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| Thread ID: 120626 | 2011-09-18 01:17:00 | Was this really how it was? (Cell phones) | tuiruru (12277) | PC World Chat |
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| 1231990 | 2011-09-19 05:40:00 | My first mobile phone was also quite small especially compared to the current smart phones. Although all it could do was make and receive calls (much like my current phone can and text but nothing else) it was a Panasonic J I actually only bouught my first mobile phone last year!! |
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| 1231991 | 2011-09-20 02:34:00 | Yikes, it's almost scary how far we've come. My first phone was an Alcatel one touch easy, it had an orange backlight and a two-line display, also had the option of swapping the included NiMH battery for a "spacer case" that took AAA's. Moved up to a Nokia 6210, that phone was what hooked me on Nokia (still love my N85, even though it runs Symbian) although I think my next one will have to be a nice Android. Death to WP7. | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1231992 | 2011-09-20 05:33:00 | Your information is really interesting for me. I have learned many new things to read your post. Hope I will learn more to my stay here. | Kyle90 (16557) | ||
| 1231993 | 2011-09-20 15:05:00 | Here (www.youtube.com) Maybe Surfer Joe can shed some light? Awww ---- that was one of the later versions and much smaller than what I remember. I worked for a Mr. Paul Duron, who was the President of a major cryogenics company (we didn't have 'CEOs in those days). I kept his vehicle ready for any and all situations since the company was a major supplier of cryogenic pumps for NASA. Anyway, his 'portable' phone was in a very thick briefcase that totally weighed about 45 lbs. I think it had tubes in it (NZ = valves) and required a power plug that ran to the battery of his limousine all the time unless it was being carried from place to place. But - I can still find an occasional brick in a yard sale and I grab them for myself. Many times the person with it for sale will toss it at you if you promise to not bring it back so they have to pay a recycling fee on electronic devices. Not that I don't have those tiny (and very losable - ask me later on about that) modern cells, but I keep one in each of my vehicles, powered up but not on a cell service. Why? Because by federal law in the US, ALL cell phones are to be able to call 911 or Operator, even if they don't have a current contract in effect. This is for reasons of emergencies to life and property. Besides - and here's the real kicker - those old 'bricks' are analog. The new phones are digital and that signal gets angry going through a sheet of paper, but an analog signal can go over or through many more obstacles than a digital signal can and it won't drop out if it hears some static or loses a percentage of the call quality. Non-relayed signals go farther too in analog mode than a non-repeated digital. Yup - analog is a great way to communicate but it sure eats the radio band in huge bites and gobbles. |
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