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- noun Plural form of
carphone .
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Examples
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Do you remember when mobile phones were called carphones?
Mobile Gazette 2009
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Do you remember when mobile phones were called carphones?
Mobile Gazette 2009
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Do you remember when mobile phones were called carphones?
Mobile Gazette 2009
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Interview advice we'll help you prepare for that interview started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.
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Vodafone doubles profits but admits downturn in India started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.
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You are the Ref by Paul Trevillion & Keith Hackett started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.
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Indeed, the industry originally called them carphones and extolled them as useful status symbols in ads, like one from 1984 showing an executive behind the wheel that asked: ‘Can your secretary take dictation at 55 mph? †™ ‘That was the business, †™ said Kevin Roe, a telecommunications industry analyst since 1993.
The Economic Times 2009
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Indeed, the industry originally called them carphones and extolled them as useful status symbols in ads, like one from 1984 showing an executive behind the wheel that asked: "Can your secretary take dictation at 55 mph?"
RutlandHerald.com 2009
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The iPhone is the new Internet Explorer 6, says mobile developer The iPhone is the new Internet Explorer 6, says mobile developer Apple updates store, offers Aperture - and is this a hint of iPad pricing? started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk Kevin Anderson 2010
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The iPhone is the new Internet Explorer 6, says mobile developer The iPhone is the new Internet Explorer 6, says mobile developer Apple updates store, offers Aperture - and is this a hint of iPad pricing? started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.
Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Kevin Anderson 2010
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