NEW YORK CITY -- On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on sixth avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men ...

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On April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first ever call on the first ever truly portable telephone. But it wasn't until ten years later, in 1983, that Motorola sold its cellular phones ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marty Cooper, inventor of the first cell phone, ignited a transformation of our culture. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty ...