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The cellphone turns 40 today

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Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made telecommunications history when he placed the first cellphone call 40 years ago. And who did he call, you ask? His rivals at Bell Labs, of course. Oh snap!
Still, it took another decade for the mobile phone to reach the masses, because Motorola didn’t make the DynaTAC available until March 1983. And in an example of just how quaint the tech business was back then, Motorola had a press event 10 years before the phone was on sale.
Which brings us to April 3, 1973, when the company that eventually brought us the Razr and Droid introduced the mobile phone. Forty years later, we’re still dropping calls like bad habits and struggling to get a signal inside a supermarket. Not that it matters, because we rarely use our phones to make phone calls. Instead, they’re a gateway to our digital lives, a means of doing everything from sending texts to updating our status to posting photos and listening to music.
Thousands of phones have come and gone, and most of them seem to run on Android. But the number of handsets that could be called truly groundbreaking is surprisingly small. Here they are.
Yeah, yeah, we’ve probably missed your favorite. And you’ll probably tell us about it in a comment typed on your phone.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/...al-cellphones/

What was your favorite phone of all time? I always liked the Nokia n-series, and the Palm Pre line. Too bad both of them are gone now (Although you can say that the Pureview 808 is the spiritual successor to the N-series)

3310 by nokia.
got one for my 18th birthday. my FIRST phone.
more compact than the 3210, better software, snake II, better hitpoints due to excessive mass.
landed me a few scores with some ladies. loved it. and the scoring too.
Its the phone that helped me lose my Virginity.:haha:

Congratulations, device that I don't have.

http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u90693/Bag_Phone.jpg

This is the first cell phone i had, and it worked good. However, i would have to say the iphone series have been my favorite.

Crikey, if that don't make ya feel old. :wah:

And due to Cell phons the death rate rises in many arews.
It's time Obama and Crew pass laws takeing them away from Us innocent vicyims of Cell phone crimes!
I'd edit the speeling errors but it's hard to do driveing down the road and texting.
:har:

Not sure when I got my first one, but some big bag phone. I wish I had all the money back I spent on cell phone bills, moreso the first few years they came out an I was dating...get dang bills over $400 a month...

Can you hear me now? :O:

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Originally Posted by Armistead (Post 2036535)

I got a big phone bag now but divorce is not in the question.
:D

Or so good for smash & grab.:shifty: :haha:

I still fondly remember my first mobile/cell phone...was like a brick compared with those of today :)

back in the day, strap a Nokia onto a stick, and you have a weapon!

Remember my first it was a Nokia 3210 :timeout:

These are a few cell phones I had the past:

http://www.oldphones.com/images/Init.../animation.GIF

Since then I have now a HTC EVO. Going on year 3 with it. Sturdy phone and works well. As long as it works I keep them until I really need a upgrade.