B.I.E. (Before iPhone Era): History of cell phones

In anticipation of Monday’s launch of the 3G iPhone…here’s a recent video put together by e2save (via Cellular-News) showing the evolution of Mobile Phones. Pretty cool, huh?

On a similarly nostalgic note, Textually.org recently posted the phone-related sub-list of Obsolete Skills:

– Calling collect on a payphone

– Cranking a telephone

– Dialing a rotary phone

– Extending the antenna on a cellphone

– Knowing what part of town someone lives in by their phone exchange

– Making an operator assisted phone call

– Remembering telephone numbers

– Using a party-line telephone

– Using a pay telephone