final hangup: Amos E. Joel Jr., Cellphone Pioneer, Dies at 90 [telecom]

"October 28, 2008 Amos E. Joel Jr., Cellphone Pioneer, Dies at 90 By ANDREW MARTIN

Amos E. Joel Jr., an inventor whose switching device opened the way for the cellular phone business, died Oct. 25 at his home in Maplewood, N.J. He was 90.

The death was confirmed by his daughter Stephanie Joel.

Mr. Joel received more than 70 patents, but he was perhaps best known for No. 3,663,762, a 1972 patent that allows a cellphone user to make an uninterrupted call while moving from one cell region to another....

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