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The Cell Phone Turns 20

...and still people can't seem to ''Get Smart'' and put it on vibrate at the movies

Mar 07, 2003

''I'd like to take my shoe off and hit them on the top of the head.'' -- Rudy Krolopp, chief designer of the first commercial cell phone

Originally posted Jan 24, 2003 Published in issue #699 Mar 07, 2003 Order article reprints

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