General Magic
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General Magic was an influential 1990s Silicon Valley startup that pioneered early smartphone and personal digital assistant technologies, inspiring many later innovations in mobile computing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| General Magic canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
defunct company
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startup ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | "the most important dead company in Silicon Valley" ⓘ |
| developed |
Magic Cap operating system
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Telescript language NERFINISHED ⓘ early personal digital assistant technologies ⓘ early smartphone concepts ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | early 2000s ⓘ |
| documentaryReleaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| focus |
agent-based communication software
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networked mobile devices ⓘ personal digital assistants ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Andy Hertzfeld
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Bill Atkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Porat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| hadEmployee |
Andy Rubin
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Megan Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Omidyar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Fadell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
consumer electronics
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mobile computing ⓘ software ⓘ |
| influenced |
Apple iPhone
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Google Android NERFINISHED ⓘ eBay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired |
later smartphone designs
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mobile computing innovations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential 1990s mobile technology experiments
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pioneering handheld communication devices ⓘ vision of a pocket-sized communication device ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| partneredWith |
AT&T
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Motorola NERFINISHED ⓘ Philips NERFINISHED ⓘ Sony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productType |
PDA software platform
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mobile operating system ⓘ |
| spunOffFrom | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| subjectOf | documentary film "General Magic" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
mobile agents
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object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| vision | always-connected personal communicator ⓘ |
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