October 13, 2008

25 Anniversary of the First Commercial Cellphone Call Timeline

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Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the first commercial cellphone call in history. On October 13th 1983, Ameritech executive Bob Barnett called the grandson of Alexander Graham Bell using the now legendary and bricktastic Motorola DynaTAC 8000X.

Here's Gizmodo modified cellphone timeline highlighting this historic event.

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