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 You can probably remember the first smartphone you ever used, but what about the first smartphone that ever existed? Don’t worry if you can’t — it was first unveiled 23 years ago on November 23rd at a time when mobile phones were still a bit of a novelty.

First shown at the COMDEX trade show (since replaced by CES) in Las Vegas in 1992 and launched two years later, the IBM Simon was billed as a ‘personal communicator’ — the term ‘smartphone’ didn’t come along until 1995.

Celebrating 23 years of the IBM Simon - BT

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Yup!

Thanks for the link to the article.

BTW the first cell-phone call was about 20 years before that - April 3rd 1973...

Bloomberg did a nice little piece on it...  The Story Behind the First Cell Phone Call Ever Made - Bloomberg Business