HISTORY OF CELL PHONE BATTERIES AND ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY
Thesedays you can’t step more than a few blocks outside or drive more than a mile ortwo down the road without seeing a cell phone in use. Considering the fact that just a few years ago the cell phone was a bulky, seldom used accessory, these marvelous communication devices are a “must have device” in today’s Internet and computer-crazy world. EarlyCell Phone Batteries Did Not Last Long The technology that powers modern cellphones is based on the old two-way radios of the 1940s used in taxis and policecars. The very first cell phone was used in 1946 by the Swedish Police Department. This phone worked using the principles of radio transmissions and was good for six calls before the battery died. This first battery for operating a cell phone was actually a car battery that was hooked directly to the phone, instead of being a separate battery like today’s cell phones. Most early cell phones could only be used in a vehicle because they needed such a large amount of battery power. T...