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General Magic was one of Silicon Valley’s most ambitious failures—and one of its most influential. Born from a team of former Apple engineers, the company imagined pocket-sized personal communicators years before smartphones became part of everyday life.
This video explores how General Magic developed ideas around messaging, apps, touch-based interfaces, digital assistants, and connected mobile devices long before the iPhone arrived—and why its revolutionary vision still failed in the marketplace.
This video explores how General Magic developed ideas around messaging, apps, touch-based interfaces, digital assistants, and connected mobile devices long before the iPhone arrived—and why its revolutionary vision still failed in the marketplace.
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