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In exchange for Bell's invention of the telephone, Bell led the world into a
new era of telecommunication. Since Bell's death in 1922, the telecommunication
industry has undergone an amazing evolution (Elizabeth L. Newhouse, �Alexander
Graham Bell� in �Inventors and Discoveries - Changing Our
World�). In exchange
of Bell's hard work and determination, the telephone has evolved greatly over the
years. It has evolved from a simple desk set with an earpiece that was hung
beside the phone and had a mouthpiece, which one would hold with one of their
hands while speaking into it whereas the other hand would be pressing the
earpiece firmly against the ear to a cordless telephone (Bell's Sketch of the
Telephone). The telephone now allows people to exchange ideas and news
quicker and easier. With the telephone social and business lives began to move
quicker. Decisions that would usually take a week or more from letter
communication could now often be made in a matter of minutes (Trevor I.
Williams, �The Telephone,� in A History of Inventions, 1st ed.). People these days
can communicate easily with just the touch of a few buttons, without the hassle
of getting outside of their house just to talk to someone, making everyday life less
difficult (Elizabeth L. Newhouse, �Alexander Graham Bell,� Inventors and
Discoveries - Changing Our World, 1st ed.). The invention of the telephone has led
to many other inventions. Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone
changed the world of communication. As Bell said, "The telephone reminds me of
a child - only it grows much more rapidly... I see new possiblities before it - and
new uses."(Webb 1992, 74)
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