TUAW reader Ashton Tibbitt sent in this great pictorial comparison between his iPhone and a Motorola DynaTAC. The DynaTAC 8000X dates back to the early 1980's and was one of the first mobile phones ...
Quick Preppy, put that phone down... you don't want Belding to catch you! For this week's installation of Throwback Thursday, we're going to venture all the way back to 1992. Those were the days, ...
They changed the world -- in about 13 weeks. About 35 years ago, a team of Motorola Inc. engineers and others created the first portable cell phone called the DynaTAC. It was affectionately known as ...
Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola decided to make history by trolling his rival, Joel Engel of AT&T, with a phone call. Reading time 4 minutes Leer en español. On April 3, 1973, a man named Martin Cooper ...
Starting with the DynaTAC in 1974 and ending with Apple’s iPhone 5S, a team of designers has plotted the major milestones in the 40-year history of the mobile phone. The first cellular voice calls ...
Mobile phone technology has come a long way since the first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago – but there is a lot more innovation ahead, according to one expert. It was on 3 April 1973 that ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Motorola DynaTAC (an abbreviation ...
Before Motorola introduced its new Razr phones last week, cell phone pioneer Martin Cooper and an original Motorola Dynatac made a brief appearance. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A ...
Some of us find the simplicity, size and ease of use of handsets like the iPhone 4 or Samsung Galaxy S wholly illogical. We want a mobile with a proper weight and size, something to fit in our giant ...
Sure, it's normal to feel a bit nostalgic during the holidays but come on, does anybody really want to go back to the brick bustin' days of the Moto DynaTac? Apparently some peeps in China, who never ...
From enormous, 80-pound, car-mounted beasts to tiny terminals in our back pockets, mobile phones have come a long way. What once cost thousands, weighed 2 pounds, and packed 60 minutes of battery life ...