<P> The first commercially available device that could be properly referred to as a `` smartphone '' began as a prototype called `` Angler '' developed by Frank Canova in 1992 while at IBM and demonstrated in November of that year at the COMDEX computer industry trade show . A refined version was marketed to consumers in 1994 by BellSouth under the name Simon Personal Communicator . In addition to placing and receiving cellular calls , the touch screen - equipped Simon could send and receive faxes and emails . It included an address book , calendar , appointment scheduler , calculator , world time clock and notepad , as well as other visionary mobile applications such as maps , stock reports and news . The term `` smart phone '' or `` smartphone '' was not coined until a year after the introduction of the Simon , appearing in print as early as 1995 , describing AT&T 's PhoneWriter Communicator . </P>
<P> The first commercially available device that could be properly referred to as a `` smartphone '' began as a prototype called `` Angler '' developed by Frank Canova in 1992 while at IBM and demonstrated in November of that year at the COMDEX computer industry trade show . A refined version was marketed to consumers in 1994 by BellSouth under the name Simon Personal Communicator . In addition to placing and receiving cellular calls , the touch screen - equipped Simon could send and receive faxes and emails . It included an address book , calendar , appointment scheduler , calculator , world time clock and notepad , as well as other visionary mobile applications such as maps , stock reports and news . The term `` smart phone '' or `` smartphone '' was not coined until a year after the introduction of the Simon , appearing in print as early as 1995 , describing AT&T 's PhoneWriter Communicator . </P>
who came up with the idea of cell phones
who came up with the idea of cell phones
BellSouth
BellSouth