{"id":429959,"date":"2010-03-15T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=14065"},"modified":"2010-03-15T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T19:00:01","slug":"inventor-of-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/429959","title":{"rendered":"Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2Finventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces-android%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2Finventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces-android%2F&amp;source=AndroidGuys&amp;style=normal&amp;service=bit.ly\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-child \"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14063\" href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/03\/15\/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces-android\/martin-cooper-on-c-span\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14063\" href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/03\/15\/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces-android\/martin-cooper-on-c-span\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/androidguyscom\/~3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Martin-Cooper-on-C-SPAN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who invented the cell phone, is the proud owner of a Motorola Droid!\u00a0 In a story which aired on C-SPAN,\u00a0 Martin discussed the politics of cellphones, as well as his current device.\u00a0 He went on to state that he used to have an iPhone, but gave it to his grandson for a birthday gift.\u00a0 Can anyone guess his biggest use for the Droid? 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