On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:24:31 GMT, Jose
wrote:

Trek communicators from TOS. Taken a look at the flip cell phones?

Yes, and I'm amazed that =none= of them flip like the commuicators did.
They are (to a unit) clumsy to open, require two hands to open (or
prying with fingers) and it is obvious that nobody who designs these
things has ever =seen= a Star Trek episode (at least from the original

My little Altel can be opened with one hand and a flip. Just start it
with your thumb.

But the thing doesn't give that "Start Trek double beep". They need
to program that in and they'll make a fourtune.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
series).

Jose