] "We sprung it on the engineers one day," he said,
] recalling their surprise at how small it was at the time.
] "There were only eight guys in the room. Cooper said
] 'Anybody who doesn't believe this can be done, leave the
] room.'"
]
] No one did. But it was another 10 years and a total of
] $100 million in development costs before the phone was
] officially unveiled in 1983 %u2014 the delay resulting
] mostly from the need to build towers and infrastructure

another great example of how 'innovation' doesn't come quick or easy. Now, the US market for cell communiatons produces over $73B in revenue each year and is growing nearly 20% per year still.

First cell phone was a true 'brick'