Charles E. Alden |
A picture of Alden on the April 29, 1906 issue of the New York World |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Inventor, Time Traveler |
Known for | The invention of the "vest pocket telephone" in 1906 |
COTTAGE CITY, Mass. April 28 [1906]. Charles E. Alden of New York has been pursuing experiments here since last fall in wireless telephoning. Has, he says, solved the problem of wireless telephoning and the result is so simple that is likely to create a sensation in the business world as well as in scientific circles.
Charles E. Alden (
fl. 1906) was an obscure inventor mentioned in a 1906 edition of the
New York World who was claimed to have created the idea of a vest pocket telephone, a device that was the precursor of the cell phone. He envisioned the idea in 1906, sixty-seven years before the first hand-held mobile phone was demonstrated by
Dr Martin Cooper of
Motorola in 1973.
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