Who invented the hand-held cellular telephone?
Correct answer: Martin Cooper
nimblemoon
I remember when guys would haul around those enormous phones around and talk very loudly in public. I swore I'd never own a cellphone and now I'd be lost without mine!
WaldoLydeker
He is still alive! At 89, he is enjoying the fruits of his invention. Financially, sure, but, culturally. If it wasn't for him, no Steve Jobs and the iPhone.
JDoe555
What, no mention of the "Shoe Phone" from the 60's?!!! I guess they decided to "86" it! :D
Bjach
the Brick!
CordialNeighborhood9
rosedancer56, I actually wants owned a bag phone that they speak of it and it wasn't just for ego it came in very handy in a very bad hurricane we had and I allowed people to use it and their situations so it did have a real purpose
David7590
There's a commercial airing now that shows him making the first wireless call from Wrigley Field.
rosedancer56
nimblemoon, Yes they were owned by guys with big egos... they talked loud so people would look at them with their new gadget. All of them did that and that's what made it so funny to watch!
Guillermo
back in the late 90s .. this was a great joke
what is the only thing a man brags about when he has the smallest one? cellphone!
Birdiemom
My husband and I communicated via Motorola back in the 60s, but it was by 2-meter amateur radio, not telephone.
MellaBellaFranchella
1st wireless call was made in NYC 6th Ave between 53rd and 54th streets by Martin
Lionessa
A bag phone was an exact copy of the first cellular phones, which were installed in your vehicle and announced themselves by a "pigtail" antenna on the outside of your car. Bag phones came in a zippered bag and ran off a car charger. There was also a steel daddy called a Tough Talker for heavy worksites. The first handheld cell phone was the famous "Brick" phone.
Mel
I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT MY CELL PHONE. I HAD TO FOR A WEEK AND WAS GOING NUTS. I AM AT HOME A LOT SO HAVING A PHONE IS NECESSARY.
Player #120374466
Today, it's January 13, 2024. So he would be about 96 years old if he's still alive. I'm playing this game on my cell phone. Thank you Marty!
Ken
constant communication numbs the brain imo
Paula J
JDoe555, Maxwell Smart was the only one I knew who had a shoe phone
Paula J
nimblemoon, I had one that was the size of a Bible. My carrier was bill Atlantic and calls were $.52 a minute. You would scold people if they called you Monday through Friday before 7 PM evenings and weekends were free.
Gabagool
WaldoLydeker, someone else would have invented it and Jobs would still have created the iPhone so that argument is invalid.
Bob
I had that phone in ‘92 because there was no land line where I lived. It cost 35 cents/min for local calls and over $1/min for long distance. Phone bill was over $300/mon.
TJ SISTA
An thank you very much, for,we wouldn't have this game now!😁
Player Mae#31400327
I wondered what the difference was between cellphone and mobile phone. sometimes I see that on old forms.
CordialNeighborhood9
Bjach, the brick phone you speak of was just a large phone that was connected wirelessly what they're describing in this scenario what's called a bag phone
Guitarfan 5
Player #326446, never spell "remember" like that.
Oops, I forgot!
batman25/1
nimblemoon, then I suppose in UK mobile phones are wrongly named— I never realised .
Newcomer4626
DR. HENRYT. SAMPSON WHO CREATED IT COVERT GAMMA RAY TO ELECTRICITY and was co inventor
Player #128962
Cell phones called mobile phones in Australia. Not a car phone here.
Player #2867640
nimblemoon, I once got lost with my phone :|