![The IBM Simon (1994), possibly the first commercially available mobile phone with a touchscreen. Priced at an astounding $899, or ($1,642 in 2020 adjusted for inflation), this device was marketed exclusively towards The IBM Simon (1994), possibly the first commercially available mobile phone with a touchscreen. Priced at an astounding $899, or ($1,642 in 2020 adjusted for inflation), this device was marketed exclusively towards](https://i.imgur.com/JFdLTPd.jpg)
The IBM Simon (1994), possibly the first commercially available mobile phone with a touchscreen. Priced at an astounding $899, or ($1,642 in 2020 adjusted for inflation), this device was marketed exclusively towards
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Taiwo Obe on X: "This is IBM Simon, widely regarded as the first touchscreen smartphone, although when it was released in 1992, "it was characterised as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) with
📱 IBM Simon - the world's first smartphone, 1992. However, in 1992 the term "smartphone" did not exist, so Simon was called a "personal communicator".... | By TechRemind | Facebook
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