Overheard in a pub, c. 1987... Two yuppies, one male, one female, were discussing pets. The male yuppie had a Nokia Cityman or similar on the table in front of him. Male yuppie: "I love my tortoise. A friend since childhood." Female yuppie: "Oh, I prefer cats to tortoises, James." She eyed his brick, longingly. "Of course, what I REALLY need is a cell phone..." NMT, the world's first international cellular mobile telephone network, had opened in Scandinavia in 1981. In 1987, the Nokia Mobira...
