New Delhi: The world's first smartphone wasn't the thinnest ever, neither it had a curved display, nor did it come with a camera, it was rather a $900 clunky-looking device that has turned 21 today.
At around 23 cm long and weighing half a kg, the IBM Simon was about half the size of a house brick. It had a green LCD with touch screen technology.
Unlike the modern smartphones with robust battery life that lasts for hours and days, the IBM Simon came with a battery life of just one hour.
Developed by IBM and the American cellular company BelSelf the phone was called 'Simon' because it was simple and could do almost anything you wanted. It allowed users to write notes, draw, update their calendar and contacts and send and receive faxes, along with the basic function of making calls.
It also included a slot in the bottom to insert different applications such as for mapping, spreadsheets, and games. Around 50,000 handsets were sold when it first went on sale in the year 1994.
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