Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone

"How the early pioneers of the smartphone almost made it big"

A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring tried to make the future before it was ready. In Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone, The Verge’s Dieter Bohn talks to the visionaries at Handspring and dives into their early successes and eventual failures.

Release Date

October 25, 2021

Status

Released

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Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone

Runtime

30min

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The Verge