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Explore Telephone Solar, Tone Telephone, and more! Dr. Shirley Jackson invented solar cell, fiber optic cables making caller id and call waiting possible, portable fax, and touch tone phone!
The first hand held mobile phone call was made by Martin Cooper, who led the team that developed the first hand held phones. Cooper made his phone call on April 3, 1973 on a prototype Dyna-Tac phone that weighed about 2.5 lb (1.1 kg).