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Bell Telephone Launched a Mobile Phone During the 1940s: Watch Bell’s Film Showing How It Worked

https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/bell-telephone-launched-a-mobile-phone-during-the-1940s.html

Bell Telephone Launched a Mobile Phone During the 1940s: Watch Bell’s Film Showing How It Worked

Suddenly, it becomes 'important for someone to get in touch with the drivers of this outfit. How can it be done?' Any modern-day viewer would respond to this question in the same way: you just call the guys.

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Jan 24, 2023 at 5:24pmWeb
Show threadEddie DJan 24, 2023
@openculture fascinating. Forty years later we installed early (so I thought) car phones at my dad's auto shop. Base units in the trunk were basically the same size as these. So much for decades of tech innovation;)
Show threadkeithJan 24, 2023
@openculture I've always wondered how mobile telephones worked. Know I know.
Show threadjay cobsJan 24, 2023
@openculture easy does it.