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To: HPilot who wrote (490241)	6/23/2009 10:58:39 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1573691

"Most countries didn't have the mobiles we had before the cell phone." Not true. In at least some parts of Europe, they call cell phones "handies". And that is because of the Handy Phone which used a different technology which only worked in cities.

To: HPilot who wrote (490241)	6/24/2009 5:48:08 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573691

BTW speaking of cell phones, do you realize we are the only country that calls cell phones cells? Most countries call them mobiles which actually makes more sense when you think about it. Most countries didn't have the mobiles we had before the cell phone. In the early 90's I had a realtor which used one. It used one central station for the entire city instead of lots of individual cell's. So only cities had them. They also often had to wait to make a call as it could only handle a limited number of mobiles calling at one time. Good point. Thanks.