Timeline
Foundational Developments
On March 7th 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the Telephone,[1][2] sparking a telecommunication revolution by allowing people to talk to one another near instantly over long distances.
In 1966 inventor George Sweigert patents the cordless telephone,[3] laying the groundwork to take telephones on the go.
Many early game pioneers, such as Steve Wozniak, were also telephone phreakers.[4]
Alexander Graham Bell operating a long distance telephone in 1892.
George Sweigert, inventor of the full duplex cordless telephone.
A Blue Box built by Steve Wozniak to Phreak.
1990's
1993
In 1993 the Siemens S1 phone is released, including a clone of Tetris named Klotz, but is hidden as an easter egg to dodge patent issues.[5]
1994
The IBM Simon touchscreen smartphone is released to consumers on August 16, 1994 at a cost of $1,100, lasting six months on the market and selling 50,000 phones.[6] This phone included a puzzle game called Scramble.[7]
Also released in 1994 is the MT-2000 phone by Danish company Hagenuk, which included a variant of Tetris.[7][8]
1997
Nokia includes Snake for the first time on the Nokia 6110, a very popular game being included in 400 million devices as of 2013, and which was also among the first multiplayer phone games due to it's two player support over inferred.[9]
2000's
On October 7th, 2003 the gaming focused Nokia N-Gage launches.[10]
By the end of the decade the Apple App Store becomes a widely used platform for downloading games on iPhones.[11]
2010's
2016
Pokemon Go
In 2016 Pokemon Go became a widely popular augmented reality game.
People playing a multiplayer game on their smartphones.
People playing Pokemon Go in 2016.
Pokemon Go Plus, a companion device for Pokemon Go players
2019
Apple launched Apple Arcade on September 19th, 2019.[12]
Notable Games
- Angry Birds
- Fruit Ninja
- Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
- Fire Emblem Heros
- Candy Crush Saga
- Subway Surfers
- Fortnite
- Temple Run
- Monument Valley
- Fate Grand Order
- Neko Atsume
- Snake
- Part Time UFO
Pokemon Go
This game prompted some interest in urban design.[13]
Flappy Bird
Became a phenomenon in 2014, then was pulled from app stores by its creator at the peak of its popularity.[14]
Console Phone Hybrids
Many Microconsoles and hybrid consoles made after 2000 use mobile chipsets due to their low cost, integrated features, and low heat.
Consoles with integrated mobile internet
- Zeebo (3G)
- PlayStation Vita (3G version only)
Evolution of Smartphones
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X from 1984
Motorola MicroTAC 9800x, a mobile phone from 1989.
1994 IBM Simon on charger, an early smartphone.
1996 StarTAC, an early flip phone.
The Nokia 6110 of 1998, the first to include Snake.
2006 Sony Mylo (My Life Online)
A first generation iPhone on display in 2007, surrounded by flip phones.
BlackBerry Curve 8310, a popular smartphone in 2007._mockup_on_Sony_Ericsson_phone.jpg.webp)
Mockup of the game Edge running on a Sony Ericsson phone in 2008.
The 2008 HTC Dream, the first major Android phone.
2009 Motorola Droid
A Samsung Focus running Windows Phone and 2010 Google Nexus S.
A Galaxy Nexus Android phone from 2011.
The LG G5, a modular smartphone from 2016.
A Samsung Galaxy Z Flip foldable smartphone in 2020.
An iPhone 12 from late 2020.
References
- ↑ "Alexander Graham Bell". https://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/addlbios/bellag.html.
- ↑ "Studying Sound: Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922)- Hear My Voice Albert H. Small Documents Gallery Smithsonian's National Museum of American History". https://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/hear-my-voice/3.html.
- ↑ "A Brief History of the Cordless Phone" (in en). 9 March 2015. https://www.ligo.co.uk/blog/brief-history-cordless-phone/.
- ↑ Lapsley, Phil (20 February 2013). "The Definitive Story of Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Phone Phreaking" (in en). The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/the-definitive-story-of-steve-wozniak-steve-jobs-and-phone-phreaking/273331/.
- ↑ "The History of Mobile Video Games: Part One of Three". 3 February 2020. https://exaud.com/mobile-gaming-part-i/. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ "First Smartphone Turns 20: Fun Facts About Simon". https://time.com/3137005/first-smartphone-ibm-simon/. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- 1 2 V, Cosmin. "Did you know: Nokia's Snake is not the world's first mobile game". https://www.phonearena.com/news/Did-you-know-Nokias-Snake-is-not-the-worlds-first-mobile-game_id85842. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ T, Nick. "This was the world's first cell phone with a game loaded on it". https://www.phonearena.com/news/This-was-the-worlds-first-cell-phone-with-a-game-loaded-on-it_id62920. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ Blog, Microsoft Devices (16 January 2013). "10 things you didn’t know about mobile gaming". https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2013/01/16/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-mobile-gaming-2/. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ "N-Gage Launch - IGN" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/08/n-gage-launch. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ Wortham, Jenna (5 December 2009). "Apple’s Game Changer, Downloading Now (Published 2009)". https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/technology/06apps.html.
- ↑ "Apple Arcade: It’s time to play". https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apple-arcade-its-time-to-play/. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ Baker, Chris (21 July 2016). "Why 'Pokemon Go' Sucks in the Suburbs". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/why-pokemon-go-sucks-in-the-suburbs-103309/.
- ↑ Kushner, David (11 March 2014). "Exclusive: Flappy Bird Creator Speaks". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-flight-of-the-birdman-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-speaks-out-112457/.