mobile telephone: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	mobile phone

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Young businesswoman wearing glasses and a plaid shirt sits at a desk using a cellphone in one hand and a laptop computer with the other.

Computer and Cell Phone

Cell Relays of Cellular Phone

Motorola car telephone

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

Sending Text Messages

2008 Nokia Videophone

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The iPod nano, introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in San Francisco, May 2007. A revolutionary full-featured iPod that holds 1,000 songs and is thinner than a standard #2 pencil. MP3 player, music player, digital music

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