(Dr.Martin Cooper at Motorola invented the first mobile handset in 1973. The phone had 12 buttons, the battery lasted 1 hour and took 10 hours to charge and cost $3995.00 to purchase)
Email: rod@mysteriesofthemail.com.au
(The origin of emails goes back to 1982 when Shiva Ayyaduari at the New Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry developed an inter-organizational mailing system with an inbox and outbox. In 1971 American Programmer Ray Tomlinson implemented the “@” symbol to separate the name of the sender from the address of the recipient. Queen Elizabeth 2nd was the first head of state to send an email in 1976)
Snail Mail: PO Box 508 Tweed Heads NSW 2485 Australia
(The term “snail mail” was first used in 1942 in the headline of news article about slow mail delivery. In 1981 Jim Rutt CEO of Network Solutions first used the term to contrast it with electronic mail.)
