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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

The Smartphone

Season 1, Episode 6 of 6

Dial in to the fascinating history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse Code to 2007, when Apple unveiled the first-ever iPhone. Plus, see how the next generation of smartphones will allow us to communicate through them just by thinking.

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Channel
5/22/2019
10 p.m.
PBS 6
5/23/2019
3 a.m.
PBS 6
5/24/2019
3 p.m.
PBS 6
5/26/2019
9 a.m.
PBS 6
3/23/2020
11 a.m.
PBS 6 Plus
4/20/2020
11 a.m.
PBS 6 Plus
5/19/2020
11 a.m.
PBS 6 Plus
5/26/2020
1 p.m.
PBS 6
2/6/2022
4:04 p.m.
PBS 6 Plus
2/9/2022
3 p.m.
PBS 6 Plus
2/12/2023
1 p.m.
PBS 6 Plus
2/15/2023
2 p.m.
PBS 6 Plus
7/16/2023
1 p.m.
PBS 6 Plus
7/20/2023
1 p.m.
PBS 6 Plus
12/4/2023
1 p.m.
PBS 6 Plus
3/17/2024
3 a.m.
PBS 6
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