1994 - The First Smart Phone

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To support my efforts to create more clips please donate to me at www.patreon.com/allinaday. This is not a movie. These are clips that were put together after we asked people how they were experiencing the General Magic Personal Hand Held Communicator by Sony using the AT&T PersonaLink network. Of course the network doesn't exist and neither does General Magic. John Sculley recently called it " the greatest company that nobody ever heard of."

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14 сен 2018

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@jonglass 5 лет назад

The poor Magic Cap has been forgotten, but someone just recently made a movie about the Newton. General Magic, really never had a chance, especially with the Newton in the picture. but yeah, Sculley was right. Lots of great people there, and it was another cool device that was ahead of its time. Thanks for this. I have some fond memories of those days--would have loved to have that first guy's Powerbook 540c in those days. I just had my Newton and a Mac Classic that I toted everywhere with me (I drove, didn't fly)

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker 5 лет назад

Yes, Jon. I think that the movie is excellent and 28 minutes of the film is footage I shot back then when I was a VP at General Magic. Have you seen the film? David Hoffman - filmmaker

@jonglass 5 лет назад

Not yet. I just bought it finally, and plan to watch it in the next couple days. :-) It's cool that you've got footage in it.

@padilla11230 5 лет назад

Great and fantastic clips Mr. Hoffmann, as always.

@suprsonic 5 лет назад

Thanks for posting this.

@boomerz2478 2 года назад

That lady running the store was living in the future. She totally got it.

@robertm3951 5 лет назад

I worked on OnStar which was developed by General Magic. I had figured they were part of General Motors. It looks like the name was a coincidence

@glenesis 2 года назад

I love the old Quadras! Someone just gave me one of the last all-in-one Performas :)

@catwrappedinaluminumfoilcr5733 4 года назад

There is a movie about this....i was born in 2010. I wish I could experience this old tech!!!!

@scherzva 4 года назад

General Magic

@Finite8614 5 лет назад

This is amazing

@harmanx. 2 года назад

I was fascinated by the General Magic device back then, but never owned one. I had two generations of Newtons, however, which also fascinated me. I still have one of them. They were very much ahead of their time -- at least in what they strived for. Newton's main input -- handwriting recognition -- might have been about 97% accurate at best, but that was not good enough for them to be practical. So, ultimately more of a tech-geek hobby than a true time-saving device.

@iamanempoweredone6064 5 лет назад

Brings back memories

@silvernode 5 лет назад

It was cool back then to think that all your personal stuff was in this little machine and nobody ever even thought of the software being able to invade and sell all of that personal stuff.

@BomChickyBowWow 5 лет назад

David, I’ve been following your channel for a while now and while I love the stuff you post I don’t understand your context. Are you a journalist or documentary film maker? Is this your footage that you’ve compiled over the years? What’s your story?

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker 5 лет назад

Thank you for the question. I am a documentary filmmaker. Not a journalist. I have made hundreds and hundreds of documentaries in my career almost all for others-corporations-startups-foundations-government organizations-and on occasion I made a film on my own nickel. This is a film I made back then when I worked inside the company as vice president. One of my jobs was to create films and this is a sample of a rough cut (a professional term) for something which will become a film but is still in its rough stages. I thought some of my subscribers might find it of interest as might other viewers interested in the technology that was new and exciting at that time. David Hoffman-filmmaker

@BomChickyBowWow 5 лет назад

David Hoffman Thanks for the reply. I’m a rabid documentary watcher and I have to say that all of your stuff keeps me glued to the footage. I especially enjoyed the stuff about people telling their stories about surviving the 1960s. Keep it coming.

@kyser3ify 3 года назад

I watched the Documentary last week. They were ahead of their time

@nikhilthakre6460 3 года назад

Where is it available to watch ??

@Schmidtelpunkt 5 лет назад

Two steps ahead is one too many.

@guarenchafa4912 5 лет назад

41:07 Holy Fak it's Milton from Office Space!

@endezeichengrimm 3 года назад

I lost my pen on the first day.

@robertm3951 5 лет назад

David Hoffman, People love Woz. If you have clips of him to post then it may be more popular then Oliver Stone

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker 5 лет назад

Thank you Robert. Here is the finished section with Woz - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hHRmebezFbw.html and I'm sure you' are correct that he is more popular than Oliver. David Hoffman - filmmaker

@TheLifePhoenix 5 лет назад

Crazy

@MixmasterDBN 4 года назад

anyone have any motion sickness tablets?

@Joshualacruz 5 лет назад

So strange and fascinating... Now we have what'sapp on our magic boxes..

@PS-zu5ww 2 года назад

I just watched Mr Hoffman's recent excellent video, and that brought me here. Curious how Apple has changed. Essentially, now a corporate monopoly. High prices, fighting 'right to repair'[they glue batteries in place-and utilize other destructive practices to generate profit], abysmal customer service, planned obsolescence, questionable labour practices, etc. Not really representing the 'average' consumer anymore. More like a cult than a 'mom and pop' type company in my opinion.

@deweys 5 лет назад

Does it mine bitcoins?

@silvernode 5 лет назад

Nah only Doge

@tomswan3401 5 лет назад

they talk about at&t innovation and genuine customer support and research. but their devices look really crappy, low productivity. those monochorome displays and low resolution monitor. and they were investing so much energy in that work, but from todays perspective they have no productivity and no devices to be productive with.

@guarenchafa4912 5 лет назад

State of the art at the time. Shitty LCD's were the only battery-friendly displays...even some early laptops had these.