TheNaG
11-22-2010, 04:35 PM
It truly was a “brick” too, weighing in at 2 pounds! Also it only worked for a half hour, and then you had to recharge it again. Still, just like when the iPhone came out, lined up for the chance to get their hands on the first cell phone in 1984.
Rudy Krolopp and Martin Cooper began working on the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X in 1972. No one thought it was possible to make a portable phone, but their team was able to come up with a prototype in 6 weeks! It was another 10 years and $100 million dollars before it was finally unveiled in 1983, because they had to wait for the cell phone towers to be constructed.
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Rudy Krolopp and Martin Cooper began working on the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X in 1972. No one thought it was possible to make a portable phone, but their team was able to come up with a prototype in 6 weeks! It was another 10 years and $100 million dollars before it was finally unveiled in 1983, because they had to wait for the cell phone towers to be constructed.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XLN6nxtsOH4/SwgDohXTJaI/AAAAAAAABbw/RuTqKv5p7Vs/s1600/yuppie80s.jpg