Cellphone inventor says they've become 'too complicated,' rock-n-roll too loud

You know that smartphone you love, that ultimate expression of handheld convergence that some would call a mobile computer? It's crap. Or so says octogenarian, Martin Cooper, former lead engineer at Motorola said to have invented the handheld cellphone -- really, his name is on the "Radio telephone system" patent and he's credited with making the very first private handheld cellphone call from a busy New York City street on April 3rd, 1973. Well Marty doesn't like those newfangled handsets. In fact, according to our sterling Mr. Cooper, "Our future I think is a number of specialist devices that focus on one thing that will improve our lives." Words uttered this week during a conference in Madrid. Imagine it: a future where we carry a portable radio, film camera, wind-up watch, Kaypro luggable computer, HP calculator, and Atari handheld... oh wait, that was the eighties.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2009 1:59AM]

I liked the Mad Men reference "to our sterling Mr. Cooper"

lol, i got that.

[Asspigeon Posted Nov 7th 2009 10:57AM]

"sterling Mr. Cooper" is that a Mad Men reference?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 8th 2009 6:49PM]

Hey Thomas... without him your current job wouldn't exist...
pay some respect will you?