Happy
40th Birthday Cell Phone
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Amazing
isn't it that nowadays the major way of communication is via cell
phone a device that wasn't even invented until 1973. Just look around
you at any public or come to that any private place and you will see
people talking and texting and communicating with invisible people.
But at least they're communicating which to me is a good thing.
At
the time the cellular phone was invented there was no personal
computer, no wide world web , no internet and really no way you would
have known they were even coming.
The
first experience we had with this new device was when Mike got one
for his business. At that time he was a marketing man and spent a lot
of his time traveling around calling on people to talk the business
of airplane engines. The cell phone, heavy and cumbersome as it was
in those early days made life a lot easier to keep in touch with his
clients. Before that he had to either get in touch with his office by
regular pay phone or wait until his secretary would Beep him on his
beeper and then find a payphone to call. You still had to use the
cell phone with caution as it was heavy due to the very large
battery. Talking was limited as the battery although huge ran out of
power and took 10 hours to recharge At first the service area was
very limited and only grew gradually.
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Well
as we all know things developed fairly rapidly over the years. The
device got smaller and smaller, the batteries did the same with more
power becoming available and the service areas got so good that now
you can call most anywhere you want to.
Now
the next step, never even thought about when the first cellular phone
was invented, came about. You can, if you have a smart phone ,be
linked at to the internet and can use your phone as a miniature
computer with all the power that goes with this form of
communication.
So
we certainly should wish Happy Birthday to the cell phone.
After
all many of us would be lost without it.
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