Latest / 70 80 / SETTANTAxOTTANTA: 1984. Arriva il Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, il primo cellulare della storia
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- 0:48get your podcasts. Welcome to 70 per 80, the
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- 1:05on the portal. I am with journalist Enzo Mauri,
- 1:09who introduces the current topic. Good morning,
- 1:11today I am going to talk about an essential accessory.
- 1:15The thing that comes to mind when thinking of
- 1:16the first cell phone models is that of a comedian
- 1:19who claimed that the way of saying you find me
- 1:21on the cell phone was born because the dimensions
- 1:24were such that you could sit on it. Then, in
- 1:271983, the Motorola Dynatac 8000X, in effect the
- 1:31first cell phones that appeared in the United
- 1:33States at the beginning of the 70s were rather
- 1:37cumbersome and with weight limits. for more and
- 1:55more people to have a phone in their car. like
- 2:29this unique cellular portable made by Motorola,
- 2:32which weighs only 30 ounces. Right now, businessmen
- 2:36and women are major users of radio telephones
- 2:38where cellular is in service, but more people
- 2:41will take advantage of cellular as its benefits
- 2:43become apparent. www .lexmcl .it to make the
- 3:16first phone call with the Motorola Dynatac 8000X
- 3:20model. This is the genesis. Rudi Kroloff called
- 3:22the manager of a restaurant where he was staying.
- 3:25Sitting at a table, he composed the fixed number
- 3:27and at the incredible voice at the other end
- 3:29of the line, he asked for a glass of water. Once
- 3:31approved by the Federal Communication Commission,
- 3:34on September 21, 1983, for the trading of the
- 3:38Motorola Dynatac 8000X, a few more months passed.
- 3:42In fact, they had to wait until March 13, eventually
- 3:47seeing people using cellular phones may seem
- 3:50as commonplace as someone checking time on an
- 3:52electronic watch figuring on an electronic calculator
- 3:56or programming on an electronic computer. but
- 4:26that created overheating problems to the battery.
- 4:33but that number is expected to grow considerably
- 4:36within the next few years, during the cellular
- 4:39revolution. Thank you Denzo Mauri for the modern
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