Past



​ =In the Beginning =

On April 3, 1973, Motorola's general manager, Martin Cooper, made the first phone call using a mobile cellular phone. The cellular phone was designed even before the cordless phone. It took an additonal 10 years before the phones were available for the public to buy at the high cost of $3,500.00 per phone.



The Grid Compass Computer was designed in 1979 and was the 1st operational portable computer that cost around $800.00. The space program bought and used these in 1979.



The IBM PC Convertible came out in 1986 and was sold to the general public for $3,500.00. This was the beginning of the laptop computers.

The designs and capabilities of these portible computes continuted to change throughout the years. In fact, we now have a phone and a computer all in one.