Thursday, 3. April 2003
Topic: MDA - on April 3, 2003 at 6:03:16 PM CEST
Cell Phone Reaches 30th 'Birthday'
Standing on a sidewalk across from the Hilton hotel in mid-town Manhattan 30 years ago today, Martin Cooper did something never done before.
To the bewilderment of passers-by, the Motorola project manager held a 2- pound box of wires and circuits to his ear and started talking into it -- becoming the first person to place a public call on a handheld cellular telephone.
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