IBM Simon
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| Brand | IBM |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Electric |
| Communication method | AMPS |
| The sale starting date | August 16, 1994 () () |
| Dealership | United States of America August 16, 1994 () (cellular BellSouth) |
| Sale end day | February, 1995 () |
| Unit sales | 50,000 |
| Predecessors in the family line machine | Angler (code name) |
| Succeeding plane | Neon (code name) |
| Form factor | Smartphone |
| Shape | Brick |
| Dimensions |
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| Weight | 18 oz (510 g) |
| The OS | Datalight ROM-DOS |
| CPU | Vadem 16MHz, 16 bits, x86 compatibility |
| Main memory | 1MB |
| Storage | 1MB |
| Battery | 7.5V NiCad |
| Input method |
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| Display | 4.5 in (110mm) x 1.4 in (36mm), 160px x 293px monochrome backlight LCD |
| Connection |
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| The source | [1][2][3] [4] |
I design it, and IBM develops it, and IBM Simon Personal Communicator (IBM Simon personal communicator) is the handheld touch screen cell-phone, PDA which Mitsubishi Electric produced. I sold it in the United States of America from August, 1994 to February, 1995, and BellSouth cellular () made a profit 50,000. Simon Personal Communicator is the world's first cell-phone which integrated a telephone and a PDA function with one. Although I was not defined by the release of Simon, as for the term smartphone, Simon is named the world's first smartphone by the function and performance.
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History
IBM displayed a prototype called Angler in COMDEX held in United States of America Nevada Las Vegas on November 23, 1992. A function such as integrating a cell-phone and a PDA with one to this prototype, and receiving a telephone and a facsimile, an E-mail, a cell-phone-adaptive site was equipped with, and the COMDEX visitors and the press showed great interest to this prototype. The photograph that Frank カノバ of the Angler designer has Angler in an economic aspect of the USA today wants to be placed afterwards [1]; [5] [6].
The officer of BellSouth announced that held wireless world conference determined the brand name of the full version of this prototype in "Simon Personal Communicator" in November, 1993 [1]. I aimed at the beginning to sell of BellSouth cellular は May, 1994, but was delayed until August 16, the same year by a problem of the software to put on a terminal. Simon released it with the price of 1,099 dollars to stop by without 899 dollars, the contract by the contract method in 15 states for two years first, but cut it to 599 dollars by the contract method for the next two years [2]; [7].
Simon sold 50,000 estimates by 6-month sale [1].
Although the term "smartphone" was not defined until 1997, Simon is named the world's first smartphone by the function and performance [1]; [8] [9].
The OS and application
Simon uses file compression by file system and スタッカー of Datalight ROM-DOS. IBM developed original touch screen user interface without the DOS prompt to use in Simon [2]. The user interface software layer used in this Simon is called a navigator [10].
The upgrading to operate 3rd party application by means to insert a PCMCIA card, or to download application in the internal memory of the terminal was possible.
PDA dimensions in Georgia Atlanta developed DispatchIt which was the application for exclusive use of the after-sales care market for Simon. As for the price, a PC version was 2,999 dollars, and Simonn software client-adaptive version was 299 dollars [11].
Footnote, source
- ^ a b c d e Sager, Ira (2012-06-29). "Before IPhone and Android Came Simon, the First Smartphone". Bloomberg Businessweek (Bloomberg). ISSN 2162-657e June 30, 2012 reading. "Simon was the first smartphone. Twenty years ago, it envisioned our app-happy mobile lives, squeezing the features of a cell phone, pager, fax machine, and computer into an 18-ounce black brick."
- ^ a b c O'Malley, Chris (1994-12). "Simonizing the PDA". Byte (Mc-Graw Hill Publishing Company) 19 (12): 145-148. ISSN 0360-5280. An archive by the point of original 1999-02-21.m June 30, 2012. "The CPU is a 16-bit x86-compatible processor running at 16MHz, a single-chip design manufactured by Vadem. Simon runs a version of DOS called ROM-DOS, from Datalight..."
- ^ "Bellsouth, IBM Unveil Personal Communicator Phone." Mobile Phone News (CBS Interactive). (1993-11-08). It is reading ISSN 0737-5077 on / June 30, 2012. "The phone currently is based on an AMPS standard..."
- ^ "BellSouth - IBM Simon PDA Cellphone". RetroCom. RetroCom. June 30, 2012 reading. "Graphic display: 160 x 293"
- ^ Schneidawind, John (November 23, 1992). "Poindexter Putting Finger on PC Bugs; Big Blue Unveiling." USA Today (Gannett Company): p. 2B. ISSN 0734-7456
- ^ Bradner, Erin (July 21, 2011). "Are You an Innovation Giant?". Designing the User Experience at Autodesk. Autodesk. It archives it than an original as of November 23, 2012. November 23, 2012 reading.
- ^ "IBM's Plans to Ship Simon Put On Hold for Time Being." Mobile Phone News (CBS Interactive). (1994-04-04). ISSN 0737-5077. An archive by the point of original 2012-05-26.u June 30, 2012. "Technical issues, resulting from the integration of Simon's cellular faxing capability, were discovered early in the manufacturing and development cycle as IBM's quality assurance testing was being conducted. IBM will hold shipments of the device until the bugs are worked out to improve ".
- ^ "Ericsson GS88 Preview". Eri-no-moto (2006). December 15, 2011 reading.
- ^ "Penelope Box." Stockholm Smartphone (2010). December 15, 2011 reading.
- ^ US patent 5537608, Brent A. Beatty; Francis J. Canova, Jr. & Charles S. Lanier et al., "Personal communicator apparatus", issued 1996-07-19, assigned to International Business Machines Corporation
- ^ Polishuk, Paul, ed (1995-05). "BellSouth Cellular Corp. Announces DispatchIt Software for Simon". Wireless Telecommunications Newsletter (Boston, Massachusetts: Information Gatekeepers, Inc.) 5 (5): 9-10. It is reading ISSN 1083-7779 on 9 June 30, 2010. "BellSouth Cellular Corp. (BSCC) and PDA Dimensions...announced the commercial availability of DispatchIt, a work order field service application using Simon, BSCC's personal communicator."
- "Simon". Buxton Collection. Microsoft Corporation (2012). It archives it than an original as of November 23, 2012. November 23, 2012 reading. "Simon is the first smartphone. It paved the way for the ones of today by introducing touch screens to phones."
- "Buxton Collection Sampler". CHI 2011. ACM SIGCHI. p. 6 (2011). It archives it than an original as of November 23, 2012. November 23, 2012 reading. "IBM / Bell South Simon Smartphone: First shown in 1993, this was the world' s first so-called 'smart phone'."
- (FLV) The $ 899 Prehistoric Predecessor to the iPhone (Web video). Bloomberg.. (June 28, 2012)t December 16, 2012 reading. "Long before the smartphone revolution, IBM and BellSouth teamed to build and sell the Simon Personal Communicator, a 1-pound, $ 899 mobile phone that ran apps and featured the first touch screen. which improves It lasted just six months after being put on the market in the summer of 1994 ".
Allied item
- At the first full-scale touch panel deployment cell-phone terminal in DP-211 - Japan, it is made of pioneer. I was sold by a digital phone (existing SoftBank Mobile) and digital on the same wavelength (business closing).
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