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VR: It’s time to break up

Dear VR: It’s not me, it’s you.  We’ve had some good times, we’ve had some motion sickness, we’ve bumped into a few walls. But after giving you the benefit of the doubt for the past two years, it’s time to throw in the towel. Virtual reality may yet become a massive mainstream hit, but it’s not going to happen with …

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My First Phone: CNET editors look back at their first phones

On April 3, 1973, while standing on Sixth Avenue in New York, a Motorola employee named Martin Cooper placed the first cell phone call on the company’s DynaTAC phone. The phone weighed nearly two pounds and cost about $4,000 at the time of its release. Now playing: Watch this: ‘My First Phone’: CNET editors reminisce about their… 6:11 Today, exactly …

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