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Cellphone inventor says they've become 'too complicated,' rock-n-roll too loud

Source: Engadget

Nov 06, 2009

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You know that smartphone you love, that ultimate expression of handheld convergence that some would call a mobile computer? It's crap. Or so says octogenarian, Martin Cooper, former lead engineer at Motorola credited with the invention of the handheld cellphone -- really, his name is on the "Radio telephone system" patent and he's credited with making the very first private handheld cellphone call from a busy New York City street on April 3rd, 1973. Well Marty doesn't like those newfangled handsets. In fact, according our sterling Mr. Cooper, "Our future I think is a number of specialist devices that focus on one thing that will improve our lives." Words uttered this week during a conference in Madrid. Imagine it: a future where we carry a portable radio, film camera, wind-up watch, Kaypro luggable computer, HP calculator, and Atari handheld... oh wait, that was the eighties.

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Cellphone inventor says they've become 'too complicated,' rock-n-roll too loud originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:37:00 EST. Please

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