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ProfessorGAC

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5. Our First Company Cellphones, Thankfully...

Reply to sop (Reply #1)

Wed May 13, 2026, 07:40 PM

May 13

...were issued after the tech turned them into shirt pocket size.
Pretty sure our first phones were Nokia, but I wouldn't swear to that.
Worked fine, except at that time they were useless in Europe & South America. I don't remember if they worked in Japan or the Philippines, though.

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