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Engadget: Cellphone inventor says they've become 'too complicated,' rock-n-roll too loud
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Gizmodo: Inventor of Cellphones Says They've Become Too Complicated [Blockquote]
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Cellphone inventor says they've become 'too complicated,' rock-n-roll too loud
Engadget —
... 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 credited with the invention of the handheld ...
Cellphone inventor says they've become 'too complicated,' rock-n-roll too loud
Engadget Mobile —
... 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 -- ...
Inventor of Cellphones Says They've Become Too Complicated [Blockquote]
Gizmodo —
... I hear the basic point: jacks of all trades tend to be masters of none. And that's a valid observation. But most phones do a pretty slick job of handling music, and their cameras are getting better, too. So with the utmost of respect good sir, this isn't the 1980s, and using an iPhone (or any smartphone for that matter) is no longer like trying to program your VCR. [The Telegraph] ...
Modern mobile phones are too complicated, says mobile phone inventor
T3.com All —
... devices that focus on one thing that will improve our lives, he continued. Essentially the only thing Cooper was in favour of was the pocketable size of today s phones: The first cell phone model weighed over one kilo, he said, and you could only talk for 20 minutes before the battery ran out, which is just as well because you would not be able to hold it up for much longer. Mr Cooper made the world s first mobile, wireless call in Manhattan on the 3rd of April 1973. Link: Telegraph
Modern mobile phones are too complicated, says mobile phone inventor
T3.com News —
... Essentially the only thing Cooper was in favour of was the pocketable size of today’s phones: “The first cell phone model weighed over one kilo,” he said, “and you could only talk for 20 minutes before the battery ran out, which is just as well because you would not be able to hold it up for much longer.”
Mr Cooper made the world’s first mobile, wireless call in Manhattan on the 3rd of April 1973.
Link: Telegraph
mocoNews Quick Hits 11.6.09
mocoNews —
... » Martin Cooper, who is credited with developing the first cell phone and making the first wireless call—in 1973—says phones today are “too complicated.” [Telegraph] ...
Mobile Phone Inventor Says They’re Too Complicated
iPhonefreak —
... e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook. Smartphones now resemble portable computers more than they do phones. It’s a shame such an accomplished scientist can remain so backwards in his thinking. Nobody is saying that your iPhone camera will replace your DSLR, or even your dedicated point and shoot, what’s important is that it’s there and ready for you to use instantly on an Internet-enabled device. Like some people say, sometimes the best camera is the one that’s with you . [Source: Telegraph ]
Cell Phone Inventor Says Mobile Devices Are Too Complex
Switched —
... Now, our knee-jerk reaction was to dismiss Cooper as a crotchety, out-of-touch coot when he said, "[Our] future... is a number of specialist devices that focus on one thing." Clearly, the trend in technology has been convergence -- cramming more and more capabilities into fewer, smaller gadgets. Many of us at the Switched offices lug around smartphones that can snap photos, record video, play ...
