The battle for the first cell phone turned into a battle for world views. AT&T had been selling car radios, two-way walkie-talkies of a sort, since 1946 and only had 30,000 users.

American engineer and pioneer Martin Cooper joins Lisa Dent to discuss how 50 years ago this week he made history by making the very first cell phone call. During their conversation, Martin recounts ...

That very first call was made 46 years ago, and the beige chunky phone was nicknamed “the brick” for obvious reasons. Cooper used the phone to call a rival, Joel S. Engel, from Bell Labs, so ...

The cell phone made its public debut 40 years ago, which sounds like a very long time ago because it was. Skip to content Site Navigation ... The Very First Cell Phone Calls.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Forty years ago on Wednesday, an inventor named Martin Cooper made the very first cell phone call in history in Midtown Manhattan. Walking across Sixth Avenue near the New ...

George Thomas has used Tracfone for 20 years. It was his very first cell phone, recommended to him by someone he met during a pit stop at a hot dog stand during one of his beloved rides on his ...

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