First SmartPhone in The World


Now, the phone becomes a necessity that is no longer used merely to call or send a text message or SMS. With the development of digital technology, the function of mobile phones are now evolving to meet the needs of communication through the Internet and a number of entertainment applications.


Cell phone manufacturers are now continuing to develop the production of a smartphone.Not only that, a number of corporate giants in the field of information technology also makes the smartphone market with a passionate rivalry in developing a smartphoneoperating system support.

In fact, when compared to current smartphones, the first smartphone which arguably made ​​much simpler. Debuting in 1993 in Wireless World conference, BellSouth CellularCompany launched the IBM Simon the first smartphone in the world.

As quoted from Mashable pages, the first smartphone weight is only about 1 pound or 0.5pounds. IBM Simon is the origin of PDA-phones that use touch-screen LCD (touchscreenLCD).



The first smartphone was also the first phone that does not have a massage button anduse the touch screen with stylus support. In addition, the phone also has an on-screenQWERTY keyboard.

When first launched, Simon was promoted as the phone function is more than just voice.Simon was introduced as a powerful tool that uses wireless technology and can functionas a pager, email, calendar, date book, address book, calculator, to create an electronicsketch.

At that time, Simon is marketed at a price of around U.S. $ 899 or about Rp 8 million.Obviously the price is much more expensive than the price of an iPhone, BlackBerry, orAndroid-based smartphones sold today.

Simon only produced as many as 2,000 units. With the limited production of Simon, I wonder if Simon is currently the target of collectors



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