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Watching the video at the link is much more informative. There probably is a natural explanation for what the person is doing, but if you watch the video, it looks every bit like he/she is talking on a communication device the size of a cellphone.

Now, as I said, there probably is a natural explanation for this, but the dismissals of this fun little mystery are illogical. Let's assume, for a moment, that it is some sort of communication device:

1) The news guys call it a cellphone, but that doesn't mean it actually is a cellphone. That is merely the most analogous thing we have in 2010 to explain what the person is doing. Frankly, if it were a time traveler, he/she would have technology beyond even 2010, which makes it unlikely that he/she would be using a cellphone modeled on 2010 technology, which requires cell phone towers, satellites, etc.

2) If you watch the video, the person is not holding onto his/her hat, eyeglasses, covering the face, etc. It is quite clear that the person is holding an object roughly the size of a large cellphone (think 1990s) up to his face, and does appear to be talking, but that is not quite clear. The movement of the person is exactly that of a person talking on a cellphone (or some other communication device). That is probably why it jumped out at the guy - the way the head is oriented in a single direction as when one is focused on the voice in the phone rather than the world around, and the steady shuffling walk.

3) As for why this person would be dressed in the fashion of the 1920s, why wouldn't he be? If you were going to travel back in time and blend in, wouldn't you wear 1920s clothes? To do otherwise would be silly.

if it were a time traveler, he/she would have technology beyond even 2010, which makes it unlikely that he/she would be using a cellphone modeled on 2010 technology, which requires cell phone towers, satellites, etc.

KRAMER: You know, in the year two-thousand, we'll all be on speed-dial. You'll just have to think of a person, they'll be talking to you. It'll be like, wup ..... getting a call here.

KRAMER: (to Jerry and George) Hey, it's Newman. Hey, how you doing, Newman?

Jerry begins mouthing 'I'm not here'