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5 Major Moments in Cellphone History

Posted April 03, 2013 9:02 AM

From CBC | Technology & Science News:

Forty years ago today, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the world's first public call from a mobile phone. To celebrate this anniversary, CBC News looks at the evolution of the handheld device, from "the brick" to its sleeker and more powerful recent incarnations.

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04/03/2013 11:01 AM

Dom Jolly must take a bow for no.6, though:

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04/04/2013 4:17 AM

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/photos/mobile-phone-designs-from-the-brick-in-the-1980s-to-now-1364986127-slideshow/
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