Martin Cooper Quotes

Martin Cooper
American Scientist
Born: Dec 26, 1928
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Technology has to be invisible. Transparent. Just simple. Martin Cooper
Technology Simple Invisible Just Transparent
Of course I have an iPhone and I use that, interestingly enough, mostly for my calendar because it synchronizes with my calendar. I take pictures with it and I show people pictures of my grandchildren. Martin Cooper
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It pleases me no end to have had some small impact on people's lives because these phones do make people's lives better. They promote productivity, they make people more comfortable, they make them feel safe and all of those things. Martin Cooper
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Star Trek made dreaming legitimate. Martin Cooper
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I think that wireless has the opportunity to solve a whole bunch of problems, including I believe world poverty. Martin Cooper
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The only thing I don't like is being called the 'grandfather of the cellphone' because that makes me a little older than I prefer to be. Martin Cooper
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Our dream was that someday nobody would talk on a wired telephone. Everybody would talk on a wireless phone. Martin Cooper
Phone Everybody Our Telephone Dream Would Someday Wired Wireless Nobody Talk
Bell Labs was a fantastic research organization but having them create and market new products for the world was terrible. They were not good marketers and yet it was AT&T engineers who were deciding what the products of the future were. Martin Cooper
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Somehow in the last 100 years, every time there is a problem of getting more spectrum, there is a technology that comes along that solves that problem. Martin Cooper
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I'm at the doctor's office. I'm in the waiting room. And there's this guy on his cell phone, talking really loud. Does he think he owns the place? Apparently. I think this is so offensive. But you have to remember: It doesn't take a cell phone to make people rude. People were rude before there were cell phones. Martin Cooper
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I had an iPhone for a while, I gave that to my grandson. Kids are really caught up in that. Martin Cooper
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My favourite example of good technology is the automobile. I travel all over the world and if I want to drive a car anywhere, I get in and put the key in the ignition, shift out of park and drive. I don't need an instruction manual. Martin Cooper
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I have a mantra that people are naturally, fundamentally and inherently mobile. Martin Cooper
People Mobile Inherently Mantra Naturally Fundamentally
We predicted the concept of a telephone that isn't tied to a wall or a desk. We anticipated that everyone would have a cell phone. We joked that when you're born you would be assigned a cell phone and if you didn't answer you had died. Martin Cooper
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The first cellular systems didn't become commercially available until 1983. Most of the phones before then were in fact car phones. Martin Cooper
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Given a choice, people will demand the freedom to communicate wherever they are, unfettered by the infamous copper wire. Martin Cooper
Freedom People Communicate Will Given Wire Demand Infamous Unfettered Wherever Choice Copper
Just think of what a world it would be if we could measure the characteristics of your body when you get sick and transmit those directly to a doctor or a computer. You could get diagnosed and cured instantly and wirelessly. Martin Cooper
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I'm a science-fiction fan. All science fiction ends up being reality. Martin Cooper
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What's the biggest function of a cell phone? What does a cell phone do for humanity? It makes people more productive. Martin Cooper
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We did envision that some day the phone would be so small that you could hang it on your ear or even have it embedded under your skin. Martin Cooper
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If you want people to think out of the box, you shouldn't create the box in the first place. Martin Cooper
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If we don't blow ourselves up, this is going to be a really wonderful world. Martin Cooper
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When you get involved in a startup, you have to be passionate. Martin Cooper
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The more we learn about new communications, the more capacity we need, and that is going to keep going on forever. That's been happening since radio was invented, and that's going to keep going. Martin Cooper
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The optimum telephone is one that I think some day is gonna be embedded behind your ear. It's gonna have an extraordinarily powerful computer running the cell phone. Martin Cooper
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Whatever happened to courtesy? What can be so urgent that you have to look down at your phone in the middle of a dinner conversation with people who matter to you? You can't wait five minutes before staring at your phone? Martin Cooper
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