Port-O-Rotary: The Portable Rotary Cellular Phone

Saturday, Jan. 22 2005 | Author: Nicole

It’s just the thing for a retro-minded geek on the go — a rotary cell phone. I’m not sure that it has speed-dialing, but with an old rotary phone and a few hacks you can sport one of your very own.

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4 Responses for "Port-O-Rotary: The Portable Rotary Cellular Phone"

Diogo

January 22nd, 2005 at 7:48 pm
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I’m meeting kids these days who haven’t even heard of rotary phones, let alone used them… I feel old.

But people will always want to turn the ultra-modern into the retro… or stick one inside the other. It’s in our genes apparently.
Scrivs

January 23rd, 2005 at 5:06 pm
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I used to have a rotary phone…hated those things.
Danny

May 21st, 2005 at 4:28 am
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I miss the old rotary phones. They were built like tanks and lasted a lifetime. I can’t even remember how many of these newer junky phones I’ve had. Between lightining storms,dropping them,and normal wear and tear, it has to be up there. Seems so wastful of money and resources. Why can’t they build anything that will last more than a couple of years anymore?
natluc

July 19th, 2005 at 11:50 am
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I looked at that phone at spark fun, and theres a problem. In the US, on mobiles, apparently you just type in the number without the prefixing 1, making it 10 digits. Here in England, you always use the prefixing 0, making it 11. Anyway, in there manual, it says basicly it accepts 10 digits before doing the equiv. of pushing the send button. Is there anyway of making it take 11 before sending, or just putting the 0 in front of it?