![TIL that the first smartphone, an IBM prototype codenamed Angler, debuted in 1992--three years before the word 'smartphone' was invented. It sent emails, ran apps, and had a working touch screen. : TIL that the first smartphone, an IBM prototype codenamed Angler, debuted in 1992--three years before the word 'smartphone' was invented. It sent emails, ran apps, and had a working touch screen. :](https://external-preview.redd.it/y-OrRe_TC_LMcwlWkeCZgD3wbOfaAXnAyyGaoxRBq-o.jpg?auto=webp&s=b6a8146dec108e40d6b91fcdcaa57a407e0e2bef)
TIL that the first smartphone, an IBM prototype codenamed Angler, debuted in 1992--three years before the word 'smartphone' was invented. It sent emails, ran apps, and had a working touch screen. :
![November 23, 1992. IBM reveals a prototype touchscreen phone called Angler, which sends email and runs apps. It will be another three years before the consumer model, the "Simon", hits the market--and November 23, 1992. IBM reveals a prototype touchscreen phone called Angler, which sends email and runs apps. It will be another three years before the consumer model, the "Simon", hits the market--and](https://i.redd.it/wcmsmmwk7n1a1.jpg)
November 23, 1992. IBM reveals a prototype touchscreen phone called Angler, which sends email and runs apps. It will be another three years before the consumer model, the "Simon", hits the market--and
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