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The only real touch based "smartphone" that was released in the 1990s was IBMs Simon Personal Communicator. You seem to be confusing smartphones with PDAs. Palm
by sbuk 14y ago
The only real touch based "smartphone" that was released in the 1990s was IBMs Simon Personal Communicator. You seem to be confusing smartphones with PDAs. Palm released the first PDA/phone hybrid in 2001 and to call it a touch based smartphone is a stretch. Ditto any of the Windows Mobile based devices that were around at the time. All the stylus based devices had interface elements that were based around that. The iPhone changed the game, like it or not. As the author noted, the LG Prada existed, but it was goddamned awful.
- hoi 14y agoAll the Symbian UIQ smartphones were touchscreen, as mentioned, outside the US, smartphones were much more common. iPhone changed the game with its UI and because you could use your finger making touch easier. But the biggest factor that changed the game were the concessions AT&T made to Apple.
- sbuk 13y agoLike I said, calling those "touch" screen is streaching the definition and as far as I'm aware, none existed pre 2001. "But the biggest factor that changed the game were the concessions $Launch_carriers made to Apple." O2 made some pretty massive concessions in the UK too. Android came along and screwed that pooch well and truly! Don't get me wrong, there has been a lot of good that has come from Android, but handing the control back to carriers is harming consumers long term. Data limits are criminally low, and the reasoning behind them is based on fallacy.