{"id":2021,"date":"2014-11-13T15:35:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T20:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2018-07-11T16:33:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T21:33:45","slug":"the-motorola-dynatac-8000x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oceanimagery.com\/journal\/2014\/11\/13\/the-motorola-dynatac-8000x\/","title":{"rendered":"The Motorola Dynatac 8000x"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I was going through some boxes in my workroom and ran across a device I though I had lost years ago. Way back in the day, when cellular phone technology was just getting started there where two types of cellular telephones you could purchase… the original “Phone in a Bag” or “Car Phone” model or the much more expensive handheld model which inventor Martin Cooper<\/a> is credited with designing in 1973.<\/p>\n

I cant remember what year I switched up from my “Car Phone” to the Motorola Dynatac 8000x<\/a>, but it was pretty cool being able to stick your mobile phone in your back pocket! I got the newer model that had a smaller battery pack and was sold exclusively by Cellular One at that time. It dropped calls constantly and didn’t work anywhere outside of major cites, but cellular was just taking off and I new this was going to be the thing of the future. Wow, how times (and technology) have changed!! Oh yeah, and after charging it… it still works!!<\/p>\n\n\t\t