Phones Quotes by Martin Cooper

9 Phones quotes by Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper, the inventor of the mobile phone, offers a compact set of reflections that trace the technology’s humble beginnings to its present impact.

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We thought our vision was right, which was that someday everyone would be walking around carrying phones with them.

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Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.

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When you are doing one thing - talking on your phone, texting, whatever - you are automatically not doing something else. What…

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It pleases me no end to have had some small impact on people's lives because these phones do make people's lives better.…

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We had no idea that in as little as 35 years more than half the people on Earth would have cellular telephones,…

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There are all kinds of features that will become part of cell phones that will help us offload the more laborious things…

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The first cellular systems didn't become commercially available until 1983. Most of the phones before then were in fact car phones.

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I think what's really going to happen is we're going to have a lot of different kinds of phones when our industry…

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As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving…

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I have a mantra that people are naturally, fundamentally and inherently mobile.

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My favourite example of good technology is the automobile. I travel all over the world and if I want to drive a car anywhere,…

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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…

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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.

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We should be focused on how to make people's lives better. That is the purpose of technology.

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Engineers and entrepreneurs are fundamentally dissatisfied with the way the world is and want to make it better. There are so many things you…

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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…

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The only thing that was in my mind when we made that first phone call was, 'Is it going to work?' We had all…

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Privacy is a thing of the past.

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I think projects often fail because people do not have a clear understanding at the start what they are trying to deliver.

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