Information on IBM Simon the first Smartphone in history

 

The history of the production of this phone for more than 20 years and exactly during the month of August 1994 by IBM veteran.

But why was classified as the first Smartphone?

Simply because Simon IBM comes with touch screen,

Other advantages such as they send messages to e-mail

By today's standards, the price of the phone was too high, and it was very large. Where Simon phone for sale at the price of $ 1100, a large amount can a person spends on the phone at that time.

The phone did not have the app store but it came installed applications, such as mail and address book, calculator, calendar, fax. Sketch pad.

 

 

 

 

 

And has been marketing a telephone Simon as a business phone, but the phone wasn't installed properly, so it has lasted for 6 months in the market, and sold 50,000 unit is not large.

What do you think you are in the first smartphone was produced by more than 20 years?