The world's first smartphone, Simon, was created 15 years before the iPhone By Steven Tweedie 2015-06-14T12:00:00Z ...

Simon was so advanced, people didn’t know quite what to call it—when it hit the streets on August 16, 1994, the term “smartphone” was still three years away from entering our vocabulary.

IBM Simon Personal Communicator was the forerunner of the modern smartphone Never judge a phone by its cover. This chunky, black box was in fact the world's first 'smartphone'. The IBM Simon went ...

The first Japanese smartphone "W - ZERO 3" has a touch panel and appeared in 2005, but the world 's first smartphone equipped with a touch panel in 1994, which was over ten years ago, has appeared.

The world’s first smartphone - IBM Simon - will be displayed in the London Science Museum to celebrate the 20 years since the device was first released.

The IBM Simon was the first smartphone ever. It even had a touch screen! Today we live in a world filled with quad-core smartphones and handsets with 1080p screens, but it certainly didn’t start ...

A tip of the hat to Simon, long referenced as the first smartphone. It went on sale to the public on August 16, 1994 and packed a touchscreen, email capability and more, paving the way for our ...

People didn’t start using the term “smartphone” until 1995, but the first true smartphone actually made its debut three years earlier in 1992. It was called the Simon Personal Communicator, and it was ...

London: The first ever smartphone - a $900 clunky IBM Simon mobile phone - has turned 20. The phone with a battery life of one hour was developed by IBM and the American cellular company BelSelf ...

IBM Simon Personal Communicator was the forerunner of the modern smartphone Never judge a phone by its cover. This chunky, black box was in fact the world's first 'smartphone'. The IBM Simon went ...