Re: Plausibility & *Trek* (was Re: Where Are The New Conventions?)

In article <dv7tep$j2p$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, okay, the episode is noteworthy for one other thing: What may
be the first ever (1966) appearance of what is obviously a cell phone.

Second, I think, though the first used a dial rather than a keypad.

Seth
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