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IBM debuted a prototype device, code named "Angler," on November 23, 1992 at the COMDEX computer and technology trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The Angler prototype combined a cell phone and PDA into one device, allowing a user to make and receive telephone calls, facsimiles, emails and cellular pages.
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In 1999, the Japanese firm NTT DoCoMo released the first smartphones to achieve mass adoption within a country. These phones ran on i-mode, which provided data transmission speeds up to 9.6 kbit/s.
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On January 19th, 1999, the Blackberry 850 was released. This phone had an email pager, and the inter@ctive Pager was no longer used to brand Blackberries.
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In 2007, Apple Inc. introduced the iPhone, one of the first smartphones to use a multi-touch interface. The iPhone was notable for its use of a large touchscreen for direct finger input as its main means of interaction, instead of a stylus, keyboard, or keypad typical for smartphones at the time.
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The Dream was the first commercially released device to use the Linux-based Android operating system, which was purchased and further developed by Google
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The Sony Xperia Z is released in 2013 in Japan. This phone introduces dust proofing.
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QSAlpha commenced production of a smartphone designed entirely around security, encryption and identity protection.
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The LG G3 is introduced, using Quad HD. Quad HD is used in advanced televisions and computer monitors.
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In October 2015, Microsoft announced Windows Continuum, a feature that allows users to connect their devices to an external monitor.
