Las Vegas - Martin Cooper and Donald Linder, developers of the world's first cell phone, were among 12 prominent industry leaders who have been inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced.

They joined 121 other inventors, engineers, retailers, journalists and executives who have been inducted since 2000.

Other new members include Jewel and David Abt, founders of Abt Electronics; Joe Clayton, the chairman, former president and CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio; Dean Dunlavey, the attorney who argued the Sony "Betamax" case before the Supreme Court; Hans Fantel, the founding editor of Stereo Review and New York Times columnist; Eddy Hartenstein, the founder and chairman of DirecTV; Ken Kutaragi, lead developer of the Sony PlayStation gaming console; Warren Lieberfarb, who helped to broker a DVD format while president of Warner Home Video; Fritz Sennheiser, the founder of Sennheiser; and Richard Sharp, the former chairman and CEO of Circuit City.

The inductees were chosen by a panel of judges from nominations submitted by industry professionals.

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