We thought our vision was right, which was that someday everyone would be walking around carrying phones with them. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
We had no idea that in as little as 35 years more than half the people on Earth would have cellular telephones,… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
The first cellular systems didn't become commercially available until 1983. Most of the phones before then were in fact car phones. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of features that will become part of cell phones that will help us offload the more laborious things… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
When you are doing one thing - talking on your phone, texting, whatever - you are automatically not doing something else. What… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
It pleases me no end to have had some small impact on people's lives because these phones do make people's lives better.… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
I think what's really going to happen is we're going to have a lot of different kinds of phones when our industry… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Just think of what a world it would be if we could measure the characteristics of your body when you get sick and transmit… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
The future of cellular telephony is to make people's lives better - the most important way, in my view, will be the opportunity to… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
People are mobile. They move around, and anytime they want to communicate, if you tie them to the wall or the wires, you're restricting… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
I have a mantra that people are naturally, fundamentally and inherently mobile. — Martin Cooper Copy Share
As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving around while… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
My favourite example of good technology is the automobile. I travel all over the world and if I want to drive a car anywhere,… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
It doesn't take a cell phone to make a person rude. There are rude people all over the place. But people are learning. I… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
If you think you can experience the power of the Internet on a 1-inch screen, you've got to be out of your mind. — Martin Cooper Copy Share
We should be focused on how to make people's lives better. That is the purpose of technology. — Martin Cooper Copy Share
Engineers and entrepreneurs are fundamentally dissatisfied with the way the world is and want to make it better. There are so many things you… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
We predicted the concept of a telephone that isn't tied to a wall or a desk. We anticipated that everyone would have a cell… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
The only thing that was in my mind when we made that first phone call was, 'Is it going to work?' We had all… — Martin Cooper Copy Share
I think projects often fail because people do not have a clear understanding at the start what they are trying to deliver. — Martin Cooper Copy Share
