It has now been 40 years since the first
mobile phone call was made when Motorola engineer Martin Cooper rang from a cell phone
in New York. The device was almost 23cm tall and weighed more than one
kilogram. It contained 30 circuit boards, had a talk-time of 35 minutes and
took 10 hours to recharge. How times have changed. So we say Happy 40th
Birthday to the mobile and we re-live some blasts from the past in
tribute.
A very early mobile phone?
Or maybe this was?
The early cell phone!
The first phone lock, keeping your phone safe from thieves?
Phone security!
A bygone era!
The alternative use , a zombie smasher!
Early portable!
Then the phone became a camera!
And lastly hands free!
Happy 40th Birthday Mobile Phone!
Happy Birthday, Mobile Phone. We have an old prepaid phone............somewhere.
ReplyDeletexXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
40 years, wow.. I remember having a house brick as my first mobile phone..Have a wonderful Monday xx00xx
ReplyDeleteMollie and Alfie
Pretty soon it will just be a chip in our heads!
ReplyDeleteHAS IT BEEN THAT LONG? And has it been 40 years since I was a 15 year old? NO WAY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHmmm interesting lately I do think people are a little too obsessed with their phones but these ides seem a little crazy
ReplyDeleteurban hounds
Mom says "thanks" for the trip down cell phone memory lane!
ReplyDeleteWally & Sammy
First it was huge and chunky, then they kept making smaller and smaller and now it's getting bigger and bigger. What's next!?
ReplyDeleteHappy 40th b-day to the cell phone. Mom said she remember the first one my sis had. It looked like a small piece of luggage.
ReplyDeleteHugs madi your BFFF
PS I love your picture.
Too funny! Our first cell phone was in a huge and heavy bag. Glad we avoided some of these other 'beauties'.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad had one of those huge heavy car phones. It's amazing to see how small and powerful they have become.
ReplyDeleteLOL those are funny! I do remember the mobile phones of the 80's. It is amazing how far they have come. Before phones, everyone had pagers. IIRC there was a whole pager code.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday phone! Lee and Phod whose lady loves her phone!
ReplyDeleteYou are by far the funniest dog in Blogville! Love Dolly
ReplyDeleteThose are some very unique phones sweet Molly!
ReplyDeleteHaha, my mom said she remembered her first mobile which was black and HUGE!
ReplyDelete~Eva
Hi Molly,Love the4 hands free, I can remember those early ones, you had to train at the gym every day so you could left one to make a call!
ReplyDeletegeeze mom says she remembers that one phone just to show you how old she is!!! have a great monday!
ReplyDeletestella rose
Oh it has come along way indeed.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Goose
too cute!
ReplyDeleteHas it really been 40 years? Yikes. I like the zombie smasher best. Have a great Monday Molly!!!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for a cell phone. Some of those other ones look a bit uncomfortable
ReplyDeleteBenny & Lily
Wowsers....thank you fur making Mom feel even older! Her said she remembers her furst "mobile phone". It was a car phone and the only thing "mobile" about it was that it was always attached to the car. If you weren't "mobile" yourself, the phone was useless!
ReplyDeleteI can't remember before cell phones.
ReplyDeleteWho needs a mobile phone ? Us doggies have had the twilight bark for years! *wag wag wag*
ReplyDeleteI remember my first mobile i had to workout at the Gym so i could carry it around, it was the size of a house brick.
ReplyDeleteSheba.
Ha Ha Mom remembers the grandpa phone!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom wants your sunglasses...I must admit they are snazzy! And your post gave my mom some ideas for her cell phone (she has to put it up so I dont get to it first when it rings). BOL!
ReplyDeleteThose are so funny! I especially love the ones with the Nokia brick phone. That thing was damn near indestructible!
ReplyDeleteLOL and they still kept changing!! Now they have cell phones with windows operating systems! What will be next?
ReplyDeleteMom was saying she used to think spending $15 a month on the cell was expensive. Now she spends lots of green papers!
ReplyDeleteYour Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
BOL happy birthday phones!! I love the pictures BOL, mummy doesn't have a phone at the minute cause someone (not mentioning names) broked it, opps hehe
ReplyDeleteLove Milo :)
Haha! I remember the first time I ever saw a cell phone was probably 20 years ago on Saved By the Bell! The Zack Morris cell phone! :)
ReplyDeleteElyse and Riley
Hey Molly!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is toooo funny! My Mom just bought a new cell phone...her first since 1996! Her old one looked almost exactly like your Nokia camera one. Gee it was ancient. Her account is so old that it took a manager to add voice mail to it because it wasn't an option waaaaay back then. BOL These are really funny pix. Love the guy with the phone strapped to his head. BWAR HAR HAR
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, COP
40 years! WOW!
ReplyDeleteNOra
How fun -Mom doesn't think she ever saw a cell phone until the 1990's and she didn't have one until the day after 9/11 when our Dad was stuck in NYC and she couldn't reach him. She wonders now how she ever lived without one:)
ReplyDeleteWoos - Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
We think Dad still has a zombie smasher!
ReplyDeleteThe Mad Scots
40 years already? Seriously? That's almost as old as our human. We didn't know the technology was that old, actually!
ReplyDeleteI still remember the first one I saw...it was in a suitcase and weighed about as much as a concrete block...Then there were the folks who'd stick a corded received in the console between the front seats and then "talk" on it while driving to impress the girls...Seems like forever ago doesn't it
ReplyDeleteCan't believe it's been 40 yrs already!
ReplyDeleteOh, now I REALLY feel old. I remember rotary dial phones that were hardwired into the wall. One thing I love about you dogs is that you don't need any of that stuff. :-)
ReplyDeleteSusan and Wrigs
Mom can't believe that it's been 40 years already! She's beginning to feel OLD!
ReplyDeleteLove ya lots,
Mitch and Molly
We have come a long way!
ReplyDeleteLoveys Sasha
Great pics as always Molly!!
ReplyDeleteMy Mum says she remembers big mobile phones, but swears it wasn't from 40 years ago when she saw one as she isn't that old - yeah right! Tee Hee
Big wags,
Your pal Snoopy :)
BOL! I love that hands-free system!
ReplyDeleteLol! Love the early portable!
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