Motorola this week ushered in his 87 years old, even though it had been Lenovo's purchase, but Motorola is a global leader in communications and electronics company's status unchanged, greeting sentence again: happy birthday.
The entrepreneurial journey
Born on June 29, 1895, baoluo·gaoerwen (Paul v. Galvin) admitted to the University when he was 18 years old, but because of family circumstances, read the sophomore dropped out. Then comes as the 1914 outbreak of world war I, Galvin joined the army, honorably discharged after 3 years.
In 1921, Galvin's friend, Stewart suggested it to him, a battery factory, in Marshfield. Galvin thought radio would play in the future, so they agreed. On July 15, 1921, the Stewart company was founded. The efforts of two people, the company became the largest local factory. But not for long, the economy suddenly become no longer boom, companies quickly run into trouble, ultimately unable to save around.
Carries a $ 40, borrowed from his father, Galvin came to Chicago to work in a relative open company. At this time, Stewart found him again, and strongly suggested that, in restructuring the company in Chicago, hope, Galvin decides to work together again. Moschino Galaxy S4 Cases
Radio was bullish, but the dry cell associated with this awkward black and poor performance, soon will have to replace the battery. Galvin has developed something called "B-Converter" products, to replace the original batteries. Initial new product is selling well, but because it is a new product, not as long as there is a lot of failure. To this end, the United States Executive Council seized the company, he and Stewart's second venture also failed.
Galvin did not deny the market value of the rectifier, he firmly believed that the product improvement will back off. To this end, he went to the auction house (United States auction the company after the seizure of the Executive Council), with a price of US $ 750 and bought their products, and decided to start a third business.
On September 25, 1928, Paul founded the predecessor of Motorola in Chicago: the Galvin manufacturing company.
Baoluo·gaoerwen (Paul v. Galvin) and the yuesefu·gaoerwen brothers (Joseph Galvin)
Motorola Radio
At the inception, and he has only $ 565 and 5 employees, wages of only $ 63 a week. Initially the Galvin manufacturing company manufacturers of electronic devices, the company's first product was a household battery Eliminator.
Battery Eliminator
In the 20 's of last century, cars popular, radio as a complement the automobile products were promising. However, high prices of products not only on the radio at that time, the installation process is very complex, and poor sound quality, and most frustrating is that if drivers have to listen to the radio, you have to stop engine. Until 1930, many people still refuse to install on the car radio. Galvin asked the staff to design a cheaper, can be installed in most cars in the light car radio, he also put all their energy into this product.
During this period, United States experiencing the most severe economic crisis in history, Galvin said the company came close to collapse again. Not only that, but during those years, Galvin also have lost my father, my mother. But Galvin and the company's employees in June 1930, produced the first prototype.
In order to emphasize that this is a "radio in action", Galvin named the product "Motorola"-"Moto" is the engine of the automobile, "Laura" is used to describe radio transmission from the happy and pleasant voice. The first commercial car radio was born.
The first commercially successful car radio
Military radios
In 1936, the war clouds hanging over the world once again. A newspaper editor told Galvin, due to lack of radio communications equipment, military action has been greatly hindered. Galvin decides to enter the military radio market.
Prototypes were quickly produced, it is able to guarantee the quality of a about 1 mile, has made great contributions for us military operations. Then, they are for the United States Army Signal FM portable radio telephone transmitter was developed, in the production of 50,000 units during the war. Main researcher he was involved in the development of the army awarded the "merit", he went on to become Motorola's Research Director.
Publicity photos of police patrol car wireless receiver and hand-held wireless intercom SCR536
Back to civilian communications
The war will end, Galvin cannot rely only on military life, he still desire for civil industrial and consumer products. In 1946, Galvin set aside US $ 1 million in research funding, specify more than 240 engineers specialized research and development of new products. In 1947, the Galvin manufacturing company "Motorola" trademarked, Galvin will be renamed "Motorola".
In 1944, the Galvin manufacturing company installed the first set on the taxi radio systems;
In 1947, Motorola unveiled the first car two-way dispatch radio, the same year launched the first television "Golden View", it is the United States the first TV that cost less than $ 200, sold more than 100,000 units in just one year;
In 1948, Motorola introduced the first commercial radio;
In 1955, launched radio germanium transistors, it is the world's first commercial high-power transistors, as well as Motorola's first mass production of semiconductor products;
In 1958, launched the world's first power and receiver are all manufactured using transistor pair total in-car radios Motrac;
In 1963, Motorola joint venture with National Video Corporation launches the world's first truly rectangular color picture tubes, and quickly became the industry standard;
In 1973, showed off prototypes of the DynaTAC mobile telephone system;
In 1982, launched the first car with a hands-free phone
In 1984, launched the first portable cellular fold mobile phone;
In 1986, creating Six Sigma quality improvement process, provides a common method for quality assessment, and became a global standard;
In 1990, Motorola's general instrument Corporation (General Instrument Corporation) presented the first digital high definition TV technology standards;
In 1991, shows the world's first prototype and telephone using the GSM standard for digital cellular system;
In 1994, launching the iDEN digital radio, is the world's first set of data transmission, paging and cellular mobile communication of commercial digital intercom system;
In 1995, launched the world's first two-way pager, Tango;
In 1996, it introduced clamshell phones "StarTAC", which was the world's lightest and smallest mobile, weighs only 88 grams;
In 1999, launched the "iDEN i1000plus" mobile phone;
In 2000, and Cisco in the United Kingdom for the mobile communication operator BT Cellnet has built the world's first commercial GPRS network;
In 2002, the introduction of "SURFboardAE SBG1000", which is the world's first cable compatible network and wireless network broadband router;
In 2003, it launched the first phone with Linux and Java technology "A760";
In 2005, Motorola MOTOMESH wireless mobile network was launched, is the first of multiple RF broadband network;
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Motorola StarTAC cell phone
In 1955 Motorola updated brand identity, is the variant of English letters m familiar to us today. Although, once the "noble" has declined, but no one can deny the history of Motorola is still full of brilliant and worthy of any one person to know and experience.
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