[Martin Cooper, cellphone pioneer, speaking at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston runs down list of complaints including closed carrier networks and makes the case for femtocells and "smart antennas."]

By Andy Greenburg (Forbes) -- "Martin Cooper, a researcher at Motorola, made the world's first-ever call from a cellular telephone, a device he helped to create that weighed two pounds and had a mere 20-minute battery life. In the 35 years since, a lot has changed--but not nearly enough to please the cellphone's demanding father."

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