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    In what year and place was the very first cell phone/mobile phone made?

    Question #105474. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (May 10 09 9:39 PM)


    Humanist

    Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive is widely considered to be the inventor of the first practical mobile phone for hand-held use in a non-vehicle setting. Cooper is the inventor named on "Radio telephone system" filed on October 17, 1973 with the US Patent Office and later issued as US Patent 3,906,166.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_phone


    May 10 09, 9:47 PM
    scottietwenty3

    Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive is widely considered to be the inventor of the first practical mobile phone for hand-held use in a non-vehicle setting. Cooper is the inventor named on "Radio telephone system" filed on October 17, 1973 with the US Patent Office and later issued as US Patent 3,906,166.[4] Using a modern, if somewhat heavy portable handset, Cooper made the first call on a hand-held mobile phone on April 3, 1973 to a rival, Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.[5]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone



    May 10 09, 9:51 PM


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