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Its early forms were simply radio-telephones - not sure when the text facility and features like calculators were added, but the cell-phone was invented simply as a 2-way speech radio. "Cell" is short for "cellular", referring to the network's design. Oddly and ineptly, it's called a "mobile phone" here in the UK - ineptly because the term was invented by someone unable to distinguish between "mobile" and "portable"!

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