[aklug] Re: Brick Phones

From: Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Feb 12 2014 - 22:23:58 AKST

Wasn't that the one Don Adams carried in Get Smart? ;)

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Jim Wadell <jim.wadell@gmail.com> wrote:

> You kids don't remember the Motorola shoe phone. Not much smaller than a
> brick, cost about $800 unless you signed your life away. They were way much
> smaller that the previous version, which came with a lead-acid battery and
> a canvas bag to carry it, and it had a "conventional" handset. This puppy
> ran for about three hours on standby. I did not pay the bills, but I think
> one could buy a car a minute for the air time.
>
> Jim
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