The cellphone turns 40 today

the_tyrant · 04-03-13, 09:26 PM

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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)

HundertzehnGustav · 04-04-13, 01:34 AM

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.

Cybermat47 · 04-04-13, 03:06 AM

Congratulations, device that I don't have.

Mork_417 · 04-04-13, 03:36 AM

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.

Platapus · 04-04-13, 06:38 PM

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

04-04-13, 06:47 PM

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.

Armistead · 04-04-13, 09:52 PM

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...

Father Goose · 04-04-13, 09:55 PM

Can you hear me now?

04-04-13, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

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...

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

STEED · 04-05-13, 10:14 AM

Or so good for smash & grab.

Jimbuna · 04-05-13, 10:20 AM

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

the_tyrant · 04-05-13, 10:26 AM

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

BossMark · 04-05-13, 10:29 AM

Remember my first it was a Nokia 3210

AVGWarhawk · 04-05-13, 10:43 AM

These are a few cell phones I had the past:

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.

04-04-13, 01:34 AM	#2
HundertzehnGustav Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lux, betw. G, B and F Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ In conclusion: SH3 is the shizzle, yo. -Frau Kaleun Another negative about using your deck gun is that you are definately DETECTED, which has long term effects on your relationship with aircraft. -snestorm

04-04-13, 03:06 AM	#3
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	Congratulations, device that I don't have. __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

04-04-13, 03:36 AM	#4
Mork_417 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: DB-15 Posts: 851 Downloads: 263 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Heading to AM49.(U-553)

04-04-13, 06:38 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Crikey, if that don't make ya feel old. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-04-13, 09:52 PM	#7
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	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... __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

04-04-13, 06:47 PM	#6
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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.

04-04-13, 09:55 PM	#8
Father Goose Sonar Guy Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Matalava Island Posts: 378 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	Can you hear me now?

04-05-13, 10:14 AM	#10
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Or so good for smash & grab. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-05-13, 10:20 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I still fondly remember my first mobile/cell phone...was like a brick compared with those of today __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-05-13, 10:26 AM	#12
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	back in the day, strap a Nokia onto a stick, and you have a weapon! __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

04-05-13, 10:29 AM	#13
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Remember my first it was a Nokia 3210 __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

04-05-13, 10:43 AM	#14
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	These are a few cell phones I had the past: 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.