IBM Simon entered the market 16 August 1994, and combines the technology of the mobile phone and a number of computer functions.
At the time, Simon, of course, is not called a smart-phone, but he had many opportunities that we see in today's smart-phones. He had a calendar, it could save your notes and send email and text messages. Also he had a stylus and green LCD screen, similar in size to the screen iPhone 4. It weighed 500 grams.
This innovative for its time, the product also became the first mobile phone that use the software applications, and may be connected to a fax machine.
Simon was available for purchase only in the United States, working in networks of 15 states, and only sold about 50,000 copies. Considerable price tag and a very short period of battery life caused his disappearance from the market two years after the launch.
"Its battery lasts for just one hour, it cost 899 dollars, and in those days there was no mobile internet. So he was not very successful development, "says the curator of the London Science Museum Charlotte Connelly.
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