Telephones on the Move was an 11 pound portable phone that fit in any briefcase. It came out in 1969 thanks to Jack Gorry's MLS Melabs, whose boss
predicted that miniaturization and ..uh.. towerization would allow people to have pocket sized portable phones by 1974. This photo was taken , as were the others, by Jeremy Taylor in Montreal, so the phones must have been on display here.
René must've had that combover in the cradle.
ReplyDeleteEarly portable telephones?
ReplyDeleteRadio pagers and robots, etc. were predicted as far back as the 1930s and see the amazingly accurate Gazette article of Feb. 25, 1956, page 3 entitled "Electronics Will Change Your Life" which predicts VCRs, electronic mail, and miniature pocket 2-way radios--which is what cellphones essentially are. The articles's associated cartoon apparently didn't consider the "off" switch! ;-)