Happy 40th Birthday to the Mobile Phone

Hard to believe it's 40 years old:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22013228

Def hard to believe, it seems so recent!

A real curse in my life but something I sadly couldn't do without.

I can remember getting my first mobile phone in 1995 or 1996 it was like a brick, not even sure if texts were about then, so long ago.

Now we have a mobile computer the size of a mobile phone amazing really how they have advanced.

Happy birthday! Should probably turn my phone on at some point... It's been off for the last two months.

We had one that was the size & weight of a brick as well!

What a change there's been!

Wow

My first phone was huge and had bt cellnet on it

My first phone would be a Motorola Flip with a little pull out aerial , battery life about 15 mins talking but unless you were rich you could never afford to talk that long , that would be about 19 years ago , on Vodaphone ?? can't quite remember that bit

Happy Birthday to it personally I hate the things but needs must!

Dave wrote:My first phone would be a Motorola Flip with a little pull out aerial

Nokia 5110 with an orange tribal cover on it for me

inez maria wrote:Happy Birthday to it personally I hate the things but needs must!

It's just 1 of them needs must things for me now , fantastic business tool to have a BB until you decide to answer a mail whilst on holiday then everyone ignores out of office from then on

Leave your phone at home for a break , and then you break down in the middle of no where

My first was a big black brick of a Sony Ericsson with a big black aerial. It was my pride and joy. Got a bright red phone sock for it and everything!

Lisa & Cairo wrote:My first phone was huge and had bt cellnet on it

My dads a truck driver and had one of these for his truck. I think he could only carry half a load cos the other 14 tonne was taken up carrying that phone

I really didn't think it was that old ! I didn't get one until I was in my twenties.

Wow Now I feel old

Mine was a Nokia and I used to play snakes on it every lunchtime at school