Alexander Graham Bell Day

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Alexander Graham Bell Day
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New Writer Jim Purtnell
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Today is the day, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the technology that would later become the telephone and changed the world of communications.

On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for “transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically.” Three days later, on March 10, Bell uttered the famous words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" into a transmitter. His assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in the next room, heard the words clearly and thus, the first telephone was created.

In commemoration of the day he was granted the patent, Bell’s fans around the world celebrate March 7 as Alexander Graham Bell Day. It is a day recognized by an official act of the legislature in Nova Scotia, Canada.

In addition to the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell is also credited with being the inventor of the metal detector and he is known for developing the Hydrodome, a watercraft that set a world marine speed record in 1919.

So celebrate by...making a call to someone you love....

As we trundle to our homes

We check our mobile phones

We walk in lines, braindead clones

Glued and stuck to mobile phones

We look up “stuff” with these plastic tomes

Fake news and lies with mobile phones

Update our sets, keep up with Jones

Sell our soul to mobile phones

We no longer talk, conversation un-flows

We are lost and alone in mobile phones

And when we die and are crumbling bones

Bury us with, our mobile phones

Have you ever used Nokia 1100? Be proud, it was the bestselling electrical gadget in history with more than 250 million pieces sold.

In 2012 Apple sold more than 340,000 iPhones per day, which is around 4 per second.

Be careful while using your mobile phone, it has 18 times more bacteria than toilet handles.

Insomnia, confusion and headaches are caused due to mobile phone radiation. Experts have identified ringxiety, nomophobia, telephonophobia and frigensophobia as conditions that can effect people.

This sounds odd, but you can charge your phone by using urine, scientists developed it.

The first mobile call was made by Martin Cooper in 1973.

Do you know that the present mobile phones have more computing power than the computers used for the Apollo 11 to land on the moon.

In Britain more than 100,000 mobile phones are dropped down in the toilet every year.

In 1993, world’s first Smartphone was debuted at Florida’s Wireless World Conference by BellSouth Cellular, it has a LCD touch screen display.  This was designed by IBM and named as Simon ,priced at $899 and only 2000 Simmons are made at that time.

70% of mobile phones are manufactured in China.

Around 80% of the world’s population has a mobile phone.

More than 90% of adults have their mobile phone within arm’s reach all the time.

There are more mobile phones than PCs, the ratio is 5 times.

More than 4 billion people own mobile phones.  But only 3.5 billion use a toothbrush.

Within 3 minutes of delivery, 90% of text messages are read.

What is your monthly mobile phone bill?  £142,000 is the highest ever mobile bill by Celina Aarons.

According to Guinness World Records, Sonim XP3300 Force is recognized as the toughest phone.  It survived an 84ft drop without any operational damage.

Mobile phone industry is the fastest growing industry in the world.

iPhone 5 Black Diamond is the costliest phone in the world, which costs £15 million.  It will take nine weeks to build, made of 135 gram solid gold of 24 carat and the chassis was inlaid with 600 white diamonds.

74 % of smartphone users use their mobile phone to help with shopping, of which 79% ultimately making a purchase.

Mobile phone users mostly spend their time on games and social networking(49% and 30% respectively).

The worlds largest operational telephone was exhibited at a festival on 16 Sep 1988 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Centraal Beheer, an insurance company based in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

It was 2.47m 8ft 1in high and 6.06m 19ft 11in long, and weighed 3.5tonnes.

The handset, being 7.14m 23ft 5in long, had to be lifted by crane in order to make a call.

Swam with Dolphins once...... Can't say I enjoyed it though.. thought they were all a bit clicky

One of my writing friends, Jim Purtnil, has just launched his sports writing career.
I have attached below a link to his article. If you are a football fan, take a look.
If you are interested in employing Jim or discussing his piece, drop me a line on..

creativewriter2018@outlook.com

Jim's Article is here :- http://www.isthmian.co.uk/bostik-blog-joining-the-james-gang-47181


Finish with a Song
This is Blondie, Hanging on the Telephone