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The cellphone : the history and technology of the gadget that changed the world / Guy Klemens.
Van Pelt Library TK5103.485 .K58 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klemens, Guy, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cell phone systems.
- Physical Description:
- v, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2010]
- Summary:
- "The first two chapters deal with bandwidth and radio. Subsequent chapters look at precursors to the contemporary cellphone, including the surprisingly popular car phone of the 1970s, the analog cellphones of the 1980s and early 1990s, and the basic digital phones which preceded the feature-laden, multipurpose devices of today"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Bandwidth
- Radio
- Mobile phones
- Analog technology
- The analog cellular phone
- Digital technology
- Digital standards
- The digital cellphone
- The business reaches maturity
- Implications of cellphones
- Inside the cellphone
- Cellphones beyond phones.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780786458677
- 0786458674
- OCLC:
- 607613315
- Publisher Number:
- 99939891350
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