It was 1954 and Humphrey Bogart demonstrates the “office car” with mobile phone and dictation machine.
This was one of the first times this type of techuwas featured in a movie.
This had an impact on millions.
This is the #VoiceFirst world we living today.pic.twitter.com/QXAQBV5i8x
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele
I love these collections of old movies except for this incredible historical inaccuracies that are often added. Direct dial wasn't available until the late 1970's? How about late 1919. Do you think people were calling the operator by a hand crank and asking for Jeff in 1960?
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Replying to @THErealDVORAK
John, Indeed. I hesitated using this clip because of the text. But seeing Bogart in his prime 63 cents per month was too much.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele
disclaimers work wonders. You should have rebuked the text. I think the reference was to push button phones and the person never new what direct "dial" meant. I suspect another victim of modern education.
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Replying to @THErealDVORAK
John, I hear ya. You know thinking about it seems they were speaking of mobile phones only. Prior to the 1970s and cellular there was no direct dial only operator assisted mobile calls.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele
well, rotary dial was available on mobile rigs as early as 1956 (Sweden's MTA system), but I can see what he's trying to say if your assumption is correct. Whatever, it was unclear and what was the point of the text in the first place? It detracted from the presentation.
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John, indeed. I really dislike anytime modern text is overplayed on historic film/video. Let the stuff speak for itself.
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