Thad Luckinbill - wikipedia Thad Luckinbill Jump to : navigation , search Thad Luckinbill Thad Luckinbill ( right ) and Trent Luckinbill in 2015 Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill ( 1975 - 04 - 24 ) April 24 , 1975 ( age 43 ) Enid , Oklahoma , U.S. Occupation Actor , producer Years active 1999 -- present Spouse ( s ) Amelia Heinle ( m . 2007 ; div. 2017 ) Children Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill ( born April 24 , 1975 ) is an American actor and producer best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless , from August 1999 to November 2010 . He revived the role of J.T. in December 2017 . Contents ( hide ) 1 Personal life 2 Acting career 2.1 Television 3 Producer 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Personal Life ( edit ) Thad Luckinbill has an identical twin brother , Trent , who is twelve minutes younger . Trent Luckinbill is a lawyer who lives in Los Angeles . In the final episode of the television series Law & Order : Criminal Intent , `` To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap '' , Trent briefly appeared as the identical twin murder victim / corpse lying beside the murder victim / corpse of the character played by Thad . Luckinbill married Young and the Restless co-star Amelia Heinle in March 2007 while their characters were also married on the show . He is stepfather to Amelia 's son from a previous marriage . They have two children , a son and a daughter . On March 1 , 2017 , Luckinbill filed for divorce from Heinle , citing `` irreconcilable differences '' . Luckinbill enjoys playing volleyball , surfing , boxing and going to the gym . He occasionally plays for the Hollywood Knights basketball team . He majored in business finance at the University of Oklahoma . Acting career ( edit ) Television ( edit ) In addition to his role as J.T. Hellstrom on The Young and the Restless , Thad Luckinbill has guest - starred on several primetime television shows , including Undressed , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Providence , Sabrina , the Teenage Witch , Nash Bridges , 8 Simple Rules , Without a Trace , CSI : NY , Nip / Tuck , Ghost Whisperer , CSI : Miami , and CSI : Crime Scene Investigation . He was a recurring character on The CW show Nikita completing six episodes as Nathan , the neighbor and love interest of Alexandra Udinov Lyndsy Fonseca , before the show was cancelled after its fourth season . Fonseca was also Luckinbill 's former Young and the Restless co-star . In 2001 , Luckinbill was also featured in an episode of the MTV documentary series True Life and appeared in Madonna 's `` Do n't Tell Me '' video as the cowboy who was thrown from his horse at the end of the song . On November 3 , 2017 , it was announced that Luckinbill would reprise his portrayal of J.T. on The Young and the Restless , beginning December 12 , 2017 . Thad 's run on `` The Young and the Restless '' ended on April 13 , 2018 when Nikki Newman hit him on the back of his head with a fireplace poker . Producer ( edit ) In 2013 , Thad , with his twin brother Trent , and well - known producer Molly Smith ( producer of P.S. I Love You and The Blind Side ) started a production company called Black Label Media . The production company has worked with A-listers such as Reese Witherspoon , Emily Blunt , and Jake Gyllenhaal , producing films including Sicario starring Blunt , Josh Brolin , and Benicio Del Toro , The Good Lie starring Witherspoon , and Demolition starring Gyllenhaal , Naomi Watts , and Chris Cooper . Filmography ( edit ) Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Task Force 2001 Gary Direct - to - video 2001 Boyz II Men Faux boy band model Segment `` Crush '' 2003 Just Married Willie McNerney Sleepover Todd 2005 5 Stages of Grief Manuel Short film 2006 Shadow Effect , The The Shadow Effect Steve Sexly Short film 2006 Home of the Brave Soldier # 1 2007 Grampa 's Cabin Older Jake ( voice ) Short film 2008 Essence of Depp , The The Essence of Depp JB 2014 The Good Lie Matt Producer 2015 Breaking a Monster Documentary ; producer 2015 Sicario Producer 2015 Demolition Producer 2016 La La Land Executive Producer 2017 Rebel in the Rye Producer 2017 Only the Brave Scott Norris Producer 2018 12 Strong Vern Michaels Producer 2018 Sicario : Day of the Soldado Producer Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Undressed Kyle 9 episodes 1999 -- 2010 ; 2017 - 2018 Young and the Restless , The The Young and the Restless J.T. Hellstrom Role held : August 27 , 1999 -- November 5 , 2010 ; December 12 , 2017 - April 13 , 2018 2001 Sabrina , the Teenage Witch Sean Hexton Episode : `` Witchright Hall '' 2001 Nash Bridges Young Bobby Bridges Episode : `` Quack Fever '' 2002 Generation Gap N / A Unsold WB pilot 2002 Division , The The Division Josh Costa Episode : `` A Priori '' 2002 Providence Jack Finch Episode : `` The Whole Truth '' 2002 JAG PO1 Moritz Episode : `` In Thin Air '' 2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer R.J. Brooks Episode : `` Him '' 2003 8 Simple Rules Donny Doyle 5 episodes 2005 Bobby Cannon Dallas Unsold ABC pilot 2006 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Timothy Johnson Episode : `` Bang - Bang '' 2006 Nip / Tuck Mitchell Skinner Episode : `` Blu Mondae '' 2007 Protect & Serve Tim Cook Unsold CBS pilot 2008 Without a Trace Tim Collier Episode : `` Article 32 '' 2009 CSI : NY Connor Dunbrook 2 episodes 2009 Ghost Whisperer Grant Harper / Dr. Troy Holdon Episode : `` Stage Fright '' CSI : Miami Dominic Cross Episode : `` Miami , We Have a Problem '' CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Michael Wilson Episode : `` Blood Moon '' 2011 Nikita Nathan Colville 6 episodes 2011 Law & Order : Criminal Intent Parker Gaffney / Thomas Gaffney Episode : `` To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap '' 2011 Keeping Up with the Randalls Will Randall Television film 2012 Matchmaker Santa Justin Greene Television film 2012 Grey 's Anatomy Kevin Banks Episode : `` Moment of Truth '' 2013 Rizzoli & Isles Tucker Franklin Episode : `` Killer in High Heels '' 2013 Major Crimes Hunt Massey Episode : `` Curve Ball '' 2015 Criminal Minds Larry Merrin Episode : `` Mr. Scratch '' 2015 Ballers Stoops Episode : `` Everything Is Everything '' References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : The Young and the Restless Cast : Jessica Collins Archived 2010 - 02 - 10 at the Wayback Machine . Jump up ^ Amelia Heinle and Thad Luckinbill welcome Thaddeus Rowe via Celebrity Baby Blog ; Retrieved 13 November 2007 Jump up ^ It 's a Boy for Y&R Stars Archived 2007 - 11 - 21 at the Wayback Machine . via SOAPnet ; Retrieved 13 November 2007 Jump up ^ Leon , Anya ( December 23 , 2009 ) `` Thad Luckinbill and Amelia Heinle Welcome Daughter Georgia March '' ... People.com . Retrieved July 7 , 2016 . Jump up ^ SOD ( March 2 , 2017 ) . `` Real - Life Y&R Couple Splits '' . Soap Opera Digest . United States : American Media , Inc . Archived from the original on March 2 , 2017 . Retrieved March 2 , 2017 . Jump up ^ HollywoodKnights.com > The Knights Gazette Jump up ^ Soapoperadigest.com Jump up ^ SOD ( November 3 , 2017 ) . `` Thad Luckinbill Back To Y&R ! '' . Soap Opera Digest . United States : American Media , Inc . Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc . Archived from the original on November 3 , 2017 . Retrieved November 3 , 2017 . 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History of mobile phones - wikipedia History of mobile phones Jump to : navigation , search A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box , which stands empty . Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid 1980s that they became widely available . By 2011 , it was estimated in the United Kingdom that more calls were made using mobile phones than wired devices . The history of mobile phones covers mobile communication devices that connect wirelessly to the public switched telephone network . While the transmission of speech by radio has a long history , the first models that were wireless , mobile , and also capable of connecting to the standard telephone network are much more recent . The first such devices were barely portable compared to today 's compact hand - held devices , and their use was clumsy . Along with the process of developing a more portable technology , and a better interconnections system , drastic changes have taken place in both the networking of wireless communication and the prevalence of its use , with smartphones becoming common globally and a growing proportion of Internet access now done via mobile broadband . Contents ( hide ) 1 Predecessors 2 Early services 2.1 MTS 2.2 IMTS 2.3 Radio Common Carrier 2.4 Other services 2.5 European mobile radio networks 3 The cellular concept 4 Emergence of automated services 5 Handheld mobile phone 6 The early generations 6.1 1G -- Analogue cellular 6.2 2G -- Digital cellular 6.3 3G -- Mobile broadband 7 4G -- Native IP networks 8 Mobile device charger standards 8.1 In China 8.2 OMTP / GSMA Universal Charging Solution 8.3 EU smartphone power supply standard 9 Satellite mobile 10 See also 11 References 12 Further reading Predecessors ( edit ) Before the devices existed that are now referred to as mobile phones or cell phones , there were some precursors . In 1908 , a Professor Albert Jahnke and the Oakland Transcontinental Aerial Telephone and Power Company claimed to have developed a wireless telephone . They were accused of fraud and the charge was then dropped , but they do not seem to have proceeded with production . Beginning in 1918 , the German railroad system tested wireless telephony on military trains between Berlin and Zossen . In 1924 , public trials started with telephone connection on trains between Berlin and Hamburg . In 1925 , the company Zugtelephonie A.G. was founded to supply train telephony equipment and , in 1926 , telephone service in trains of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and the German mail service on the route between Hamburg and Berlin was approved and offered to first - class travelers . Karl Arnold drawing of public use of mobile telephones Fiction anticipated the development of real world mobile telephones . In 1906 , the English caricaturist Lewis Baumer published a cartoon in Punch magazine entitled `` Forecasts for 1907 '' in which he showed a man and a woman in London 's Hyde Park each separately engaged in gambling and dating on wireless telephony equipment . Then , in 1926 , the artist Karl Arnold created a visionary cartoon about the use of mobile phones in the street , in the picture `` wireless telephony '' , published in the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus . The Second World War made military use of radio telephony links . Hand - held radio transceivers have been available since the 1940s . Mobile telephones for automobiles became available from some telephone companies in the 1940s . Early devices were bulky , consumed high power , and the network supported only a few simultaneous conversations . Modern cellular networks allow automatic and pervasive use of mobile phones for voice and data communications . In the United States , engineers from Bell Labs began work on a system to allow mobile users to place and receive telephone calls from automobiles , leading to the inauguration of mobile service on 17 June 1946 in St. Louis , Missouri . Shortly after , AT&T offered Mobile Telephone Service . A wide range of mostly incompatible mobile telephone services offered limited coverage area and only a few available channels in urban areas . The introduction of cellular technology , which allowed re-use of frequencies many times in small adjacent areas covered by relatively low powered transmitters , made widespread adoption of mobile telephones economically feasible . In the USSR , Leonid Kupriyanovich , an engineer from Moscow , in 1957 - 1961 developed and presented a number of experimental models of handheld mobile phones . The weight of one model , presented in 19kdn61 , was only 70 g and could fit on a palm . However , in the USSR the decision at first to develop the system of the automobile `` Altai '' phone was made . In 1965 , Bulgarian company `` Radioelektronika '' presented on the Inforga - 65 international exhibition in Moscow the mobile automatic phone combined with a base station . Solutions of this phone were based on a system developed by Leonid Kupriyanovich . One base station , connected to one telephone wire line , could serve up to 15 customers . The advances in mobile telephony can be traced in successive generations from the early `` 0G '' services like MTS and its successor Improved Mobile Telephone Service , to first - generation ( 1G ) analog cellular network , second - generation ( 2G ) digital cellular networks , third - generation ( 3G ) broadband data services to the state - of - the - art , fourth - generation ( 4G ) native - IP networks . Early services ( edit ) MTS ( edit ) In 1949 , AT&T commercialized Mobile Telephone Service . From its start in St. Louis , Missouri , in 1946 , AT&T introduced Mobile Telephone Service to one hundred towns and highway corridors by 1948 . Mobile Telephone Service was a rarity with only 5,000 customers placing about 30,000 calls each week . Calls were set up manually by an operator and the user had to depress a button on the handset to talk and release the button to listen . The call subscriber equipment weighed about 80 lb . Subscriber growth and revenue generation were hampered by the constraints of the technology . Because only three radio channels were available , only three customers in any given city could make mobile telephone calls at one time . Mobile Telephone Service was expensive , costing 15 USD per month , plus 0.30 to 0.40 USD per local call , equivalent to about 176 USD per month and 3.50 to 4.75 per call in 2012 USD . In the UK , there was also a vehicle - based system called `` Post Office Radiophone Service , '' which was launched around the city of Manchester in 1959 , and although it required callers to speak to an operator , it was possible to be put through to any subscriber in Great Britain . The service was extended to London in 1965 and other major cities in 1972 . IMTS ( edit ) AT&T introduced the first major improvement to mobile telephony in 1965 , giving the improved service the obvious name of Improved Mobile Telephone Service . IMTS used additional radio channels , allowing more simultaneous calls in a given geographic area , introduced customer dialing , eliminating manual call setup by an operator , and reduced the size and weight of the subscriber equipment . Despite the capacity improvement offered by IMTS , demand outstripped capacity . In agreement with state regulatory agencies , AT&T limited the service to just 40,000 customers system wide . In New York City , for example , 2,000 customers shared just 12 radio channels and typically had to wait 30 minutes to place a call . Radio common Carrier ( edit ) A mobile radio telephone Radio Common Carrier or RCC was a service introduced in the 1960s by independent telephone companies to compete against AT&T 's IMTS . RCC systems used paired UHF 454 / 459 MHz and VHF 152 / 158 MHz frequencies near those used by IMTS . RCC based services were provided until the 1980s when cellular AMPS systems made RCC equipment obsolete . Some RCC systems were designed to allow customers of adjacent carriers to use their facilities , but equipment used by RCCs did not allow the equivalent of modern `` roaming '' because technical standards were not uniform . For example , the phone of an Omaha , Nebraska -- based RCC service would not be likely to work in Phoenix , Arizona . Roaming was not encouraged , in part , because there was no centralized industry billing database for RCCs . Signaling formats were not standardized . For example , some systems used two - tone sequential paging to alert a mobile of an incoming call . Other systems used DTMF . Some used Secode 2805 , which transmitted an interrupted 2805 Hz tone ( similar to IMTS signaling ) to alert mobiles of an offered call . Some radio equipment used with RCC systems was half - duplex , push - to - talk LOMO equipment such as Motorola hand - helds or RCA 700 - series conventional two - way radios . Other vehicular equipment had telephone handsets and rotary dials or pushbutton pads , and operated full duplex like a conventional wired telephone . A few users had full - duplex briefcase telephones ( radically advanced for their day ) At the end of RCC 's existence , industry associations were working on a technical standard that would have allowed roaming , and some mobile users had multiple decoders to enable operation with more than one of the common signaling formats ( 600 / 1500 , 2805 , and Reach ) . Manual operation was often a fallback for RCC roamers . Other services ( edit ) In 1969 Penn Central Railroad equipped commuter trains along the 360 km New York - Washington route with special pay phones that allowed passengers to place telephone calls while the train was moving . The system re-used six frequencies in the 450 MHz band in nine sites . In the UK , Channel Islands and elsewhere the `` Rabbit '' phone system was briefly used , being a hybrid of `` cell '' base stations and handsets . One major limitation was that you had to be less than 300 feet ( closer with buildings ) from a base due to power limitations on a portable device . With modern technology a similar variant is being considered for Apple 's new 4G `` smart watch '' so they can be used in large events in a broadly similar way to a femtocell . European mobile radio networks ( edit ) This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( April 2012 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) In Europe , several mutually incompatible mobile radio services were developed . In 1966 Norway had a system called OLT which was manually controlled . Finland 's ARP , launched in 1971 , was also manual as was the Swedish MTD . All were replaced by the automatic NMT , ( Nordic Mobile Telephone ) system in the early 1980s . In July 1971 Readycall was introduced in London by Burndept after obtaining a special concession to break the Post Office monopoly to allow selective calling to mobiles of calls from the public telephone system . This system was available to the public for a subscription of £ 16 month . A year later the service was extended to two other UK towns . West Germany had a network called A-Netz launched in 1952 as the country 's first public commercial mobile phone network . In 1972 this was displaced by B - Netz which connected calls automatically . The cellular concept ( edit ) See also : Cellular network A multi-directional , cellular network antenna array ( `` cell tower '' ) In December 1947 , Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young , Bell Labs engineers , proposed hexagonal cells for mobile phones in vehicles . At this stage , the technology to implement these ideas did not exist , nor had the frequencies been allocated . Two decades would pass before Richard H. Frenkiel , Joel S. Engel and Philip T. Porter of Bell Labs expanded the early proposals into a much more detailed system plan . It was Porter who first proposed that the cell towers use the now - familiar directional antennas to reduce interference and increase channel reuse ( see picture at right ) Porter also invented the dial - then - send method used by all cell phones to reduce wasted channel time . In all these early examples , a mobile phone had to stay within the coverage area serviced by one base station throughout the phone call , i.e. there was no continuity of service as the phones moved through several cell areas . The concepts of frequency reuse and handoff , as well as a number of other concepts that formed the basis of modern cell phone technology , were described in the late 1960s , in papers by Frenkiel and Porter . In 1970 Amos E. Joel , Jr. , a Bell Labs engineer , invented a `` three - sided trunk circuit '' to aid in the `` call handoff '' process from one cell to another . His patent contained an early description of the Bell Labs cellular concept , but as switching systems became faster , such a circuit became unnecessary and was never implemented in a system . A cellular telephone switching plan was described by Fluhr and Nussbaum in 1973 , and a cellular telephone data signaling system was described in hipatitas by Hachenburg et al . Emergence of automated services ( edit ) The first fully automated mobile phone system for vehicles was launched in Sweden in 1956 . Named MTA ( Mobiltelefonisystem A ) , it allowed calls to be made and received in the car using a rotary dial . The car phone could also be paged . Calls from the car were direct dial , whereas incoming calls required an operator to locate the nearest base station to the car . It was developed by Sture Laurén and other engineers at Televerket network operator . Ericsson provided the switchboard while Svenska Radioaktiebolaget ( SRA ) and Marconi provided the telephones and base station equipment . MTA phones consisted of vacuum tubes and relays , and weighed 40 kg . In 1962 , an upgraded version called Mobile System B ( MTB ) was introduced . This was a push - button telephone , and used transistors and DTMF signaling to improve its operational reliability . In 1971 the MTD version was launched , opening for several different brands of equipment and gaining commercial success . The network remained open until 1983 and still had 600 customers when it closed . In 1958 development began on a similar system for motorists in the USSR . The `` Altay '' national civil mobile phone service was based on Soviet MRT - 1327 standard . The main developers of the Altay system were the Voronezh Science Research Institute of Communications ( VNIIS ) and the State Specialized Project Institute ( GSPI ) . In 1963 the service started in Moscow , and by 1970 was deployed in 30 cities across the USSR . Versions of the Altay system are still in use today as a trunking system in some parts of Russia . In 1959 a private telephone company in Brewster , Kansas , USA , the S&T Telephone Company , ( still in business today ) with the use of Motorola Radio Telephone equipment and a private tower facility , offered to the public mobile telephone services in that local area of NW Kansas . This system was a direct dial up service through their local switchboard , and was installed in many private vehicles including grain combines , trucks , and automobiles . For some as yet unknown reason , the system , after being placed online and operated for a very brief time period , was shut down . The management of the company was immediately changed , and the fully operable system and related equipment was immediately dismantled in early 1960 , not to be seen again . In 1966 , Bulgaria presented the pocket mobile automatic phone RAT - 0 , 5 combined with a base station RATZ - 10 ( RATC - 10 ) on Interorgtechnika - 66 international exhibition . One base station , connected to one telephone wire line , could serve up to six customers ( `` Radio '' magazine , 2 , 1967 ; `` Novosti dnya '' newsreel , 37 , 1966 ) . One of the first successful public commercial mobile phone networks was the ARP network in Finland , launched in 1971 . Posthumously , ARP is sometimes viewed as a zero generation ( 0G ) cellular network , being slightly above previous proprietary and limited coverage networks . Handheld mobile phone ( edit ) Martin Cooper photographed in 2007 with his 1973 handheld mobile phone prototype Prior to 1973 , mobile telephony was limited to phones installed in cars and other vehicles . Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone . On April 3 , 1973 , Martin Cooper , a Motorola researcher and executive , made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment , placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs , his rival . The prototype handheld phone used by Dr. Cooper weighed 1.1 kg ( 2.42 lb ) and measured 23 cm long , 13 cm deep and 4.45 cm wide . The prototype offered a talk time of just 30 minutes and took 10 hours to re-charge . John F. Mitchell , Motorola 's chief of portable communication products and Cooper 's boss in 1973 , played a key role in advancing the development of handheld mobile telephone equipment . Mitchell successfully pushed Motorola to develop wireless communication products that would be small enough to use anywhere and participated in the design of the cellular phone . The early generations ( edit ) Newer technology has been developed and rolled out in a series of waves or generations . The `` generation '' terminology only became widely used when 3G was launched , but is now used retroactively when referring to the earlier systems . 1G -- analogue cellular ( edit ) Main article : 1G First automatic analogue cellular systems deployed were NTT 's system first used in Tokyo in 1979 , later spreading to the whole of Japan , and NMT in the Nordic countries in 1981 . The first analogue cellular system widely deployed in North America was the Advanced Mobile Phone System ( AMPS ) . It was commercially introduced in the Americas in 13 October 1983 , Israel in 1986 , and Australia in 1987 . AMPS was a pioneering technology that helped drive mass market usage of cellular technology , but it had several serious issues by modern standards . It was unencrypted and easily vulnerable to eavesdropping via a scanner ; it was susceptible to cell phone `` cloning '' and it used a Frequency - division multiple access ( FDMA ) scheme and required significant amounts of wireless spectrum to support . On 6 March 1983 , the DynaTAC 8000X mobile phone launched on the first US 1G network by Ameritech . It cost $100 m to develop , and took over a decade to reach the market . The phone had a talk time of just thirty - five minutes and took ten hours to charge . Consumer demand was strong despite the battery life , weight , and low talk time , and waiting lists were in the thousands . Many of the iconic early commercial cell phones such as the Motorola DynaTAC Analog AMPS were eventually superseded by Digital AMPS ( D - AMPS ) in 1990 , and AMPS service was shut down by most North American carriers by 2008 . In February 1986 Australia launched its Cellular Telephone System by Telecom Australia . Peter Reedman was the first Telecom Customer to be connected on 6 January 1986 along with five other subscribers as test customers prior to the official launch date of 28 February . 2G -- digital cellular ( edit ) Main articles : 2G , 2.5 G , and 2.75 G Two 1991 GSM mobile phones with several AC adapters In the 1990s , the ' second generation ' mobile phone systems emerged . Two systems competed for supremacy in the global market : the European developed GSM standard and the U.S. developed CDMA standard . These differed from the previous generation by using digital instead of analog transmission , and also fast out - of - band phone - to - network signaling . The rise in mobile phone usage as a result of 2G was explosive and this era also saw the advent of prepaid mobile phones . In 1991 the first GSM network ( Radiolinja ) launched in Finland . In general the frequencies used by 2G systems in Europe were higher than those in America , though with some overlap . For example , the 900 MHz frequency range was used for both 1G and 2G systems in Europe , so the 1G systems were rapidly closed down to make space for the 2G systems . In America the IS - 54 standard was deployed in the same band as AMPS and displaced some of the existing analog channels . In 1993 , IBM Simon was introduced . This was possibly the world 's first smartphone . It was a mobile phone , pager , fax machine , and PDA all rolled into one . It included a calendar , address book , clock , calculator , notepad , email , and a touchscreen with a QWERTY keyboard . The IBM Simon had a stylus you used to tap the touch screen with . It featured predictive typing that would guess the next characters as you tapped . It had applications , or at least a way to deliver more features by plugging a PCMCIA 1.8 MB memory card into the phone . Coinciding with the introduction of 2G systems was a trend away from the larger `` brick '' phones toward tiny 100 -- 200 gram hand - held devices . This change was possible not only through technological improvements such as more advanced batteries and more energy - efficient electronics , but also because of the higher density of cell sites to accommodate increasing usage . The latter meant that the average distance transmission from phone to the base station shortened , leading to increased battery life while on the move . Personal Handy - phone System mobiles and modems used in Japan around 1997 -- 2003 The second generation introduced a new variant of communication called SMS or text messaging . It was initially available only on GSM networks but spread eventually on all digital networks . The first machine - generated SMS message was sent in the UK on 3 December 1992 followed in 1993 by the first person - to - person SMS sent in Finland . The advent of prepaid services in the late 1990s soon made SMS the communication method of choice among the young , a trend which spread across all ages . 2G also introduced the ability to access media content on mobile phones . In 1998 the first downloadable content sold to mobile phones was the ring tone , launched by Finland 's Radiolinja ( now Elisa ) . Advertising on the mobile phone first appeared in Finland when a free daily SMS news headline service was launched in 2000 , sponsored by advertising . Mobile payments were trialed in 1998 in Finland and Sweden where a mobile phone was used to pay for a Coca - Cola vending machine and car parking . Commercial launches followed in 1999 in Norway . The first commercial payment system to mimic banks and credit cards was launched in the Philippines in 1999 simultaneously by mobile operators Globe and Smart . The first full internet service on mobile phones was introduced by NTT DoCoMo in Japan in 1999 . 3G -- mobile broadband ( edit ) Main article : 3G As the use of 2G phones became more widespread and people began to use mobile phones in their daily lives , it became clear that demand for data ( such as access to browse the internet ) was growing . Further , experience from fixed broadband services showed there would also be an ever - increasing demand for greater data speeds . The 2G technology was nowhere near up to the job , so the industry began to work on the next generation of technology known as 3G . The main technological difference that distinguishes 3G technology from 2G technology is the use of packet switching rather than circuit switching for data transmission . In addition , the standardization process focused on requirements more than technology ( 2 Mbit / s maximum data rate indoors , 384 kbit / s outdoors , for example ) . Inevitably this led to many competing standards with different contenders pushing their own technologies , and the vision of a single unified worldwide standard looked far from reality . The standard 2G CDMA networks became 3G compliant with the adoption of Revision A to EV - DO , which made several additions to the protocol while retaining backwards compatibility : Introduction of several new forward link data rates that increase the maximum burst rate from 2.45 Mbit / s to 3.1 Mbit / s Protocols that would decrease connection establishment time Ability for more than one mobile to share the same time slot Introduction of QoS flags All these were put in place to allow for low latency , low bit rate communications such as VoIP . The first pre-commercial trial network with 3G was launched by NTT DoCoMo in Japan in the Tokyo region in May 2001 . NTT DoCoMo launched the first commercial 3G network on 1 October 2001 , using the WCDMA technology . In 2002 the first 3G networks on the rival CDMA2000 1xEV - DO technology were launched by SK Telecom and KTF in South Korea , and Monet in the US . Monet has since gone bankrupt . By the end of 2002 , the second WCDMA network was launched in Japan by Vodafone KK ( now Softbank ) . European launches of 3G were in Italy and the UK by Three / Hutchison group , on WCDMA. 2003 saw a further eight commercial launches of 3G , six more on WCDMA and two more on the EV - DO standard . During the development of 3G systems , 2.5 G systems such as CDMA2000 1x and GPRS were developed as extensions to existing 2G networks . These provide some of the features of 3G without fulfilling the promised high data rates or full range of multimedia services . CDMA2000 - 1X delivers theoretical maximum data speeds of up to 307 kbit / s . Just beyond these is the EDGE system which in theory covers the requirements for 3G system , but is so narrowly above these that any practical system would be sure to fall short . The high connection speeds of 3G technology enabled a transformation in the industry : for the first time , media streaming of radio ( and even television ) content to 3G handsets became possible , with companies such as RealNetworks and Disney among the early pioneers in this type of offering . In the mid-2000s ( decade ) , an evolution of 3G technology began to be implemented , namely High - Speed Downlink Packet Access ( HSDPA ) . It is an enhanced 3G ( third generation ) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High - Speed Packet Access ( HSPA ) family , also coined 3.5 G , 3G+ or turbo 3G , which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System ( UMTS ) to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity . Current HSDPA deployments support down - link speeds of 1.8 , 3.6 , 7.2 and 14.0 Mbit / s . By the end of 2007 , there were 295 million subscribers on 3G networks worldwide , which reflected 9 % of the total worldwide subscriber base . About two thirds of these were on the WCDMA standard and one third on the EV - DO standard . The 3G telecoms services generated over $120 billion of revenues during 2007 and at many markets the majority of new phones activated were 3G phones . In Japan and South Korea the market no longer supplies phones of the second generation . Although mobile phones had long had the ability to access data networks such as the Internet , it was not until the widespread availability of good quality 3G coverage in the mid-2000s ( decade ) that specialized devices appeared to access the mobile web . The first such devices , known as `` dongles '' , plugged directly into a computer through the USB port . Another new class of device appeared subsequently , the so - called `` compact wireless router '' such as the Novatel MiFi , which makes 3G Internet connectivity available to multiple computers simultaneously over Wi - Fi , rather than just to a single computer via a USB plug - in . Such devices became especially popular for use with laptop computers due to the added portability they bestow . Consequently , some computer manufacturers started to embed the mobile data function directly into the laptop so a dongle or MiFi was n't needed . Instead , the SIM card could be inserted directly into the device itself to access the mobile data services . Such 3G - capable laptops became commonly known as `` netbooks '' . Other types of data - aware devices followed in the netbook 's footsteps . By the beginning of 2010 , E-readers , such as the Amazon Kindle and the Nook from Barnes & Noble , had already become available with embedded wireless Internet , and Apple had announced plans for embedded wireless Internet on its iPad tablet devices later that year . 4G -- native IP networks ( edit ) Main article : 4G By 2009 , it had become clear that , at some point , 3G networks would be overwhelmed by the growth of bandwidth - intensive applications like streaming media . Consequently , the industry began looking to data - optimized 4th - generation technologies , with the promise of speed improvements up to 10-fold over existing 3G technologies . The first two commercially available technologies billed as 4G were the WiMAX standard ( offered in the U.S. by Sprint ) and the LTE standard , first offered in Scandinavia by TeliaSonera . One of the main ways in which 4G differed technologically from 3G was in its elimination of circuit switching , instead employing an all - IP network . Thus , 4G ushered in a treatment of voice calls just like any other type of streaming audio media , utilizing packet switching over Internet , LAN or WAN networks via VoIP . Mobile device charger standards ( edit ) USB power standards for mobile charger Port Current Voltage Power ( max ) Micro-USB 500 mA 5 V 2.5 W 1 A 5 V 5 W 2 A 5 V 10 W Type - C 100 mA to 3 A 5 V 15 W 1.7 A to 3 A 9 V 27 W 1.8 A to 3 A 15 V 45 W 2.25 A to 5 A 20 V 100 W Before a universal charger standard was agreed upon in the late 2000s users needed an adaptor which was often the same brand as their phone to recharge the battery . In China ( edit ) The Micro-USB interface is commonly found on chargers for mobile phones . As of 14 June 2007 , all new mobile phones applying for a license in China are required to use a USB port as a power port for battery charging . This was the first standard to use the convention of shorting D+ and D − . OMTP / GSMA Universal Charging Solution ( edit ) In September 2007 , the Open Mobile Terminal Platform group ( a forum of mobile network operators and manufacturers such as Nokia , Samsung , Motorola , Sony Ericsson , and LG ) announced that its members had agreed on Micro-USB as the future common connector for mobile devices . The GSM Association ( GSMA ) followed suit on 17 February 2009 , and on 22 April 2009 , this was further endorsed by the CTIA -- The Wireless Association , with the International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ) announcing on 22 October 2009 that it had also embraced the Universal Charging Solution as its `` energy - efficient one - charger - fits - all new mobile phone solution , '' and added : `` Based on the Micro-USB interface , UCS chargers will also include a 4 - star or higher efficiency rating -- up to three times more energy - efficient than an unrated charger . '' EU smartphone power supply standard ( edit ) Main article : Common external power supply In June 2009 , many of the world 's largest mobile phone manufacturers signed an EC - sponsored Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU ) , agreeing to make most data - enabled mobile phones marketed in the European Union compatible with a common External Power Supply ( common EPS ) . The EU 's common EPS specification ( EN 62684 : 2010 ) references the USB Battery Charging Specification and is similar to the GSMA / OMTP and Chinese charging solutions . In January 2011 , the International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC ) released its version of the ( EU 's ) common EPS standard as IEC 62684 : 2011 . Satellite mobile ( edit ) Main article : Satellite phone As well as the now - common cellular phone , there is also the very different approach of connecting directly from the handset to an Earth - orbiting satellite . Such mobile phones can be used in remote areas out of reach of wired networks or where construction of a cellular network is uneconomic . The Inmarsat system is the oldest , originally developed in 1979 for safety of life at sea , and uses a series of satellites in geostationary orbits to cover the majority of the globe . Several smaller operators use the same approach with just one or two satellites to provide a regional service . An alternative approach is to use a series of low Earth orbit satellites much closer to Earth . This is the basis of the Iridium and Globalstar satellite phone services . See also ( edit ) The Mobile Revolution Autopatch History of the prepaid mobile phone History of the telephone List of best - selling mobile phones Personal Communications Service PCS Pager Babylonokia Subscriber identity module Smartphone § History References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Wallop , Harry ( 18 Jun 2011 ) . `` Mobilecomputer calls overtake landline calls for first time '' . The Telegraph ( London ) . Retrieved 8 May 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Wireless Phone Cases Dismissed '' . San Francisco Call . 104 ( 37 ) . 1908 - 07 - 07 . Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 21 . Jump up ^ `` 1900 '' . deutsches-telefon-museum.eu. 2007 - 12 - 29 . Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 28 . 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List of Degrassi soundtracks - wikipedia List of Degrassi soundtracks Jump to : navigation , search This is a list of Degrassi soundtracks . Season Album Release date Season 4 Songs from Degrassi : The Next Generation 1 November 2005 Season 5 The N Soundtrack 1 August 2006 Season 7 Music from Degrassi : The Next Generation 2 December 2008 Season 8 Degrassi Goes Hollywood : Music from the Original Movie 4 August 2009 Season 9 Degrassi Takes Manhattan : The Heat Is On 13 July 2010 Season 10 Degrassi : The Boiling Point 1 February 2011 Songs from Degrassi : the Next Generation ( edit ) Songs from Degrassi : The Next Generation Soundtrack album by various artists Released 1 November 2005 ( 2005 - 11 - 01 ) Genre Pop / Punk / Alternative Rock Length 51 : 38 Label Orange Record Label Degrassi chronology Songs from Degrassi : The Next Generation The N Soundtrack String Module Error : Match not foundString Module Error : Match not found Songs from Degrassi : The Next Generation is a soundtrack album from the television series Degrassi : The Next Generation . It was released as a digital download on 1 November 2005 , following the fourth season , and as a CD on 8 January 2007 . No . Title Artist Length 1 . `` Degrassi : The Next Generation Theme '' Jakalope 0 : 55 2 . `` Heartbreaker '' Tuuli 3 : 20 3 . `` Beautifully Undone '' Lindy 3 : 24 4 . `` Midnite Rider '' Supergarage 3 : 31 5 . `` Secret Splendor '' Buck 65 5 : 02 6 . `` Hard Road '' Sam Roberts 4 : 07 7 . `` Rooftop '' Melissa McClelland 5 : 13 8 . `` Suburbs '' Junior Achiever 3 : 30 9 . `` Feel It '' Jakalope 3 : 56 10 . `` I Do n't Want to Be Me '' Amanda Clemens 3 : 52 11 . `` White Lightning '' The Premiums 3 : 22 12 . `` Down and Out '' Evren 3 : 44 13 . `` Just Jane '' Christopher Rouse 4 : 30 14 . `` Degrassi : The Next Generation Theme ( extended version ) '' The Degrassi Junior Strings 3 : 12 Total length : 51 : 38 The N soundtrack ( edit ) Main article : The N Soundtrack Released following the fifth season , in 2006 , The N Soundtrack contains songs from Degrassi : The Next Generation , including the first recording by Degrassi actor turned rapper Drake , and other shows airing on The N and CTV . Music from Degrassi : the Next Generation ( edit ) Music from Degrassi : The Next Generation Soundtrack album by various artists Released 2 December 2008 ( 2008 - 12 - 02 ) Genre Pop / Punk / Alternative Rock Length 41 : 33 ( Canada ) 47 : 24 ( US iTunes ) Label Sall Entertainment Group / Fontana North Degrassi chronology The N Soundtrack String Module Error : Match not foundString Module Error : Match not found Music from Degrassi : The Next Generation Degrassi Goes Hollywood : Music from the Original Movie String Module Error : Match not foundString Module Error : Match not found Music from Degrassi : The Next Generation is a soundtrack album from the television series Degrassi : The Next Generation . It was released as a digital download on 2 December 2008 , following the seventh season , and as a CD on 9 December 2008 . No . Title Artist Length 1 . `` Misery Business '' Paramore 3 : 30 2 . `` Face Down '' The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 3 : 09 3 . `` Neighbors '' The Academy Is ... 3 : 09 4 . `` All Time Lows '' Hellogoodbye 2 : 44 5 . `` Pocketful of Sunshine '' Natasha Bedingfield 3 : 43 6 . `` My Window '' Jake Epstein 2 : 36 7 . `` ( Let 's Get Movin ' ) Into Action '' Skye Sweetnam 3 : 41 8 . `` More Than a Friend '' All Too Much 4 : 20 9 . `` How Long '' Army of Me 3 : 34 10 . `` Come One , Come All '' All Time Low 3 : 32 11 . `` Rock My Body '' The Higher 3 : 31 12 . `` Bodies and Words '' Silverstein 3 : 13 13 . `` Degrassi Theme Song '' Jakalope 0 : 51 ( show ) US iTunes Store bonus tracks No . Title Artist Length 14 . `` Tell Me Lies '' Soundtrack & Melissa McIntyre 1 : 11 15 . `` Degrassi Theme ( remix ) '' Soundtrack & Jakalope 4 : 40 Degrassi Goes Hollywood : Music from the Original Movie ( edit ) Main article : Degrassi Goes Hollywood : Music from the Original Movie During the eighth season , in 2009 , Degrassi Goes Hollywood : Music from the Original Movie was released to coincide with the Degrassi Goes Hollywood film . Degrassi Takes Manhattan : the Heat is on ( edit ) Main article : Degrassi Takes Manhattan : The Heat Is On ( Music from the Original Movie ) During the ninth season , in 2010 , Degrassi Takes Manhattan : The Heat Is On ( Music from the Original Movie ) was released to coincide with the Degrassi Takes Manhattan film . Degrassi : the Boiling Point ( edit ) Degrassi : The Boiling Point ( Music from the Series ) Soundtrack album by various artists Released 1 February 2011 ( 2011 - 02 - 01 ) Genre Pop / Alternative Length 34 : 44 Label Sall Entertainment Group Degrassi chronology Degrassi Takes Manhattan : The Heat Is On String Module Error : Match not foundString Module Error : Match not found Degrassi : The Boiling Point Degrassi : The Boiling Point ( Music from the Series ) ( simply Degrassi : The Boiling Point in Canada ) is a soundtrack album from the television series Degrassi . It was released as a digital download on 1 February 2011 , following the first half of the tenth season , and as a CD on 22 February 2011 . No . Title Artist Length 1 . `` Balls '' Stefan Brogren , Melinda Shankar , & Spencer Van Wyck 0 : 15 2 . `` Believe '' Moneen 3 : 30 3 . `` One of Those Pregnant Teenagers '' Melinda Shankar & Jessica Tyler 0 : 19 4 . `` Mr. Perfect '' Jessica Tyler 2 : 27 5 . `` Concert of the Century '' Munro Chambers , Raymond Ablack , & Jordan Todosey 0 : 17 6 . `` Do n't Say Love ( Ralph Sall edit ) '' All Too Much 2 : 23 7 . `` Stranger to Me '' Hannah Georgas 3 : 06 8 . `` I 'm a Young Adult '' Raymond Ablack 0 : 43 9 . `` The Good Times '' Royalchord 4 : 07 10 . `` The Girlfriend Label '' Luke Bilyk & Melinda Shankar 0 : 20 11 . `` Hand to Hold '' Adaline 2 : 53 12 . `` That is Pandemic ! '' Raymond Ablack & Charlotte Arnold 0 : 12 13 . `` Whitehorse '' Raymond Ablack & Jessica Tyler 1 : 35 14 . `` Scream at the Top of Your Lungs '' Munro Chambers & Aislinn Paul 0 : 36 15 . `` Carjack My Heart '' Dance Movie 2 : 30 16 . `` Just A Girl '' Jessica Tyler 2 : 25 17 . `` Last Night Was Epic ! '' Munro Chambers , Jordan Todosey , & Raymond Ablack 0 : 28 18 . `` Paisley Jacket '' The Dead Hand 3 : 01 19 . `` Sammy Decter '' Eve and the Ocean 3 : 27 20 . `` Big Changes '' Stefan Brogren 0 : 10 Total length : 34 : 44 References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Songs from Degrassi : The Next Generation '' . Amazon.com . Retrieved 1 March 2011 . Jump up ^ Apple . `` Songs from Degrassi : The Next Generation '' . iTunes Store ( Canada ) . Retrieved 4 March 2011 . Jump up ^ `` Music from Degrassi : The Next Generation '' . Amazon.com . Retrieved 1 March 2011 . Jump up ^ Apple . `` Music From Degrassi : The Next Generation '' . iTunes Store ( Canada ) . Retrieved 4 March 2011 . Jump up ^ Apple . `` Music from Degrassi : The Next Generation '' . iTunes Store ( United States ) . Retrieved 4 March 2011 . Jump up ^ `` Degrassi : Boiling Point ( soundtrack ) '' . Amazon.com . Retrieved 1 March 2011 . Jump up ^ Apple . `` Degrassi : The Boiling Point '' . iTunes Store ( Canada ) . Retrieved 4 March 2011 . Jump up ^ Apple . `` Degrassi : The Boiling Point ( Music from the Series ) '' . iTunes Store ( United States ) . Retrieved 4 March 2011 . Degrassi franchise The Kids of Degrassi Street Ida Makes a Movie Degrassi Junior High Degrassi High Characters Joey Jeremiah Caitlin Ryan Episodes Degrassi Talks School 's Out Degrassi : The Next Generation Degrassi Seasons 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Episodes `` Mother and Child Reunion '' `` Accidents Will Happen '' `` Time Stands Still '' `` High Fidelity '' `` Paradise City '' `` The Rest of My Life '' `` My Body Is a Cage '' Films Degrassi Goes Hollywood Degrassi Takes Manhattan See also Characters J.T. Yorke Soundtracks Degrassi : Next Class Episodes Season Characters See also Awards and nominations Locations De Grassi Street Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Degrassi_soundtracks&oldid=799789128 '' Categories : Degrassi : The Next Generation Film and television discographies Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 9 September 2017 , at 21 : 16 . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply . By using this site , you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation , Inc. , a non-profit organization . About Wikipedia

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Ice Age ( franchise ) - wikipedia Ice Age ( franchise ) Jump to : navigation , search Ice Age Created by Michael J. Wilson Owner Blue Sky Studios Films and television Film ( s ) Ice Age Ice Age : The Meltdown Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ice Age : Continental Drift Ice Age : Collision Course Short film ( s ) Gone Nutty No Time for Nuts Surviving Sid Cosmic Scrat - tastrophe Scrat : Spaced Out Television special ( s ) Ice Age : A Mammoth Christmas Ice Age : The Great Egg - Scapade Theatrical presentations Play ( s ) Ice Age Live ! A Mammoth Adventure Games Video game ( s ) Ice Age ( 2002 ) Ice Age 2 : The Meltdown ( 2006 ) Ice Age 3 : Dawn of the Dinosaurs ( 2009 ) Ice Age 3 - Boulder Drop ( 2009 ) Ice Age 3 - Dino Dinner ( 2009 ) Ice Age 3 - Slippery Slope ( 2009 ) Ice Age Village ( 2012 ) Ice Age : Continental Drift -- Arctic Games ( 2012 ) Ice Age Online ( 2012 ) Ice Age - Clueless Ice Sloth ( 2012 ) Ice Age Adventures ( 2014 ) Ice Age Avalanche ( 2016 ) Ice Age Hailstorm ( 2016 ) Ice Age Mission Control ( 2016 ) Ice Age : Arctic Blast ( 2016 ) Ice Age - Manic Meteor Run ! ( 2016 ) Ice Age - Geode Jam ! ( 2016 ) Ice Age - Coloring Book ( 2016 ) Ice Age - Matching Cards ( 2016 ) Audio Soundtrack ( s ) Ice Age Ice Age : The Meltdown Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ice Age : Continental Drift Ice Age : Collision Course Ice Age is an American media franchise centering on a group of mammals surviving the Paleolithic ice age . It is produced by Blue Sky Studios , a division of 20th Century Fox , and featuring the voices of Ray Romano , John Leguizamo , Denis Leary , and Chris Wedge . Five films have been released in the series thus far with Ice Age in 2002 , Ice Age : The Meltdown in 2006 , Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs in 2009 , Ice Age : Continental Drift in 2012 , and Ice Age : Collision Course in 2016 . It has received some criticism for making no attempt to be scientifically accurate . As of April 2016 , the franchise had generated $6 billion in revenue , making it one of the highest - grossing media franchises of all time . Contents ( hide ) 1 Films 1.1 Ice Age ( 2002 ) 1.2 Ice Age : The Meltdown ( 2006 ) 1.3 Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs ( 2009 ) 1.4 Ice Age : Continental Drift ( 2012 ) 1.5 Ice Age : Collision Course ( 2016 ) 1.6 Future 2 Short films 2.1 Gone Nutty 2.2 No Time for Nuts 2.3 Surviving Sid 2.4 Cosmic Scrat - tastrophe 2.5 Scrat : Spaced Out 3 Television specials 3.1 Ice Age : A Mammoth Christmas 3.2 Ice Age : The Great Egg - Scapade 4 Cast 4.1 Feature films 4.2 Short films 4.3 Television specials 5 Crew 6 Reception 6.1 Box office performance 6.2 Critical and public response 7 Video games 8 Live show 9 Themed land 10 References 11 External links Films Ice Age ( 2002 ) Main article : Ice Age ( 2002 film ) Sid , a talkative sloth , is left behind by his family and the herds of mammals journeying to the south . He meets Manny , a mammoth who travels to the north , and decides to follow him . When a humans ' camp is attacked by tigers , a woman takes her baby and jumps into a river and falls over a waterfall . Before she disappears , the baby is rescued by Manny and Sid . The two animals decide to search for the father and return the baby to him . Diego , one of the tigers that attacked the humans , comes also claiming the baby , and the trio form an uneasy alliance during their journey to the humans . Ice Age : the Meltdown ( 2006 ) Main article : Ice Age : The Meltdown Manny , Sid , and Diego are currently living in a large valley surrounded by an enormously high ice wall on all sides . However , the trio discovers that the ice wall is actually a wall that is barely holding a massive body of water that could flood the valley to nearly a mile underwater . A vulture tells them that there is a boat at the other end of the valley that may save them all , but they only have three days to reach it or die . Manny is also having trouble fearing the fact that he may be the last mammoth left . Along the way , they meet Ellie , a mammoth who thinks she is a possum , and her possum brothers Crash and Eddie . As they begin to travel together , Manny learns , with help from Diego and Sid , that he must move on from his past . During their journey , Scrat the sabre - toothed squirrel has his own adventure . Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs ( 2009 ) Main article : Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs Manny and Ellie are expecting their first child , meanwhile Scrat falls in love with fellow squirrel Scratte . Meanwhile , Diego is anxious about settling down for a domestic life with Manny 's new family . Sid begins to wish for a family of his own , and steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him . The herd also meets an insane one - eyed weasel known as Buck who aids them on their quest . Ice Age : Continental Drift ( 2012 ) Main article : Ice Age : Continental Drift Taking place several years after the events of the third film , with Peaches now a teenager , Scrat 's pursuit of acorns has world - changing consequences , separating Manny , Sid and Diego from the rest of their group . As they try to return home , they come into conflict with a pirate gang led by Captain Gutt . Ice Age : Collision Course ( 2016 ) Main article : Ice Age : Collision Course Set after the events of Continental Drift , Scrat 's pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth aboard a UFO , where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet . To save themselves from peril , Manny , Sid , Diego , and the rest of the herd leave their home and reunite with Buck , who leads them on a journey to find a way to save the planet . Future On the possibility of a potential sequel to Ice Age : Collision Course , in June 2016 , Galen T. Chu , co-director of the film , stated that there were some ideas for the next installment . In July 2016 , Bustle noted that the potential of Ice Age 6 actually being produced was relatively high even though it could largely depend on the box office performance of the fifth film . PopWrapped later commented in February 2017 , on the fifth film 's poor reception and how the franchise was moving further into absurdity and further away from leaving any lasting emotional impact on the audience , and stated that the sixth film could have potential to redeem the franchise by going back to its roots and reintroducing the humans from the original film , particularly the little baby named Roshan , and thereby bring the audience to remember why they loved Ice Age so much in the first place , and perhaps end the series on a high note . Short films Gone Nutty Main article : Gone Nutty Gone Nutty is a 2002 animated short film , directed by Carlos Saldanha , and originally released on the Ice Age DVD . The short features the character Scrat , who is yet again having troubles with collecting his beloved acorns . The film was nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for Animated Short Film . No time for Nuts Main article : No Time for Nuts No Time for Nuts is a 2006 animated short film , directed by Chris Renaud and Mike Thurmeier , and it was originally released on the Ice Age : The Meltdown DVD . The short follows Scrat on a chase after his nut , which has been accidentally sent back in time by a frozen time machine . No Time for Nuts was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film . Surviving Sid Main article : Surviving Sid Surviving Sid is a 2008 animated short film , directed by Galen Tan Chu and Karen Disher . It was originally released on the Horton Hears a Who ! DVD and Blu - ray . Unlike the first two Ice Age short films , Surviving Sid focuses on Sid , who incompetently `` leads '' a small group of camping children . Cosmic Scrat - tastrophe Main article : Cosmic Scrat - tastrophe Cosmic Scrat - tastrophe is a 2015 animated short film . The short once again follows Scrat , who discovers a flying saucer frozen in a block of ice and accidentally powers it on and ends up creating the Solar System through a series of mishaps . Scrat : Spaced out Main article : Scrat : Spaced Out Scrat : Spaced Out is a 2016 animated short film . The short once again follows Scrat , trying to get back to Earth after the events in Cosmic Scrat - tastrophe . Television specials Ice Age : a Mammoth Christmas Main article : Ice Age : A Mammoth Christmas In the middle of decorating for the holiday season , Sid accidentally destroys Manny 's favourite decorations . Sid , convinced by Manny that he is now on Santa 's naughty list , takes off with Crash , Eddie and Peaches for the North Pole to get back on the Santa 's good side . When on the North Pole , Sid and his crew accidentally destroy Santa 's Workshop . When Manny , Ellie and Diego , worried over Peaches 's safety , arrive at the North Pole , they must come together and save Christmas . Ice Age : the Great egg - scapade Main article : Ice Age : The Great Egg - Scapade The special centers on a harried prehistoric bird mom who entrusts her precious , soon - to - hatch egg to Sid . When she recommends him to her neighbors -- a condor mother , Cholly Bear and Gladys Glypto -- business booms at his new egg - sitting service . However , dastardly pirate bunny Squint , who is seeking revenge on the herd , steals , camouflages and hides all the eggs . Once again , with Squint 's twin brother , Clint , assisting , Manny , Diego and the rest of the gang come to the rescue and take off on a daring mission that turns into the world 's first Easter egg hunt . Cast Further information : List of Ice Age characters Feature films Characters Ice Age Ice Age : The Meltdown Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ice Age : Continental Drift Ice Age : Collision Course 2002 2006 2009 2012 2016 Principal characters Manny Ray Romano Sid John Leguizamo Diego Denis Leary Scrat Chris Wedge Ellie Queen Latifah Crash Seann William Scott Eddie Josh Peck Buck Simon Pegg Simon Pegg ( archive recording ) Simon Pegg Peaches Character is mute Keke Palmer Granny Wanda Sykes Shira Jennifer Lopez Julian Adam DeVine Supporting characters Roshan Tara Strong Soto Goran Višnjić Zeke Jack Black Oscar Diedrich Bader Lenny Alan Tudyk Carl Cedric the Entertainer Frank Stephen Root Fast Tony Jay Leno The Lone Gunslinger Will Arnett Cretaceous Character is mute Maelstrom Character is mute Scratte Karen Disher Rudy Character is mute Momma Character is mute Egbert , Yoko and Shelly Carlos Saldanha Louis Josh Gad Silent cameo Captain Gutt Peter Dinklage Squint Aziz Ansari Flynn Nick Frost Raz Rebel Wilson Gupta Kunal Nayyar Silas Alain Chabat Ariscratle Patrick Stewart Milton Alan Tudyk Eunice Joy Behar Marshall Ben Gleib Uncle Fungus Eddie `` Piolín '' Sotelo Ethan Drake Steffie Nicki Minaj Katie Heather Morris Meghan Alexandra Romano Roger Max Greenfield Gavin Nick Offerman Gertie Stephanie Beatriz Shangri Llama Jesse Tyler Ferguson Brooke Jessie J Teddy Michael Strahan Francine Melissa Rauch Short films Characters Gone Nutty No Time for Nuts Surviving Sid Cosmic Scrat - tastrophe Scrat : Spaced Out 2002 2006 2008 2015 2016 Scrat Chris Wedge Sid Silent cameo John Leguizamo Claire Emily Osment Cindy Maria Lark Manny Silent cameo Ray Romano Diego Denis Leary Scratazons Karen Disher Television specials Characters Ice Age : A Mammoth Christmas Ice Age : The Great Egg - Scapade 2011 2016 Manny Ray Romano Sid John Leguizamo Diego Denis Leary Scrat Chris Wedge Ellie Queen Latifah Crash Seann William Scott Eddie Josh Peck Peaches Ciara Bravo Keke Palmer Santa Claus Billy Gardell Prancer T.J. Miller Ethel Taraji P. Henson Squint Seth Green Clint Blake Anderson Crew Film Director ( s ) Producer ( s ) Executive producer ( s ) Writer ( s ) Composer Editor ( s ) Ice Age Chris Wedge co-directed by : Carlos Saldanha Lori Forte Chris Meledandri screenplay : Michael Berg , Michael J. Wilson and Peter Ackerman story : Michael J. Wilson David Newman John Carnochan Ice Age : The Meltdown Carlos Saldanha Chris Meledandri & Chris Wedge screenplay : Peter Gaulke , Gerry Swallow and Jim Hecht story : Peter Gaulke & Gerry Swallow John Powell Harry Hitner Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs Carlos Saldanha co-directed by : Mike Thurmeier Lori Forte & John C. Donkin Chris Wedge screenplay : Michael Berg , Peter Ackerman , Mike Reiss and Yoni Brenner story : Jason Carter Eaton Ice Age : Continental Drift Steve Martino & Mike Thurmeier Chris Wedge & Carlos Saldanha screenplay : Michael Berg & Jason Fuchs story : Michael Berg & Lori Forte James M. Palumbo & David Ian Salter Ice Age : Collision Course Mike Thurmeier co-directed by : Galen T. Chu Lori Forte screenplay : Michael J. Wilson , Michael Berg and Yoni Brenner story : Aubrey Solomon John Debney James M. Palumbo Reception Box Office performance All five films , produced on a total budget of $429 million , have grossed over $3.2 billion worldwide , making Ice Age the 15th highest - grossing franchise of all time , and the second highest - grossing animated franchise worldwide behind Shrek . The first four films were the highest - grossing animated films in each year they were released , and among the eight highest - grossing films in their respective release years . Film Release date Box office gross Box office ranking Budget Ref ( s ) North America Other territories Worldwide All time North America All time worldwide Ice Age March 15 , 2002 $176,387,405 $206,869,731 $383,257,136 # 189 # 193 $59 million Ice Age : The Meltdown March 31 , 2006 $195,330,621 $465,610,159 $660,940,780 # 148 # 70 $80 million Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs July 1 , 2009 $196,573,705 $690,113,112 $886,686,817 # 147 # 30 $90 million Ice Age : Continental Drift July 13 , 2012 $161,321,843 $715,922,939 $877,244,782 # 225 # 32 $95 million Ice Age : Collision Course July 22 , 2016 $64,063,008 $342,989,731 $407,052,739 # 1,161 # 228 $105 million Total $793,676,582 $2,421,505,672 $3,215,182,254 # 22 # 17 $429 million Critical and public response Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore Ice Age 77 % ( 165 reviews ) 60 ( 31 reviews ) Ice Age : The Meltdown 57 % ( 143 reviews ) 58 ( 29 reviews ) Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs 45 % ( 159 reviews ) 50 ( 25 reviews ) A - Ice Age : Continental Drift 37 % ( 131 reviews ) 49 ( 29 reviews ) A - Ice Age : Collision Course 15 % ( 106 reviews ) 34 ( 27 reviews ) B+ Video Games Ice Age was released in 2002 by Ubisoft for Game Boy Advance . Ice Age 2 : The Meltdown was released in 2006 by Sierra Entertainment for Wii , PlayStation 2 , GameCube , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo DS , Xbox , and PC . Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs was released by Activision on June 30 , 2009 , for PC , Wii , DS , PS2 , PlayStation 3 , and Xbox 360 . Ice Age 3 - Boulder Drop is an online game released in 2009 . Ice Age 3 - Dino Dinner is an online game released in 2009 . Ice Age 3 - Slippery Slope is an online game released in 2009 . Ice Age Village , a mobile video game , was released by Gameloft on April 5 , 2012 , to iPhone , iPad , and various Android devices , and on April 24 , 2013 , to Windows Phone . The game allows players to build a village while characters from the films set them goals . Player 's can also visit their friend 's villages , play mini games and watch videos . Ice Age : Continental Drift -- Arctic Games was released by Activision on July 10 , 2012 , to Wii , Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo DS , and Xbox 360 . Ice Age Online was a free - to - play browser - based adventure platform game produced by Bigpoint Games for its gaming portal . Beta version of the game was launched on July 10 , 2012 , which put players in the role of Sid , who has to rescue lost members of his herd , separated by a volcanic eruption . Ice Age - Clueless Ice Sloth is an online game released in 2012 . Ice Age Adventures , a free - to - play game was released by Gameloft on August 7 , 2014 for iPhone , iPad , iPod touch , Android , Windows Phone and Windows 8 . Ice Age : Arctic Blast , a mobile match - 3 puzzle game , developed by Zynga and Eat Sleep Play , and featuring content from all five films , was released in June 2016 for iOS and Android devices . Ice Age Avalanche is an online game released in 2016 . Ice Age Hailstorm is an online game released in 2016 . Ice Age Mission Control is an online game released in 2016 . Ice Age - Manic Meteor Run ! is an online game released in 2016 . Ice Age - Geode Jam ! is an online game released in 2016 . Ice Age - Coloring Book is an online game released in 2016 . Ice Age - Matching Cards is an online game released in 2016 . Live show Ice Age Live ! A Mammoth Adventure is a live arena ice show that combines ice skating , aerial arts , puppetry and film , and tells a new story based on the first three Ice Age films . The plot begins with baby mammoth Peaches being kidnapped by an evil hawk - like creature called Shadow . Her father Manny sets off to rescue Peaches , accompanied by Sid and Diego . Their mission is successful , but on the way home they encounter avalanches and rockfalls , diverting them into a fantasy underground kingdom . It is being produced by Stage Entertainment Touring Productions , and directed by Guy Caron and Michael Curry . The music and lyrics were written by Ella Louise Allaire and Martin Lord Ferguson . With the preview shows from October 19 to 21 , 2012 , in Cardiff , and from October 25 to 28 , 2012 , in Nottingham , A Mammoth Adventure officially premiered on November 2 , 2012 , during its three - day tour from November 1 to 3 at Wembley Arena in London . It continued in Germany in November 2012 , with a plan to visit more than 30 countries in its five - year worldwide tour . In August 2016 , Ice Age Live ! A Mammoth Adventure concluded its world tour and was replaced in North America by Ice Age On Ice . Themed land Ice Age inspired rides and attractions will be featured at the first 20th Century Fox theme park , called 20th Century Fox World , to open in 2017 as part of Malaysia - based Resorts World Genting . References Jump up ^ `` 20th Century Fox Press Kit - Ice Age '' . Jump up ^ Sheppard , Tony ( July 13 , 2012 ) . `` Avoid `` Ice Age : Continental Drift '' and seek out the Japanese film festival `` . Sacramento Press . Retrieved July 17 , 2016 . 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