Before the age of cell-phones

Space Phones, Hale-Nass Corp. NY, USA, 1953

Space Phones (detail), Hale-Nass Corp. NY, USA, 1953 

Space Phones (detail of badge), Hale-Nass Corp. NY, USA, 1953

It's Steve Job's new Iphone number 18 ? Nope... It's not a Nokia or a Blackberry either. It's from a time where there were no SMS's - no e-mails... not even at NASA.

But what a sleek design (ordinary phones were made of bakelite at that time !) Really ideal if you want to chat with neighbour kids or if you want to bake pancakes...

llamando a la luna, por favor, responda

Teléfonos interplanetarios, Industrias Geyper, Spain,
1950's

Who needs the new Nokia when you have these ultraweight, futuristic(ly) designed walkie-talkies to speak to one another ? And with the cord system, no interferences ! Check the box-art and the Spanish description of all the functions... and tell my why oh why they included a "micro vibrador" on that toy ! Do you really need that in space ?