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Posted by danny burstein on October 28, 2008, 10:58 am
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"October 28, 2008
Amos E. Joel Jr., Cellphone Pioneer, Dies at 90
By ANDREW MARTIN
Amos E. Joel Jr., an inventor whose switching device opened the way for
the cellular phone business, died Oct. 25 at his home in Maplewood, N.J.
He was 90.
The death was confirmed by his daughter Stephanie Joel.
Mr. Joel received more than 70 patents, but he was perhaps best known for
No. 3,663,762, a 1972 patent that allows a cellphone user to make an
uninterrupted call while moving from one cell region to another....
rest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/technology/28joel.html
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