Cell Phones: From Brick to Slick
Cell phones have come a long way from the first unwieldy devices with 30 minutes of talk time to today's internet-enabled multimedia smart phones. Here's a look at some of the influential handsets in the evolution of the cell phone.
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Cell Phones: From Brick to Slick
Motorola DynaTAC (Image © MSN Tech & Gadgets)The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was the first commercially available cell phone, available for purchase in 1983 for $3,995. Talk time was around $1 per minute. Dr. Martin Cooper, inventor of the DynaTAC, made the first private cell phone call to his rival Joel Engel, head of research at Bell Labs.