What was your first cell phone?
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First one that was mine personally (but work bought for me), was this Sony Zuma around 1998/9, and I loved it (and still would):
First one that was "mine" (I had to keep it 24/7, but it was the Army's) was this Motorola in 1988. There were about 10 of them in the entire US Army V Corps in Germany, my boss was the only non-General to have one in the Corps. This one was a MASSIVE improvement over the one it replaced because people only had to dial a single phone number to reach you anywhere, and you could call globally. The one before this required the following: In Germany, if you were driving from Fulda to Frankfurt, the country code was always +49, but on that drive, you traversed about 6 local "area codes." So, if someone wanted to reach you, they had to call each "area code" along the route until they got you. It was very similar to this one, but in a hard case.
First one that was "mine" (I had to keep it 24/7, but it was the Army's) was this Motorola in 1988. There were about 10 of them in the entire US Army V Corps in Germany, my boss was the only non-General to have one in the Corps. This one was a MASSIVE improvement over the one it replaced because people only had to dial a single phone number to reach you anywhere, and you could call globally. The one before this required the following: In Germany, if you were driving from Fulda to Frankfurt, the country code was always +49, but on that drive, you traversed about 6 local "area codes." So, if someone wanted to reach you, they had to call each "area code" along the route until they got you. It was very similar to this one, but in a hard case.
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Was your Mom's name "Gina" and did she work for Miami PD?Motorola something. It was big and expensive to use. Probably made fewer than 5 calls from it ever. Mom thought I needed it at UF for safety.
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Was your Mom's name "Gina" and did she work for Miami PD?
Your post would probably be funny if I understood the reference.
(edit: Miami Vice?)The Danny Rolling murders had just happened so I get her fear but that phone was better for knocking someone in the head rather than calling the police.
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It was a Miami Vice reference, and we lived in Gatorwood. I knew Manny pretty well from the laundry room and jogging. Tracy dated the guy (UF student and part time ACSO deputy) in the apartment across from us and he's the one that positively id'd their bodies the morning Chris the maintenance guy found them. I definitely remember what a crazy, crazy time it was there for a few weeks.Your post would probably be funny if I understood the reference.
The Danny Rolling murders had just happened so I get her fear but that phone was better for knocking someone in the head rather than calling the police.
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My first cell phone had a handset, a base, and the curly cord in between just like a house phone.
Once (or twice), I got loaded in Gainesville, drunk-dialing all my friends "back home," and it apparently cost my family like ~$300 each such night. Could've been more. Oops.
Once (or twice), I got loaded in Gainesville, drunk-dialing all my friends "back home," and it apparently cost my family like ~$300 each such night. Could've been more. Oops.
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Obviously, it was intended for the road. I didn't carry it around. Lol
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Awful. My best friend from HS lived at Williamsburg apartment in the building next to the two girls. We moved in together later at Oxford Manor and felt a little safer.
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I confess to never having had a personally owned cell phone - still don’t. First one I had actually assigned to me personally was overseas and was a Motorola flip phone. When I returned domestic, it was a Nextel with PTT. Thing was huge. (Deet we had those lunchbox jobs when they first came out too and the later the “brick” phones; we had to share though.)
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Ours was a Motorola bag phone very similar to the above, but for civilians, and took up the center seat of a cars front bench. One great thing about it was the watts out were more than most and the antenna was phenomenal so a conversation sounded (on both ends) like you're on a couch in the living room.
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The wife and I hadn’t been married long when we received this Pioneer from my mother at Christmas…
The missus kept it with her and used it sparingly, a couple of minor emergencies and if we were traveling to call home and check on our parents. I’m remembering some big gaps in coverage. They’ve certainly come a long way since then.
The missus kept it with her and used it sparingly, a couple of minor emergencies and if we were traveling to call home and check on our parents. I’m remembering some big gaps in coverage. They’ve certainly come a long way since then.
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Mine was a Samsung flip phone provided by my employer. Boss asked me if I would go on a work trip so I countered with, "Can I get a company paid cell phone?" He said sure. Couple days later I had it. Used it for a few years until I changed employers.
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The Razor. Such cutting edge when it first came out.Gotta have some burners...
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Late 90's teenage start pack.
Got my first Nokia in 2000 through work. Loved it! Great reception and clarity at the time. Then they started giving us flip phones.
