Cell phone technology turns 25 today

[illusionofjoy]

Can you hear me now? From the Chicago Sun-Times:

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the first commercial wireless call. It happened Oct. 13, 1983, at Soldier Field, where Ameritech Mobile, now part of Verizon Wireless, made the call from a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X known as the "brick" phone. The phone cost $3,995, was 13 inches long, and weighed 1.75 pounds.

And now we can't get people to hang up the damn things in public places or while they are driving.

Comments

[slinkybetty.livejournal.com]

I remember when there were car phones, strictly for talking while you were driving. It seemed like such a big deal. Nowadays, I just wish we could go back to the rotary-dial phones. During my lunch break today, I was almost run over by some jackass who was yapping on his phone and not paying attention to the road.