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# 2 02-03-2004 , 06:43 PM
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Oh and another useless factoid...

Dr. Martin Cooper (then Director of research at Motorola) made the first call on a portable cell phone in April 1973. He made the call to his rival, Joel Engel, Bell Labs head of research. Bell Laboratories introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947 with the police car technology. However, Motorola was the first to incorporate the technology into portable device that was designed for outside of a automobile use.


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