Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper: The Father of the Cellular Phone

Before the cellular phones, the only way people were able to communicate was through a landline house phones that were wired, not compact and "cordless." People would have to wait home to hear their messages which meant that they missed important calls. Thanks to Martin Cooper, however, having to play all missed calls was a thing of the past because he was the first one to invent the cellular phone. This great invention simplified America's lives.

Martin Cooper was born in December 25, 1928. During the Great Depression him and his family, like others nationwide, were left to fend for themselves. That did not stop his curiosity to run wild. November of 1972, the Motorola Company and Cooper collaborated to produce a "prototype of the Dyna-Tac phone, and five months later Cooper stood on a Manhattan street and placed the world's first call from a mobile phone.