In the news

Simon was released before the internet was available to the general public. As a result, most news about Simon was in newspapers and magazines.

News (1992-1994)

Those printed news articles from 1992-1994 have been scanned into this news clipping folder.

Recent News

More recent news articles about Simon are generally found on the internet. Notible articles are listed here.

• Wikipedia – IBM Simon
• Typepad - Are you an Innovation Giant?
• Time - First Smartphone Turns 20: Fun Facts About Simon
• Byte - Simonizing the PDA
• Smartland Korea: Mobile Communications, Culture and Society
• Buxton Collection - Simon

Videos

• Creating Simon - The World’s FIRST SmartPhone (2020). Several “Simoneers” that worked on the project contributed to this video. It was assembled by Wayne Whitley, the lead electrical engineer on the project.
• The Computer Chronicles – Mobile Computing (1995)

Books

• The Smartphone: Anatomy of an industry - by Elizabeth Woyke
• The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone - by Brian Merchant

Movies

• The Net (1995)
• For All Mandkind, The Bleeding Edge (2021) on Apple TV (Photo)

Museums

• Mobile Phone Museum - Oxford, England, UK
• PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications - Cornwall, England, UK
• Computer History Museum - Silicon Valley
• London Science Museum
• Media Archaeology Lab - University of Colorado at Boulder
• Smithsonian