Mobile Phone Age 40..!
Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first private handheld mobile phone call on a larger prototype model in 1973. This is a reenactment in 2007. (Image Courtesy- Wikipedia) Washington, Apr 4:
The mobile phone turned 40 on April 3, 2013, with no fanfare to mark the occasion in a market which seemed focused on new smartphones like the iPhone and a possible Facebook-themed device.
The first mobile call was placed April 3, 1973, by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper, head of a team working on mobile communication technologies.
According to Motorola, Martin Cooper made the call on Sixth Avenue in New York, before going into a press conference using a Motorola DynaTAC - a device that weighed one kilogram, (2.2 pounds) and had a battery life of 20 minutes.
Mr. Martin Cooper told the technology website The Verge last year that he placed the first call to a rival, Joel Engler of Bell Labs.
“To this day, he resents what Motorola did in those days,” Cooper said.
“They thought that we were a gnat, an obstacle...! we believed in competition & lots of players. And we also believed - our religion was portables, because people are mobile. And here they were trying to make a car telephone and a monopoly on top of that. So, that battle was the reason that we built that phone.”
Mt. Martin Cooper and his team were honoured earlier this year with the Draper Prize by the National Academy of Engineering for their work.
In 40 years, the industry has come a long way.
Research firm IDC predicts 90 crore smartphones will be sold in 2013 - along with roughly the same number of more basic feature phones.
And the phone has become a key advertising platform - eMarketer said US mobile advertising spending grew 178% last year to $ 411 Crore, and spending is expected to rise a further 77.3% to $ 729 crore in 2013.
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