The instruction manual for my Motorola phone is bigger and heavier than the phone. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
You should not be a slave to your telephone. The technology is there to serve you, not the other way around. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
We should be focused on how to make people's lives better. That is the purpose of technology. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
People thought I was crazy thinking about a phone you can just put in your pocket. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Engineers and entrepreneurs are fundamentally dissatisfied with the way the world is and want to make it better. There are so many… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
I never really started to carry a cellular phone until it was small enough so I could put it on my belt… — 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
We did envision that some day the phone would be so small that you could hang it on your ear or even… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
The optimum telephone is one that I think some day is gonna be embedded behind your ear. It's gonna have an extraordinarily… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Just remember, in 1973, we had no digital cameras, no personal computers, no Internet. The thought of putting a billion transistors in… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
I do like to get away from technology. I still read a lot. Having said that, most of my reading is on… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Yes, I was the one people credit with inventing the cell phone. Now, whenever anyone gets a dropped call, they blame me. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
We predicted the concept of a telephone that isn't tied to a wall or a desk. We anticipated that everyone would have… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
It doesn't take a cell phone to make a person rude. There are rude people all over the place. But people are… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Even though you can't get along without your smartphone, there are not many essential services on your smartphone. They're mostly convenience; you… — 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
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 is going to happen in the future is more customization, more personalization. We all are different and we ought… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
The biggest innovation of all is social networking, and cellular technology is the facilitator for social networking. People are mobile; social networking… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
My favourite example of good technology is the automobile. I travel all over the world and if I want to drive a… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
I use Verizon. My wife uses Cingular. I also have an AT&T phone for the car. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Good technology is intuitive - the cellphone forces you to become an engineer. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Our dream was that someday nobody would talk on a wired telephone. Everybody would talk on a wireless phone. — 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
What's the biggest function of a cell phone? What does a cell phone do for humanity? It makes people more productive. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
What we did with this mobile telephone was create a revolution. Before the mobile phone existed we were calling a place, now… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
There were a lot of naysayers over the years. People would say, 'Why are we spending all of this money? Are you… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Whatever happened to courtesy? What can be so urgent that you have to look down at your phone in the middle of… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
The first cell phone model weighed over one kilo, and you could only talk for 20 minutes before the battery ran out.… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Somehow in the last 100 years, every time there is a problem of getting more spectrum, there is a technology that comes… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
You have to immerse yourself into a product and use it in order to really understand it and that's why I have… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
When I go skiing, I may carry a phone, but it's there for safety purposes. I'm not one of these guys that… — 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
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
The technology that lets many people use the same radio channel at the same time is called smart antenna technology or adaptive… — 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
