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The History of Smartphones

By Erica Warren

  • Inventor Nikola Tesla

    Inventor Nikola Tesla
    Inventor Nikola Tesla invented the smartphone.

  • The Comdex computer

    The Comdex computer
    The Comdex computer came out when it was on a technology trade show in Las Vegas.

  • The IBM Simon Personal Communicator

    The IBM Simon Personal Communicator
    The IBM Simon was released in 1994.

  • Cell Phone Features

    Cell Phone Features
    Things started to come together right before the turn of the new millennium as device makers begin little by little incorporating smart features into cell phones. The first notable effort in this vein was the Nokia 9000 communicator, which the manufacturer introduced in 1996.

  • The Nokia 9000 communicator

    The Nokia 9000 communicator
    It came in a clamshell design that was fairly large and bulky but allowed for a qwerty keyboard along with navigation buttons.

  • The Ericsson R380

    The Ericsson R380
    The Ericsson R380, which debuted in 2000, that became the first product to be officially billed and marketed as a smartphone.

  • The Kyocera 6035

    The Kyocera 6035
    The convergence continued as competitors from the PDA side moved into the fray, with Palm introducing the Kyocera 6035 in 2001 and Handspring putting out its own offering, the Treo 180, the following year.