "Merry Christmas". 17 years later, 4.1 billion SMS were sent daily in the US alone.
The popular clam shell (folding) cell phone was in fact inspired by the fictional communicator from the TV series Star Trek. The Motorola StarTAC was the first cellular phone to adopt the clam shell design.
Cellular phones can not cause explosion in gasoline stations. We see warning signs in gas stations to turn cell phones off when filling up our cars with gas. This popular myth has been debunked by Discovery Channel's MythBusters. A statement was also released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) falsifying the myth.
Mobile phones with internal antennas did not come until the year 2000 when Nokia introduced the then revolutionary Nokia 3210, also the first phone to feature T9 predictive text.

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