The future of the cell phone, from the man who invented it
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English - January 21, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 15.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsTechnology Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Martin Cooper, the inventor of the cell phone, comes on the show to talk about his new book, “Cutting the Cord,” and his thoughts on the tech industry as a whole. He dives into how he convinced Motorola to bet the company on a new technology, why he’s still optimistic about the cell phone’s potential, and what it will look like when robots replace us.
For more on the topics in this episode:
Marty Cooper’s book, Cutting the Cord: The Cell Phone Has Transformed HumanityMarty Cooper on TwitterA fun video on Cooper’s first cell phone callCooper holding the original DynaTAC
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