Daily Mirror, England, January 23, 1923

  • edge [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    He envisioned mobile phones but couldn't think that they'd probably have a way to be silenced?

    • SSJ2Marx
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      6 months ago

      Imagining a cell phone with a rotary dial.

      • Hurvitz [they/them]
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        6 months ago

        https://skysedge.com/telecom/RUSP/index.html its a thing (almost works even)

        I'll be honest I really want one but I'm not sure I could swing it even if it did work ootb with carriers already. and at that price I can't have it just be a very cool toy

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      6 months ago

      i mean they had a silent feature pretty much since they became available to consumers, but they were still ringing out loud in public regularly until like 2010