The first time the world publicly witnessed a cell phone call was on April 3, 1973, when Martin Cooper of Motorola called Joel Engel, head of AT&T-owned Bell Labs, while standing on a sidewalk on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York. . Since then, mobile phone technology has developed rapidly. Nowadays, a mobile phone functions as a camera, television, music system, alarm clock, computer, etc., all rolled into one. Nowadays, when video calls, video calls and selfies are so common, it is interesting that at the beginning of this century, mobile phones with a built-in camera were a rare commodity.
Shakira in viral video (X(ex Twitter)/@historyinmemes)
A purported video from 2002 has gone viral on X (formerly Twitter) showing superstar singer Shakira showing her excitement when she sees a mobile phone with a built-in camera. A social media user claims that Shakira saw a phone with a camera for the first time.
In the video, the singer excitedly asks the woman “Is that a camera?”. The woman then shows Shakira a picture on her cell phone. Upon seeing the picture, Shakira exclaims “Oh! my god” and starts checking her phone in utter amazement.
Completely blown away by the technology, Shakira goes on to ask, “this one doesn’t work in America, does it?… and God… all the paparazzi will be like that.”
When a woman starts recording a video of Shakira, the singer cannot digest the fact that even videos can be recorded with the help of the device.
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Here’s how netizens reacted to the viral video
“Aww, one of the best history videos I’ve ever seen. Look how amazed Shakira was,” wrote one user.
“I can’t imagine how curious she would be when she saw the phone. All her questions would be ‘how’,” another user commented.
“Wow. And now there’s a million camera phones snapping at her,” commented a third user.
“She’s like this magical picture machine,” posted a fourth user.
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Source: newstars.edu.vn