My first mobile phone in the United States was a huge console-like set that I used in Chicago to ensure that were I to break down on the expressway, I would not have to run screaming into traffic to flag someone down to sedate me. Nowadays I am looking at my two phones (one personal, one for work), and marvel at the changes in the industry and in the telephones in 16 years.
This Register article has a very interesting take on where the mobile phone industry has been, and where it’s going.