[kabdib]

_Space Cadet_, 1948, references pocket phones as well, with this funny bit about avoiding them -

    Tex Jarman looked at him understandingly. "Your folks always worry, don't they? I fooled mine -- packed my phone in my bag."

The phone usage in Between Planets involved call signs and was clearly projected from Ham radio practices at the time.

My favorite phone technology miss was their total absence from Gibson's _Neuromancer_, something that he's a little chagrined about, and tired of hearing about, too . . .

[pavel_lishin]

Your quote is very hard to read even on desktop - can you surround the quoted text with asterisks instead of indenting it?