April 3rd, 2013
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Zoom futurist-foresight: Happy 40th birthday to the Mobile! “On April 3rd, 1973, Motorola engineer Marty Cooper placed the first public call from a cellphone. In midtown Manhattan, Cooper called Joel Engel — head of rival research department Bell Labs — saying “Joel, this is Marty. I’m calling you from a cell phone, a real handheld portable cell phone.” The call was placed on a Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, which weighed 2.5 pounds, a far cry from today’s 4-ounce handsets.” - theverge.com (via The cellphone is 40 years old today | The Verge) Marizanne: Look how far we’ve come, that thing almost looks like a dumbbell!

futurist-foresight:

Happy 40th birthday to the Mobile!

“On April 3rd, 1973, Motorola engineer Marty Cooper placed the first public call from a cellphone. In midtown Manhattan, Cooper called Joel Engel — head of rival research department Bell Labs — saying “Joel, this is Marty. I’m calling you from a cell phone, a real handheld portable cell phone.” The call was placed on a Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, which weighed 2.5 pounds, a far cry from today’s 4-ounce handsets.” - theverge.com

(via The cellphone is 40 years old today | The Verge)


Marizanne: Look how far we’ve come, that thing almost looks like a dumbbell!

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