cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1708144

On March 5, 1919, cartoonist W.K. Haselden published a comic in the British newspaper The Mirror, illustrating what the world would be like if telephones were portable.

  • Mongostein@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is a pocket telephone, not a pocket computer, which is what we actually have now.

    These problems were why the vibration feature was introduced.

    I remember being a tween watching Regis & Kathy Lee at my Grandma’s and they were talking about a “vibrating cell phone,” and Regis was all like, “now what could you possibly need it to vibrate for?? 😳”