Comment on IBM Simon (1994): the original smartphone, explained in its own ad [video]parentComments−pavlov25dJapan's i-mode was a HTML-based smart mobile service that was very popular from 1999 to 2008:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-modeAt 80M subscribers, it was probably the most popular way in the world to access mobile internet pre-iPhone.I-mode also introduced the original set of emojis that are now supported everywhere.
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Japan's i-mode was a HTML-based smart mobile service that was very popular from 1999 to 2008:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode
At 80M subscribers, it was probably the most popular way in the world to access mobile internet pre-iPhone.
I-mode also introduced the original set of emojis that are now supported everywhere.