Cell Phones: Then and Now
Fun April 12th, 2009
Yep, that’s my first cell phone from circa 1995. I actually used it in a grocery store to make the emergency call to my husband that cell phones were built for: regular or Double Stuff Oreos?
I’m pretty sure that’s when the whole Wanting to Punch People Who Use Cell Phones for Unnecessary and Stupid Calls thing started.
Sorry. You can blame me.
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April 12th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Kathy, i remember back in 91 a guy with a cell phone carrying it around in a burlap bag with it’s charger case. freaking amazing, aint it?
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April 12th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
I like to call that old monster the Zack Morris phone.
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April 12th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Well I wouldn’t know. I wasn’t around back when people still relied on the birds to carry messages to other people.
And holy crap the old phone is bigger than… A BREAD BOX!
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April 12th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
LOL Regan – there were actually BIGGER phones than that. I remember the first ones that were real car phones. They came with a bag that hooked into your car and you were tethered to your car just like we used to be tethered to the wall with corded phones.
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April 12th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
My first cell phone was MUCH bigger than that. I had a phone the size of a small suitcase. AND it held a charge for a full HOUR.
HAH!
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April 12th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I certainly remember the first cell phones. We used to say they were like house bricks. They were that size and just as heavy!
If you really want slim, you must get an iPhone ;O)
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April 12th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
P.S. Did you get that out of your ‘Junk drawer’?
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April 12th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I got my first cell phone about 1996. I wound up throwing it out of my car window and refused to carry another one until my wife forced it on me about 2001 or so. I still hate the things.
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April 12th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
cute story well what was it the stuff oreo”S smile really stopped by to check out some of your posts so youd know I do stop by…bye now your pal from twitter lilruth Invite you to stop by and check out some of mine..
April 12th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
My first cell phone was a Motorola bag phone, back in the early 90′s. I don’t even think I used it that much. Now, I can’t leave my house without my Nokia (which I hate, I miss my Motorola Razor, it was way more cool!)
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April 13th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Gotta love those retro cells. Better than that is the fact that I’m not the only one who keeps his old cell phones, to take out from time to time and reminisce…
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mike
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April 13th, 2009 at 1:44 am
I think my first cell phone was bigger than that. I should have kept it as a door stop.
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April 13th, 2009 at 1:45 am
@Shawn Man o’ man… I remember watching Saved by the Bell and seeing Zack with that huge cell phone he would pull out of his back pack. It was awesome.
I don’t even have a cell phone still. I don’t really need one. I had a ‘pay as you go’ phone for a while, but figured it just wasn’t worth it. Besides, I think they are the most annoying thing in the world. Whenever I am out with friends and their phone rings, it is like a slap in the face. If you want to talk on the phone and not me, stay at home.
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April 13th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Chris Casey — I occasionally see something like that in movies or TV (most recently on the X-Files, I think). Cracks me up every time.
Shawn — I never watched Save by the Bell, so for all the others who don’t know what a Zack Morris phone is, here ya go! Too funny!
Regan — Har! What a weisenheimer! The phone is also very heavy and ugly and obvious, but I never misplaced it.
Roxanne — I’ve only seen those kind in movies. For the time it must have been something, but geez. They look so ridiculous now.
The Mother — That’s so funny. It’s like with PCs, too. I remember getting a Gateway PC with a whole one gig of disk space and I told my husband “It’s huge! We’ll never fill it!” Yeah. I said that.
Babs Beetle — I’d love to see one of the earliest phones in person. So funny to look at. When the economy turns around, and if I want a phone with more bells and whistles, I could see myself with an iPhone. Right now, my little pay-as-you-go, no frills phone works fine. I found my old phone in the basement. We actually had two of them, but I donated the other one to Radio Shack, who turned around and gave them to women’s shelters. It was a program to give free phones to women who needed to take and make private phone calls while they were trying to get their lives back together.
The Hawg! — Guess what? This is my only personal cell phone since 1995, too. I used to have one for work that I only used for work (rarely). And I only bought this one because I’m traveling alone this spring and summer. Not sure if I’ll want it after I’m done.
lilruth — Double Stuff, all the way. I should have known it was a dumb question. Shouldn’t have had to ask.
Lola — A colleague swears by his Motorola. In fact, my old clunker was a Motorola. I do like my cute little Nokia. It’ll do the trick for my needs, which are few.
Mike Foster — It’s weird, too, because I’m not a pack rat. I guess I kept it because I still think it was way cool for the time.
AVCr8teur — I bet it was. Should have kept it so you can show the young’uns how life used to be back in the stone ages.
Gary — I have distinct needs for this pay-as-you-go phone. I’m traveling alone this spring and summer, and after that I’ll probably get rid of it. The phone itself cost only twenty bucks. Yeah, I’m cheap. But the good news is I’m a very polite cell phone user. If ‘m on one, I always move to a private room and shut the door. Wish more people would do that.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:56 am
I’m glad I was not alone in wanting to punch those early mobile phone users. I lived in London and seeing those berks on the tube prattling on about their supper used to *kill* me.
Did you know that mobile phones are called ‘handys’ in Germany?
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April 13th, 2009 at 5:23 am
I remember my first phone had a huge box that mounted behind the seat of my truck,and also had a antenna that was attached to the back glass.
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April 13th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Sigh…I miss the days when cellphones were…well…phones. Every time I “upgrade” I cringe at the incredibly useless features I have to put up with. I don’t NEED a phone with a camera, mp3 player, personal vibrator, email client, navigation unit, etc. I need a phone…ok…the personal vibrator is a freaking cool idea…not for me, but I think my girlfriend would get a kick out of it.
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April 13th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Why do you still have your cell phone from 1995?
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April 13th, 2009 at 7:58 am
I remember way back when, when my mom confessed to me that she wanted “one of those purse phones.” WHAT? “You know, it’s like a car phone but you carry it around in your purse.”
And I can’t believe you actually made a phone call about Oreos. It’s ALWAYS Double-Stuff!
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April 13th, 2009 at 8:40 am
You must be MUCH younger than I am…lol…my first cell was a “bag phone” back in 1987ish. Let me tell you–that was one BIG phone. Bigger than my head.
Great post…I love throwback stuff!!
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April 13th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Ok, have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD8OcPGScRU
Hilarious! I remember the huge old car phones.
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April 13th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Not quite the size of the 80s carphone Steve Martin uses in Bowfinger to pretend it’s a cell… but pretty non-sleek, eh?
It’s amazing to see how much smaller and slimmer things have gotten over the years.
Heh, everything but me.
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April 13th, 2009 at 9:12 am
ha, I remember my friend’s parents loaning us their BAG PHONE for a trip we took, that thing was HUGE…but oh so cool (at the time) LOL
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April 13th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I gotta agree with most folks – You had to call about oreos? Double stuff, of course!
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April 13th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Hah! Yeah, I still have my first brick, er cell phone. That sucker got so hot…
I still have my second and third ones too. Yep, my Blackberry is my FOURTH cell; this from a woman who vowed she’d never need one.
Snort!
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April 13th, 2009 at 9:55 am
We got our first cell phone 8 years ago when I was pregnant. I wanted to get a pager (we just needed to be able to let my husband if I went into labor)but they were already obsolete. I don’t even have that phone anymore and you have that beast!?!?! Yikes!! LOL
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April 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am
The first cellphone I was involved with was a cellphone about the size of today’s netbooks only more awkwardly shaped and heavier. My husband bought it for “my safety” and then took it to work to leave it, turned off, in his truck.
You’ll be stunned to know we’re now divorced.
And that my phone is much smaller and more capable than that now. I’ve also moved into better in the husband department so it’s all good.
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April 13th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Things are too small these days! I went to buy an iPod for Mr. Tiggy – the new Shuffle is so small you could lose it under your fingernail.
Anyone got a ghetto blaster for sale?
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April 13th, 2009 at 11:01 am
One of my associates was among the first to own a cellphone when it first started. In those days, cellphone was like a water bottle, he would always say. You might even kill someone if you throw it at the person. And whenever he needed to make a call, he had to find one quiet corner and made the call discreetly. If anyone who saw him using it, he/she would have given him the ‘are you showing off’ look.
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April 13th, 2009 at 11:23 am
My first cell phone was also “the brick” that others have mentioned. At least another 50% bigger than the old one you have pictured! (And no, I don’t still have it lying around. But Tiggy…I DO still have my ghetto blaster sitting on the shelf by my bedroom window!!)
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April 13th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Um, I guess you can’t play video games on it then…
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April 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
I remember the old phones that had to be installed into cars or carried around in bulky bags. Boy, how things have changed!
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April 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I wish we kept our very first cell phone. It was 1993, a classic for sure now but probably not worth very much. Now, we can get email and Internet on our cell phones plus text, oh and talk with the person we called.
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April 13th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
The publicist’s first cell phone was the aforementioned Motorola bag phone. The male person installed it in her car for her with a handless hookup so she could still shift/steer/talk at the same time. The handless came when she discovered how hard it was to hold ear to phone/toss coin in toll both and shift into first all at same time. She does not have three hands….
She misses her Mustang.
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April 13th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I still don’t have one. If I’m not at home, I don’t want people calling me. Leave a message at my home base and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Yeah right!
Anyway, my hubby has one that I take with me IF I go for a car trip without him. I don’t think I would even know how to use it if I had to however, but…me taking it with me makes him feel better, so….
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April 13th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
I use my pay as you go Sim with my iPhone. I couldn’t possibly afford the monthly charges. I got it from the US, already unlocked to any network.
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April 13th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
…And I’ll bet you could have bought a bag of each for less than that call cost you, back when cell phones could mash the frontal lobes out of a would-be attacker.
We have a cheapie company up here in las montanas that only charges $45 a month for two phones, unlimited minutes. No one can send me naughty cartoons of fornicating wildlife with southern accents but I ain’t complainin’.
April 13th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
And now I actually own a device (as I’m sure most of us do) that gets internet, plays music, reminds me of appointments, plays games, sends messages, gets my e-mail . . . and, oh yeah, works as a telephone.
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April 13th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Oh wow. I think that if it lasted this long, you should keep it forever. You may just want to hide it away in your hope chest for when Regan turns a certain age, as you want to be the cool aunt who gives her a family heirloom for her wedding or something. Whoops, I shouldn’t have spilled the beans as Regan reads this blog
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April 13th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
So that’s what the “Old-Fashioned” cell phones looked like?? I just got a pager in 1997 (when I was 15/16)…didn’t have a cell until after 2000. LOL!
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April 13th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Now, I want a cell phone that looks and feels exactly like my land phone, minus the cord. Hate the feeling of a cell.
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April 13th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
OH MY! Do NOT get me started on cell phones (and I don’t blame you..that was an emergency)! I don’t think anyone under the age of 30 should be permitted to own or use a cell phone (unless they have children and it’s an emergency). I also think that every state should ban cell phone usage in any moving vehicle. And, all cell phones should be confiscated at the door of schoolhouses. Furthermore, they should also be confiscated as you are entering a restaurant. We were dining at a rather exclusive restaurant several weeks ago and the cacophony of the different ringtones during dinner was deafening! DARN IT…you got me started!
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April 13th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I remember reading in some science magazine when I was a teenager (Omni?) that one day — get this — we would all have tiny communicators that could clip on our belts, and people would be able to reach us anywhere we went. Just like Star Trek! Geek that I was (am), I thought that sounded pretty damn cool. Now I grudgingly keep mine on and charged most weekdays so my clients can get in touch, but I only really relax once it’s switched off at night.
So that’s two down: tiny communicators, and doors that swish open automatically when you walk up to them. Still waiting for my personal phaser and a ride in a transporter. Oh yeah, and my personal helicopter. Just what exactly happened to those, anyway?
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April 13th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Hey Kathy,
I too still have my “first” cell phone. They’ve come a long way… something tells me someday they’ll be implanted in your head when you are born. ~ Steve, the “futurist” trade show guru
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April 13th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Ken Armstrong — Oh, I wanted to punch early users and I also want to punch current users. Probably more than before. We don’t want to hear you, people! Nope, never heard of a handy. Thanks for the lesson.
Steven Wilson — Were you a trucker? Love that you needed a wall mount for it.
Steve — I don’t know, Steve. You might be onto something there with the vibrator. It’s like a Swiss army phone.
John J Savo — I have no idea. I know. It makes no sense whatsoever.
JD at I Do Things — A purse phone. Hysterical. I love your mom. Well, I didn’t know if Dave was in the mood for more cookie or more middle.
The Daily Blonde — Wow! 1987! I thought I was hip in 1995. You trumped me.
shadowsrider — That video is awesome. Bookmarking it. Loved the fart thing at the end.
Jenn Thorson — It was a clunky, chunky phone and I thought I was so cool. I love how tiny my new phone is. However, I won’t go smaller. I’m not a Bluetooth kinda girl.
staciesmadness — I wonder how important the calls were if the phone weighed 10 pounds? I think it’s proportional to how much you sweat carrying it around.
Grace — I was probably hoping he’d say regular because did you ever look at the calories of a single Double Stuff? It’s criminal.
Maureen — Ah, another cell phone pack ratter. I was thinking of a Blackberry, but honestly, I can’t justify the expense. Yes, I’d like to have email and stuff, but I definitely don’t need it.
Aftercancer — I think I had a pager in 1990 or something. You don’t really see those anymore, do you?
Stephanie — Wha? Glad you traded up for a more considerate husband! Geesh.
Tiggy — I’m finding my tiny phone is REALLY easy to lose. A colleague saw it and predicted I’d lose it in short order unless I got a carrying case for it. He’s probably right.
BK — I have to admit, I felt very silly calling from the grocery store, but hey, it WAS cool for its time. Never again. It’s ludicrous to call for every little thing and all it does is annoy everyone around you.
wiregems — I’d love to see it. I’m guessing you don’t still have it, though. Does your ghetto blaster still blast?
Daisy the Curly Cat — Hardly. It did exactly one thing. Let you place calls about cookies.
Sherry at EX Marks the Spot — In suitcases, too! I’ve never seen one in person, but I have on TV. Can you see Jack Bauer using one of them on “24?”
Jim at Cool Stuff for Dads.com — Ah, but it’s worth pulling out and laughing at it. I did love my Treo for the email and web access. But they were mostly perks. Definitely not a real need.
Pricilla — Oh, good grief. How many accidents did we have back then? I’m sorta wondering, too, how good the coverage could have been. I mean, how many cell towers could have been in operation back then?
Judy Miller — In all honesty, I wouldn’t have one either if not for my traveling this spring and summer. I do not need a cell, and part of me was proud when I didn’t have one. I can be untethered if I wanna be!
Babs Beetle — I love the pay-as-you-go option. It’s really all I need. Oh, and I noticed today that there was another 10 bucks put on my account somehow. I’m guessing it was from the nice AT&T people because I wrote a glowing letter to the woman who sold it to me for her exceptional service. Either that or it was a mistake and I’ll be paying for it later.
Shieldmaiden96 — You’re right, but it was sooooo cool! So I have to tell you, two services told me I won’t get good coverage when I come to visit you next month. Do you live in a cell phone vortex or something? I was told to make my last calls to you three miles out of your town before I lose it. We’ll talk.
Chris — But do you use all that? I have to admit, I liked playing my Bejeweled game on my Treo. Like when I was in a waiting room or something. Passed the time quite nicely.
TheSnackHound — I will save it forever! And maybe hold it for Regan’s kids (if I live that long). Good idea!
Christina — Good for you making it that long without a phone. If I never needed one for work, this would have been only my second phone in 15 years. And I would have been proud.
Beth — I thought I wanted a big one, too. In fact, I thought I wanted a flip phone because then it would feel like a real phone. But I gotta tell ya, I’m loving how small my Nokia is. It’s a baby!
Judy — I feel exactly as you do. EXACTLY. And I think states should ban all cell phones in cars. You can’t tell me you’re paying attention to the guy in front of you, the people on the side of you and everything else that happens on the road when you’re talking to someone, even hands-free. You just can’t. Studies have proved it.
Bill — I love seeing how fast the technology is moving. Do you ever wonder how things will be in a short 10 years from now? I love considering the possibilities. I’d like a transporter too. Still waiting….
The Futurist Trade Show Guru Steve — My husband wants that. He actually wants his ATM card implanted in his wrist so he can just swipe that to make purchases. Hey, it could happen.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I LOVE that you still have it! Hilarious!
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April 13th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
The first cell phone I ever saw was about 20 years ago, down where we were playing baseball in the park and someone needed a phone. Luckily there was an intern and his girlfriend sitting there; he was on call and had his cell phone with him – about the size of a regular phone with a curly cord on it.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I too had a cell phone like a brick back in the early 90′s. Much larger than yours, but I did not keep it or take a photo of it. Wish I had!
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April 13th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
That picture brings back some memories. Those cell phones with the bag in the charter… I saw those in movies and didn’t know anyone who actually had one.
I’ve only had 2 cell phones. The first one could make and receive calls – but had no voice mail. The second one (which I have now) can do texting and has voice mail. Hubby announced today he was getting an iphone today and then passing it on to me when the new model came out. I do great with my Palm PDA… I just hope the iphone won’t have too much of a learning curve for me.
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April 14th, 2009 at 3:43 am
It amazes me how small they made mobile phones, only to make them as big as they were in the past so you can have touch screen and watch videos on your phone! My phone is pretty much a camera with a phone and applications added on
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:08 am
I remember the first mobile phone I ever saw. Belonged to a friend’s dad. It was bigger than my landphone at the time. It was so heavy he couldn’t really keep it in his pocket and carry it around. The battery itself was larger than a complete mobile phone of today. And it needed to be charged everytime he used it.
I never really saw the point of having that… thing. It wasn’t really a phone, and it definitely wasn’t ‘mobile’.
One primary factor for a mobile phone, I think… should be portability. It’s kind of a prerequisite.
April 14th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Momo Fali — I don’t know why, either. I found it on a shelf all by itself in the basement. So I’m guessing it was in a box and I took it out to admire it. Set it down and there it sat for 10 years. Weird.
jafer — And I’m sure he was the coolest guy on the field. So futuristic!
Will — This will be a lesson for all of us. Must take pictures of boring objects. Never know when they’ll come in handy.
Amber — An iPhone may be overwhelming at first, but it’s the kind of thing you grow into and then you’re really glad you bought all the bells and whistles.
Wiggy — A friend of mine watches video on his iPod. I remember thinking how ridiculous that was. Until I tried it and loved it. It’s amazing how good the quality of audio and video is. I never thought I’d take to it.
hammy — You bring up an interesting point. Mobile should also be light. If you have to lug a suitcase around with a phone in it, you might as well leave it at home and look for a phone booth. Remember those?
April 14th, 2009 at 8:40 am
This morning I woke up and thought of that phone again. If it could speak, I think it would say “Take Me To Your Leader.” That is so “retro!” Now robots from outer space say “Take me to Tom Cruise’s House”
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April 14th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Ow! That think must have broke your back to carry it in your purse! It looks like my cordless at home.
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I remember being embarrassed while making that same phone call, but I’ve gotten used to it.
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April 14th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Kathy;
So it was you. I always wondered who was the first person ever to use a cell phone. Man. I was just a kid way back in 1995.
Happy trails.
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April 14th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I was the last hold out for a cell phone. I hated them. I still kind of hate them. I only use them for texting and really needed calls with clients and family.
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April 14th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Ah yes … the cell phone. Love it. Hate it.
My one piece of advice is DO NOT give your teen-ager an unlimited cell phone. Why? My teen-age girl fell in love and spent 50 some hours/month talking to her boyfriend. It took me a couple months to notice this because we initially had tons or “roll over” minutes.
Getting her a call phone for her safety was one of the worst decisions I ever made regarding her safety.
Indoor, under-the-cover use is bad physically, especially on children and young adults. There are studies out on this. The cell phone also brings in way too much emotion for a group that tends to be a tad … compulsive?!
Keep the phones connected to the wall in the hallway of your home where everyone can listen in – like the good ‘ol days! And, get them something that needs to be recharged and will dial 911 which is what all of us really wanted in the first place.
- Viveca
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April 14th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Classic!! I thought that was a brick next to that cell phone.
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April 14th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Heck you should have seen them back in my day, they were even bigger. Oh that is so sad to remind myself how old I am getting.
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April 14th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I’m out of Humor-Blogs votes today!
-I owe you one … that was hilarious!!
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April 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Oh, heavens – and I thought my first one was clunky! ROFL!
Come to think of it, I’m still only on my second …
Talking of irritation conversations, my darling husband always makes a point of calling me when he knows I’m on a train. He then asks me to tell him where I am, just so I will say out loud to the whole carriage ‘I’M ON THE TRAIN!’
I fall for it every time. LOL!
April 14th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
At least it’s not as big as the cell phone the A-team used to hall around. I think back then they were called bag phones because you had to literally take it and the rest of the phone contraption around in a bag.
My first cell phone was an Audiovox from AAA back in 1998. It was pretty big, too.
April 14th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Like you said… now we’ve gone to the other extreme with those micro Bluetooth ear thingys. I’ve heard rumors that they’ve made chips that will fit in your actual tooth like a filling, so you can just walk around talking with nothing hanging off your head and REALLY look crazy. I can’t wait.
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I lament the good old days when cellphone could actually do damage to someone if you threw it at them…..the ones today don’t even leave a bruise.
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April 14th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Oh, my! Hubby had one of these when we were dating. Around 1998 (it was a castoff from his parents). He had to use it once to call them, and they yelled at him: “do you know how much this is costing?” I think it was $10 a minute, or something like that.
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April 14th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
LOL … I love when I see old tv shows like Magnum and they’re using a 10 inch cell phone, LOL! I kinda miss the size I find the ones now so hard to see!!!
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Lol! How big cellphones were and now…just so hard to hold these phones because of their sizes:)
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April 15th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
My first cell phone was hard wired into my car. It was a corded monster that did have a hands free option. thank goodness for that, I couldn’t have possibly driven and tried to hold that thing up to my ear. I refuse to use a bluetooth. I have a blackberry now and when the weekend rolls around I forget to take it with me. I can certainly turn the job off, when I want too.
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April 15th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Now the cell phones are soooo small they get lost in my purse. It takes me what seems like hours to find it. I’ve even reported my phone stolen once, and it was in my purse all along. HA!
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Wow, does that bring back memories, mostly my soar shoulder from lugging that monster around in my purse (must have weighed 2lbs).
April 15th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
I never know what to do with old cell phones. Somehow it seems wrong to just throw them out. I think I still have every one I’ve ever owned. lol
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April 16th, 2009 at 8:09 am
I’ve had my current cell phone for close to 3 years, so it’s definitely obsolete. My nieces and nephews love to look at it and reminisce about the “good old days.”
It’s fun to see old phones pop up in movies. I was watching “Pretty Woman” the other night (it’s on constantly anymore), and Richard Gere is talking on a ginormous cordless phone. Made me laugh.
April 21st, 2009 at 12:58 am
I didn’t get a cell phone until 2005. I resisted them as long as I could. My first phone was a prepaid, “candy bar” style phone that kept pressing numbers by itself in my pocket. After I got cut off in the middle of a call, I finally gave in to a contract plan and got my first flip phone. I couldn’t help but think of Captain Kirk’s communicator from the 1960s Star Trek when I got that one.
I was watching the movie “Reservoir Dogs” and one guy in that movie was talking on a car phone the size of a brick in both length and width.
My current phone has a whole bunch of features on it I never use, as most of them pad your bill and eat up battery time. I just use it to talk and to sometimes take pictures. And I use the calculator some as well. That’s it.
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April 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 am
I actually remember when cell phones were even bigger than the one you show in the photo. In a few more years they will probably be lighter and smaller.
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April 30th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Wow i have the EnV2 and i thought that was big… I think that phone is bigger than my house phone….. how did you carry that thing places it would have been smarter if you just got a bird to do it
May 4th, 2009 at 5:29 am
That looks really vintage. Its functions are still used though.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:49 am
I got cut off in the middle of a call, I finally gave in to a contract plan and got my first flip phone. I couldn’t help but think of Captain Kirk’s communicator from the 1960s Star Trek when I got that one.
January 17th, 2010 at 9:15 am
the joys of the bricks lol back in the day lol
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February 17th, 2010 at 10:31 am
My 1st cellular phone is nokia 3310..today my phone is sony ericsson W 880i..can imagine if today, all cellular phone is so slim..
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February 22nd, 2010 at 10:00 am
The best ones were the big chunky phones that required either Hercules or a shopping trolley to carry around the charges. Man you could do some serious damage to someone with one of those phones, totally cool and retro nowadays of course
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