Who Invented Smartphone Touchscreen?

Who Invented Smartphone Touchscreen?

Rob Smith. The tech company IBM is widely credited with developing the world’s first smartphone – the bulky but rather cutely named Simon. It went on sale in 1994 and featured a touchscreen, email capability, and a handful of built-in apps, including a calculator and a sketch pad.

1. Apple;

Who Invented Smartphone Touchscreen?

Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 and they were both responsible for developing the first version of what would become known as the iPhone. The original iPhone didn’t have any displays at all; instead, it had just a small screen on the top (which looked like a calculator) and a tiny keyboard on its side. However, since then Apple has created many different smartphones, including the iPhone XR and iPhone 11 Pro Max.

Who Invented Smartphone Touchscreen?

2. Nokia;

Nokia was formed in Finland by Olli-Pekka Maasto and he wanted to create devices that people could interact with easily, making them more personal than their bulky predecessors. Their slogan was “the phone should do everything” which shows how innovative these phones were. One of their earliest products was the Nokia 3310, which had a monochrome display and no buttons at all – it worked by dialing numbers using Morse code.

3. BlackBerry

Who Invented Smartphone Touchscreen?
BlackBerry was originally called DTEK50 and was developed by two former Motorola employees named Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. In 1999, the company name changed to Blackberry and it started offering email services on smartphones. Blackberry’s first successful product was the Bold, which came out in 2004.

4. Sony Ericsson;

Sony Ericsson was founded in Japan in 1982 and made mobile phones until 2006. Then the company merged with Sony and changed its name to Sony Ericsson. They made many different models before merging again with Microsoft and changing their name once more. The Xperia series is still one of Sony Ericsson’s best-selling brands today.

5. HTC;

HTC was established in 1997 and became famous for developing some of the world’s first smartphones. HTC’s first model was the Touch Pro, which was released in 2002. HTC’s slogan is ‘Let’s make magic happen, together.’

6. Samsung;

Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-Chul who owned a trading company in 1938. He later started working for Samsung Electronics in 1945 and soon after that introduced the world’s first plastic transistor radio, making him the father of modern electronics. After he died in 1987, Lee’s son took over as CEO. Samsung currently makes almost all of the components that go inside our phones and computers.

7. Google;

Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. They originally built a search engine called BackRub. At first, they only allowed universities to use it, but after getting lots of positive feedback, they opened it up to the public in 1999. Now, Google is not only an internet search engine, but also owns YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Maps, Search, Ads, Play Store, News, Shopping, Docs, VR, Wear OS, and others.