First Cell Phone call made 40 years ago today

[maxman]

The world's first public call made on a Cell Phone was 40 years ago today by Motorola Engineer Martin Cooper.
The cost of that phone (as a consumer version) in today's dollars would be almost $10 000.

My how the world has changed in 40 years.
Now cell phones have better cameras in them than most point and shoot cameras for cryin' out loud!

 

[Rushman2112]

Was the first thing he said "I'm on the train darling!"?

 

[Toothpick]

I think it was "can you hear me now?"

i'm always amazed at the date technology actually made its first debut. i'm thinking the first cell phone was used in the late 80's early 90's. first computer I always thought was like the 70's.....way off

My first cell phone I was 15, absolutely no one called me but my mother for the first few months. giant Primeco. I would tell whoever was at home when I left "call me in like 20 minutes, i'll be at the store then"

I think it was similar to this one:

 

[Mick]

WOW.. 40 years. Now that it has become old technology maybe I should get one of them steam powered thangs.....

 

[maxman]

Anyone remember when the Motorola StarTAC was THE phone to have?
Before that it was the big flip phones.
I remember if you had the StarTAC, you were part of the in crowd.

However there just wasn't anything cool about pulling up the antenna.

 

[dpm802]

Was the first thing he said "I'm on the train darling!"?

The first call was placed to his competition at another company, so he could rub it in.


Reporters and onlookers watched as Cooper dialed the number of his chief competitor Dr. Joel S. Engel, who was head of Bell Labs.[SUP][16][/SUP] "Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cell phone, a real handheld portable cell phone."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cooper_(inventor)

 

[Dalejr]

Back when cell phones were actually cell phones...

 

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

Was the first thing he said "I'm on the train darling!"?

Actually it was, "Watson come in here - again."