U.S. engineer Martin Cooper holds the Motorola DynaTAC phone, the world’s first commercial handheld cellular phone, and his current mobile phone during a news conference in Oviedo

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U.S. engineer Martin Cooper holds the Motorola DynaTAC phone, the world’s first commercial handheld cellular phone, and his current mobile phone during a news conference in Oviedo, northern Spain, October 20, 2009. Cooper will be awarded with the 2009 Prince of Asturias Technical & Scientific Research Award at a traditional ceremony on Friday in the Asturian capital. The Prince of Asturias Awards are held annually since 1981 to reward scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work done by individuals, work teams and institutions. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso (SPAIN BUSINESS SOCIETY SCI TECH)

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