jan 1, 1993 - IBM and BellSouth unveil the Simon Personal Communicator, at the Wireless World Conference in November 1993. The IBM Simon is considered the first smartphone, as it featured a LCD touchscreen, and was able to make and receive cellular phone calls. The Simon Communicator was also able to send and receive faxes, e-mails and cellular pages.
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Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon
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jan 1, 1993
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~ 32 years ago