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grayrock667
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 16 Aug 2001
Posts: 230
Location: Lincoln Nebraska
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 Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:15 pm Communicators --> Cell Phones? |
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Does anybody know for sure if cell phone manufacturers copied Star Trek with the communicators?
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Defiant
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 04 Jul 2001
Posts: 15946
Location: Oregon City, OR
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| Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:32 pm |
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Umm...I doubt it.
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Delta Quad 2003
Section 31 Guardian
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 3164
Location: Earth
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| Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:40 pm |
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I wouldn't think so.
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CaptJD
Disyple
Joined: 16 Sep 2003
Posts: 2699
Location: Canada!
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| Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:31 pm |
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I have to admit they are similar, especially the "Flip Phones" but I think even without trek the design would have been used.
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tomparis
Stooge Three
Joined: 25 Jun 2001
Posts: 5964
Location: At your computer, hacking your files.
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| Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:48 pm |
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Nah, probably not, but I'd bet any money that there is a cell phone out there that looks like a communicator from TOS.
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CaptJD
Disyple
Joined: 16 Sep 2003
Posts: 2699
Location: Canada!
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| Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:00 pm |
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No doubt... I'll see if there is one on ebay
*does search*
no luck... maybe google.
*does search*
I got nuthin but just cause I didn't find it doesn't mean its not there  plus my searches wern't very detailed
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Delta Quad 2003
Section 31 Guardian
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 3164
Location: Earth
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| Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:35 pm |
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haha lol. i think that the TOS communicaters were turned into designs for cell phones though.
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voyager123456789
Lieutenant
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
Posts: 175
Location: Alpha Quardrant
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| Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:30 am |
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Yup. The flap open ones are a copy of the startrek communicator.(TOS)
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Sevenofninenz
Commodore
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
Posts: 2441
Location: New Zealand Penal Colony
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| Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:35 am |
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I spose they're very similar.
But if you say cellphones are copied, you could say that palmpiolets are copied off the PADDs (does it have 1 of 2 d's, and does it stand for something) they have.
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GhostOfAMemory
Star-crossed Voyager
Joined: 06 Sep 2003
Posts: 4322
Location: My computer... duh
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| Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:10 am |
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Hmmm... true. Palm pilots are rather like padds.
My question is, why is the their little personal computer thingys look like really big laptops? We have smaller laptops than that now, you'd think they would have either something smaller, something built right into the desk/wall, or have a 3D holographic computer interface. YEAH! That'd be way better.
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1/1
Rear Admiral
Joined: 12 Apr 2002
Posts: 3311
Location: La La Land
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| Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:45 pm |
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I'm sure I heard somewhere that the communicators did inspire people to invent mobile phones.
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John Connor
Admiral of the Terran Empire
Joined: 07 Sep 2002
Posts: 15657
Location: I.S.S Emperor
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| Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:36 pm |
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Its very possible that I could go this way in the near future.
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:04 pm |
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It could be true that communicators opened up the minds of people so that they could accept the fact that summat like a mobile phone could exist
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