From Bell's box to Jobs' juggernaut, BERNADETTE TUAZON, DONALD KING, and RAY ZABLOCKI guide a video tour of the telephone's remarkable evolution.
Welcome, iPhone, to the long line of venerable telecommunications devices.
Our tiny tethers didn't always do so much, look so good or travel so well as you. But they were no less important.
It's been a remarkable road, considering that it all started with one man: Alexander Graham Bell, and his uncanny ability to understand how sound can travel across a wire.
On the eve of the release of the Apple's must-have gadget of 2007, follow along as we showcase all the stops between it and Bell's clunky but life-changing invention of 1876.
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Bernadette Tuazon is asap's senior photo editor; Donald King as an asap photo editor; and Ray Zablocki is an asap audiovisual reporter. All are based in New York.
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