3 Apr
2023
3 Apr
'23
8:46 a.m.
Aww the mts phones still find a few places in the world that use em still
Had one at my cabin till that got shut down in 2006 here In manitoba.
Also got one of the ones sherritt exploration had with a range that would
reach to the operator in selkirk from lynn lake mb
On Mon, Apr 3, 2023, 8:23 a.m. Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
That would be cell phone, right? Wireless phones have
been around for
much longer, but those earlier ones weren't cellular. The key innovation
is seamless handoff between cells, as opposed to the call being tied to a
particular base station for the duration.
paul
On Apr 3, 2023, at 9:15 AM, Murray McCullough via
cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On April 3, 1973 the first wireless phone call was made and Moore’s Law
has
now led to the smart-phone being ubiquitous to
our lives: Computer
technology and cell phone technology marching hand-in-hand.
Happy computing and talking about it!
Murray 🙂