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Martin Cooper first handheld
On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs his rival. -
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Life of Cell Phones
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Mrs. Webb gets her first cell phone
Shared with both my brothers! Nokia 5110 in red. Texting cost a dime per message to send and receive, so instead we played "Snake" for fun.