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QuickCheck: Is it true that the first smartphone was developed in the 90s?
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Though smartphones are quite commonplace today, there were also a slew of smart devices that could make phone calls in the early 2000s. However, is it true that the first smartphone actually came out a lot earlier than that? Find out below.

However, the first smartphone actually came out a lot earlier than that, and the company that made it was not based in Redmond, Washington, nor was its name fruit-based. Is it true that the first smartphone hit the market in the 1990s?The first smartphone ever launched to the mass market was actually the IBM Simon Personal Computer in 1994.

Not only that, this beast of device weighed in at just over half a kilo making it a hefty machine to lug around. You could also key events into your calendar, add contacts to your address books and make handwritten notes on your electronic notepad. It also had a calculator.

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