Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Cell Phones!

Yet another iconic pop symbol from saved by the bell was Zack's big-honkin dinosaur cell phone.  Unfortunately I know all about cell phones too.  The first cell phone actually came out in the year 1983 and it was called the Motorola_Dyna8000X.  It weighed 16 ounces and was priced at $3,500.00.  When it was fully charged it only had the capacity to hold about 40 minutes of talk time and about 4 hours of standby time.  It took 7 years before there were a million subscribers in the U.S.A. ..........meaning it was 1990 -yes thats right exactly when Zack Morris hit the scene at bayside high.  Although it was 7 years later the price still ranged from $2,000 and up.  So yet again another unrealistic portrayal of the average teenager!  God Zack had it all!

This is a picture of the first cell phone and the inventor "Martin Cooper"

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kyle said...

ive probably paid more than $3500 in fees. how weird. lol