The optimum telephone is one that I think some day is gonna be embedded behind your ear. It's gonna have an extraordinarily powerful computer running the cell phone.
Tags: phone, think, cell-phone, day

Other Quotes by "Martin Cooper"

People are mobile. They move around, and anytime they want to communicate, if you tie them to the wall or the wires, you're restricting them, you're infringing on their freedom.
Tags: want, people, you, freedom
I think what's really going to happen is we're going to have a lot of different kinds of phones when our industry grows up - some that are just plain, simple telephones. In fact, my wife and I started a company, and she designed the Jitterbug, which is just a simple telephone.
Tags: she, think, wife, simple
A telephone number shouldn't represent a home or a car or a restaurant, but instead a person.
Tags: person, restaurant, home, car
Engineers and entrepreneurs are fundamentally dissatisfied with the way the world is and want to make it better. There are so many things you could do with technology if you can match it up with real problems.
Tags: problems, world, you, technology
Once you've lived in Del Mar or the San Diego area, why would you want to live anyplace else? It's the neatest place, whether it's the culture or the small-town atmosphere the whole San Diego area has.
Tags: place, live, culture, you
View More by "Martin Cooper"