The first generation of mobile phone The first smartphone came out 20 years ago, (date 11/26/1993) in COMDEX fair in Las Vegas (USA), IBM ...
The first generation of mobile phone The first smartphone came out 20 years ago, (date 11/26/1993) in COMDEX fair in Las Vegas (USA), IBM had launched a phone called the IBM Simon, or also known by the code name Angler. Despite being a mobile phone, the size of this phone was being equivalent to the Nexus 7 tablet today. With a weight of nearly 0.6 kg, it was easy to see that the user was not comfortable to carry it around. Equipped with 16MHz processor speed, 1MB of RAM and 1MB of hard drive storage, liked smartphones today, Simon was also equipped with a large touch screen 4.5-inch, stylus writing support. But the difference was that the touch screen on Simon was monochrome display and only worked on the operating system which was a variant of DOS called ROMDOS (Julian 2015). In terms of features, Simon could be used to make calls, send and receive emails and even be used to send or receive faxes, something that today's smartphones cannot. Besides, it was equipped with applications such as address book, calendar, calculator, world clock, handwriting recognition on the touch screen. Users could even download and install additional applications from 3rd party developers, similar to today's smartphones.
Although Simon was launched in 1992, however until 8/1994, this smartphone was officially available on the market. At that time, the price of the product was not cheap at all, 900 USD together with 2-year contract with BellSouth Cellular network (Andrew, 2012). However, it was undeniable that Simon is the forerunner of today's smartphones, though the concept of "Smartphone" premiere hadn’t appeared at that time, however, the world has admitted that Simon was the first smartphone. Above all, the launch of Simon was a great example to show the how fast has technology developed just in the last 2 decades. Palm was one of the names that brought up the smartphone concept. The first Pilot Devices 1000/5000 was debut on March 1996, three years after Apple launched the Newton Message Pad which attracted attention, but not successful in the market, Palm (at that time part of the 4 U.S. Robotics separated) began to market PDA (personal Digital Assistants - personal assistive devices). Pilot 1000 was sold for $ 299 USD have 128 KB of memory, together with 512 KB of memory Pilot 500 (369 USD) were the first two models having a gray shell design, the same basic design of current products. The duo had a screen resolution of 160 x 160 pixels, using the device to sync with Windows (version 3.1 or 95) and two AAA batteries for operation from a week or more. But those two are no longer present in the market and become "antiques" but they are the main characters which paved the way for the revolution of smartphones (Yardena 2009). In 1999: Ericsson R380 - the first smartphone officially unveiled. R380 users did not need to carry multiple mobile devices since all these devices were encapsulated in this small phone. Connected in over 120 countries internationally in 5 continents through WAP services provided Internet information.
With this mobile phone, users could contact and work anywhere, at any time. With a touch screen and graphical richness, it provided organizational skills and personal contacts, and WAP services on R380 enabled users to receive or send email, or visit their Web sites or even get information about weather forecasts, flight information and updates about life as sports news, traffic information ... R380 uses the Symbian operating system, a system designed specifically for wireless communication devices. BlackBerry 5810 - Email & surfing capabilities was introduced in 2002. BlackBerry joint smartphone markets with 5810 devices which allowed users to send emails and surf the Internet. Before RIM released a new line of phones running BlackBerry 10 operating system, an expert on mobile devices Sascha Segan has reviewed the landmark models of this label, marking a certain number of changes in functionality and design, not necessarily the most successful products, like Z10 was BlackBerry first device but it was not the most successful one
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