General Magic: The Company Who Saw The Future Too Soon - The Retro Hour EP192

Episode 192,   Sep 26, 2019, 11:55 PM

Spurned by Apple, ending in tragedy, General Magic invented the smartphone in 1994! We get the story of the company who saw the future too soon.

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