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I remember when cell phones were big ugly things, it wasn't that long ago if I can remember it.  It's scary how technology keeps changing all the time.
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No kidding.  Those big and ugly brick sized cell phones from the 80's were still around here and there up till the mid 1990's.  

I remember I knew someone that used one of those things, and this had to be around 1994 and '95.  Cell phones had gotten considerably smaller and much much cheaper by then, but some people were still holding onto their old ones.  I'm still sorta stuck in the past though, in many ways I still think of cell phones as being gadgets for the rich.  Even though I've had 3 different ones in the past 5 years, and I'm certainly not rich.

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No kidding.  Those big and ugly brick sized cell phones from the 80's were still around here and there up till the mid 1990's.  

I remember I knew someone that used one of those things, and this had to be around 1994 and '95.  Cell phones had gotten considerably smaller and much much cheaper by then, but some people were still holding onto their old ones.  I'm still sorta stuck in the past though, in many ways I still think of cell phones as being gadgets for the rich.  Even though I've had 3 different ones in the past 5 years, and I'm certainly not rich.


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Also some early Walkmen were ugly and overpriced!I had one made by Soundesign in 1982,and I paid $70 for it because it was a combination AM/FM Radio and cassette player.It was the cheapest DECENT one I could find.They ate up battery power like crazy,so I used it sparingly and relied on a small 'mono'AM/FM/Cassette recorder-player which I used to tape stuff like "METALSHOP"("The only show with teeth!"where I first heard Metallica!) New Jersey Transit buses at the time had a 'no walkmen'rule that was not strictly enforced,but certain passengers felt it was their civic duty to hassle other riders because they were 'breaking the law'and 'annoying others'by playing a WALKMAN!! Now I have a CD Walkman which is surprisingly good with alkaline batteries and the sound is AWESOME!! 8)

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I forgot how clunky the early phones looked until I saw a rerun of "Miami Vice" a few months ago.  :D  Boy-o-boy has technology marched on.  But, now I think they're too small.

I still remember back in the 80's, those fake cellphones that made ringing noises when you pushed the buttons.  I remember because I can't forget how this 16 yr old punk driving daddy's Mustang 5.0  :P  pulled into my gas station one day and tried to impress the cute 15 yr old blondes in the back seat (..or maybe it was me he was trying to impress me :o) by whipping out his toy phone.  When I went to get his change for his $5 in gas, I brought out the same toy phone we kept in the store and mentioned his phone looked just like mine.  ;D Boy was he embarrassed.  He left without saying a thing. Hahaha...
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hey Secret Squirrel,I had a fake cell phone a few years ago before I got the real thing and I would pretendingly use it and make sure everyone on the bus heard my conversation. ;D

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Heheh!  I remember a guy I worked with did that with a real phone.  He was blathering on loudly and then right in the middle of his sentence his phone began to ring!  :D  That was so funny...  ;D

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All you have to do is just press a few buttons and speak as loudly as you want.Who the hell cares who listens in anymore?I'm sure everyone does that occassionly. :D

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My kid was being a very good girl today and decided to do some cleaning and she uncovered an old analog cell phone.  It is so huge and ugly....I think I will hang on to it.  Hey, it could be worth something in the future.  I like the size of my phone right now and won't go any smaller, even though they are getting ridiculously smaller each year.
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Why don't you put some minutes on that phone your daughter found? I'm pretty sure it's useable! :D


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hey Secret Squirrel,I had a fake cell phone a few years ago before I got the real thing and I would pretendingly use it and make sure everyone on the bus heard my conversation. ;D

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LOL! ;D

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Why don't you put some minutes on that phone your daughter found? I'm pretty sure it's useable! :D


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Actually the phone does still work.  It isn't the cellphone's from the 80's but rather the early 90's that my brother passed on to me years ago.  I would be too embarrassed to pull out a cellphone like that.  LOL!!!

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LOL! ;D
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This was actually 2 years ago that I had a fake cell phone before getting the real thing.People don't care anymore!They're too busy either sleeping,reading or listening to music.

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Actually the phone does still work.  It isn't the cellphone's from the 80's but rather the early 90's that my brother passed on to me years ago.  I would be too embarrassed to pull out a cellphone like that.  LOL!!!
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Why? How Big is it? :o ;D


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The first real cell phone prototype was created in '77.  I saw a picture of it in the newspaper last year because it was its 25th anniversary and it was huge.  Later in the mid 80's I think the phone costed $800-$1000 (that's 80's money too!), plus you still had to pay to use it and it was pretty much only usable in large cities.

I don't know, but during the 80's, I would just have found the nearest pay phone.  Today, this leads to the question, "How much longer will pay phones be around?"
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Sheesh! can't people stop using freakin'payphones already.When you see someone using a payphone just say "Get A cell phone,will ya"?  >:( ::)


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Sheesh! can't people stop using freakin'payphones already.When you see someone using a payphone just say "Get A cell phone,will ya"?  >:( ::)


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Actually, when my cell battery is dead or it's acting up on me again (I know time for me to get a new phone), I'm guilty of using the pay phone.