Martin Cooper knew he had something special in his hands when he invited reporters to watch him make the first cell phone call on April 3, 1973, in New York City. "This is a time when there were no ...
TUAW reader Ashton Tibbitt sent in this great pictorial comparison between his iPhone and a Motorola DynaTAC. The DynaTAC 8000X dates back to the early 1980's and was one of the first mobile phones ...
The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, released in 1983, was a groundbreaking innovation in the history of telecommunications. It was the first commercially available handheld mobile phone, launching a new era ...
Quick Preppy, put that phone down... you don't want Belding to catch you! For this week's installation of Throwback Thursday, we're going to venture all the way back to 1992. Those were the days, ...
The inventor of the world’s first cellphone says he’s stunned by how much time people now waste on their devices, telling users to “get a life.” Martin Cooper, 92, made the declaration during an ...
Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola decided to make history by trolling his rival, Joel Engel of AT&T, with a phone call. Reading time 4 minutes Leer en español. On April 3, 1973, a man named Martin Cooper ...
They changed the world -- in about 13 weeks. About 35 years ago, a team of Motorola Inc. engineers and others created the first portable cell phone called the DynaTAC. It was affectionately known as ...
On April 3, 1973, Motorola executives showed off a portable telephone. About 10 years later, consumers started buying them.
Mobile phone technology has come a long way since the first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago – but there is a lot more innovation ahead, according to one expert. It was on 3 April 1973 that ...
Like skyscrapers, improv comedy or even a good hot dog, the cellphone was born in Chicago but quickly claimed by New York City as its own. Motorola executive Martin Cooper was standing on Sixth Avenue ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Motorola DynaTAC (an abbreviation ...
Starting with the DynaTAC in 1974 and ending with Apple’s iPhone 5S, a team of designers has plotted the major milestones in the 40-year history of the mobile phone. The first cellular voice calls ...