As if Android needed yet another endorsement, it turns out that Martin Cooper -- the inventor of the cellular telephone who pretty much is responsible for all of us being here at this fine Web site today -- is the proud owner of ... wait for it ... a Motorola Droid.
Cooper did a piece on C-SPAN last week where he talked (a lot!) about spectrum and the politics thereof (it's clunky, but well done), as well as the argument that cell phones might cause cancer (show him some proof). The talk about his weapon of choice comes a little after the 30-minute mark. When asked about his daily driver he replied:
"Depends when you ask me. I always have the latest cell phone, and I try every cell phone out, only because people like you keep asking me. Right now I'm using the Droid, because I want to get some experience with the Android operating system, and I, so far, have some favorable results."
Turns out he used to have an iPhone, which he gave to his grandson. He uses a feature phone for his day-to-day calls, he said, but turns to the Droid when it's time to do some real work -- like tweeting. Yes, the 81-year-old inventor of the cell phone is on Twitter. He's @MartyMobile, so be sure to follow him. And be sure to tell him AndroidCentral sent you. [C-SPAN] Thanks, @ikagirl, for the tip!
Update: YouTube video added after the break.
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gawd damn it i love this android thing,
lol yeah thought the exact same thing.
nexus one sucks has no physical keyboard... i win yo lose enough said
I bet he dumps the Droid when the Nexus One hits verizon
I saw this on C-SPAN last week, I would capitalize on this if I was Google 8-)
Nice to know that the godfather of cell phones dropped the iPhone for the Droid.
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I wonder how this will play in court! Thats got to be a gut-wrenching feeling for apple.
Dont get too excited guys. His latest Tweet:
@MartyMobile I love my MOT Android but wish it had some features of the iPhone screen. I will revisit iPhone and reportafter working Droid for a month.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CZ4oLw58ek
here is the video
You guys are all getting too excited. If you read his quote carefully. It sounds like he's just trying out the Droid because the he's had the iphone for a while, and the Droid is a newer shinier gadget. I'm guessing he'll jump back to the new iphone in June.
29:05 "a cell phone doesn't need 100's of functions"
Who wants to have an iphone when you can have a (an)droid
You guys get way too excited. It sounds like to tries all the phones.
Inventor of the cell phone gave up his iPhone for a Motorola Droid.
Yes Martin Cooper is the inventor of cellphone,after a long time I cane across an article about this gentleman & with lot of surprise like such a news.Thanks.
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