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30 Years of Cell Phone Calls
freitasm writes "30 years ago, 3 April 1973, Dr Martin Cooper placed the first cellular phone call, to a rival scientist. The NY Times has an article about the "crime scene". Dr Cooper now works as CEO of Arraycom." There's also a story on siliconvalley.com.
30 years ago was 2003? Jesus, somebody must have signed me up for a subscription, because I'm getting stories from the distant future!
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Unfortunatly, Cooper made the call from a nearby movie theatre during a dramatic scene, thus being not only the first cell phone caller, but the first guy with cell phone to create feelings of distain and loathing from the surrounding populace.
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Dr Martin Cooper placed the first cellular phone call, to a rival scientist
Do you think his first words were "ha ha! beat you!"?
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So what did they talk about in first call? Just called to another, and shouted "FIRST CALL!"?
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Did it come with a trolley to push it around on?
Yes, I realise it was an impressive feat at the time, but considering my phone is less than a tenth of the weight of that, it seems impossibly heavy.
Those were the days - cell phones which didn't get lost down the back of the couch and could double as a lethal weapon. Not like the girly things you get these days. Back in those days, the designers understood that a cell phone is an extension of your manhood, and made them with presence. And they call it progress! I don't know....
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Dyna-Tac (1973)
Features: Talk, listen, dial
Really, when it comes down to it, do you need anything else? Sure, text messaging is a bonus and games are fun(ish) when you're stuck in a traffic jam but you only need to be able to dial, talk and listen to ruin someone's cinema experience.
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Hello this is Dr. Cooper. Can you call me back please because my batteries are running emp
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I'm on the train......
With apologies to Private Eye.
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"30 years ago, 3rd April 2003 Dr Martin Cooper placed the first cellular phone call"...
It is also apparently obvious that Dr. Cooper placed that call while driving a DeLorean.
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They don't mention it in the article but Martin Cooper is only 2 feet tall. The phone he's holding is actually a mere six inches long.
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They failed to mention it in the article, but since the DynaTac was such a huge and priceless piece, it came with its own anti-theft measures... Simply take the phone, throw it at the head of the thief, and watch him go down from the impact of that huge thing.
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Futurama had an episode where Amy got a call on her cell phone.
In Futurama, I would have thought it would actually be a cell (as opposed to a contraction of cellular.)
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
the anniversary of the first drunk cell phone call at 3AM to Cooper's ex-girlfriend.
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If you read american news, americans are always first at everything. It's no use trying to correct this, because people are so used to it, that they simply wont believe you.
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"The person you are trying to call is out of the service area at this time. Please try your call again later."