![Why did the IBM Simon make a cameo in last week's episode when the device wasn't released until 1994? I thought the current season is set in 1983. : r/ForAllMankind Why did the IBM Simon make a cameo in last week's episode when the device wasn't released until 1994? I thought the current season is set in 1983. : r/ForAllMankind](https://i.redd.it/h2rf4f2a34l61.jpg)
Why did the IBM Simon make a cameo in last week's episode when the device wasn't released until 1994? I thought the current season is set in 1983. : r/ForAllMankind
![Flaunt Digital on X: "It's safe to say that the world's first smartphone is pretty different to what we're used to today, even if it did boast a touchscreen! Were you one Flaunt Digital on X: "It's safe to say that the world's first smartphone is pretty different to what we're used to today, even if it did boast a touchscreen! Were you one](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dyp7gjrWwAA5vIv.jpg)
Flaunt Digital on X: "It's safe to say that the world's first smartphone is pretty different to what we're used to today, even if it did boast a touchscreen! Were you one
![File:IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993) - the first smartphone - Computer History Museum.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993) - the first smartphone - Computer History Museum.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/IBM_Simon_Personal_Communicator_%281993%29_-_the_first_smartphone_-_Computer_History_Museum.jpg)
File:IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993) - the first smartphone - Computer History Museum.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![GBC Research on X: "1993: IBM Simon, first touch-screen smartphone invented. A mobile phone, pager & fax machine in one. #InnovationFacts http://t.co/fxrG9kothp" / X GBC Research on X: "1993: IBM Simon, first touch-screen smartphone invented. A mobile phone, pager & fax machine in one. #InnovationFacts http://t.co/fxrG9kothp" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjhFeLUCYAEGEU9.jpg)
GBC Research on X: "1993: IBM Simon, first touch-screen smartphone invented. A mobile phone, pager & fax machine in one. #InnovationFacts http://t.co/fxrG9kothp" / X
![IBM Simon Personal Communicator 1st smart phone, designed by IBM for Bell South released August 16, 1994 with PDA touchscreen Stock Photo - Alamy IBM Simon Personal Communicator 1st smart phone, designed by IBM for Bell South released August 16, 1994 with PDA touchscreen Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FY5H1J/ibm-simon-personal-communicator-1st-smart-phone-designed-by-ibm-for-FY5H1J.jpg)
IBM Simon Personal Communicator 1st smart phone, designed by IBM for Bell South released August 16, 1994 with PDA touchscreen Stock Photo - Alamy
![HISTORY TV18 on X: "Did you know the #IBM Simon was the first cellular phone to include telephone and PDA features in one device? #ThisDayInHistory #Smartphone https://t.co/WKYu9T3IL2" / X HISTORY TV18 on X: "Did you know the #IBM Simon was the first cellular phone to include telephone and PDA features in one device? #ThisDayInHistory #Smartphone https://t.co/WKYu9T3IL2" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cx1YE-dUcAAkaKY.jpg)
HISTORY TV18 on X: "Did you know the #IBM Simon was the first cellular phone to include telephone and PDA features in one device? #ThisDayInHistory #Smartphone https://t.co/WKYu9T3IL2" / X
![left to right) The Motorola Transportable communicator from 1985, the IBM Simon mobile from 1994 and the modern day Fairphone 2014 , part of the exhibition in the Making of the Modern left to right) The Motorola Transportable communicator from 1985, the IBM Simon mobile from 1994 and the modern day Fairphone 2014 , part of the exhibition in the Making of the Modern](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G7AJB4/left-to-right-the-motorola-transportable-communicator-from-1985-the-G7AJB4.jpg)
left to right) The Motorola Transportable communicator from 1985, the IBM Simon mobile from 1994 and the modern day Fairphone 2014 , part of the exhibition in the Making of the Modern
![In 1992 IBM Set To Work On The World's First Smartphone, The Simon Personal Communicator - TLP Technology In 1992 IBM Set To Work On The World's First Smartphone, The Simon Personal Communicator - TLP Technology](https://tlptech.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IBM-Simon.jpg)