Smartphone — Questions and answers

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According to Dr. Anya Sharma, what was difficult about using many separate devices away from your desk?

Choices

  1. It was too quiet to work.
  2. You needed to carry many gadgets and transfer information often. ✓
  3. The devices were too colorful.
  4. You could not talk to anyone.

Answer: You needed to carry many gadgets and transfer information often.

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What did IBM's team envision their new device, the 'Personal Communicator,' would be able to do?

Choices

  1. Only send faxes.
  2. Only make cellular calls.
  3. Send and receive faxes, emails, cellular calls, and manage contacts and appointments. ✓
  4. Only manage contacts.

Answer: Send and receive faxes, emails, cellular calls, and manage contacts and appointments.

From page 3

What did Frank Canova believe would be essential for a device with many functions?

Choices

  1. Many physical buttons.
  2. Loud speakers.
  3. Touch interaction. ✓
  4. A very small screen.

Answer: Touch interaction.

From page 4

What was the big breakthrough for how users would put information into the Simon Personal Communicator?

Choices

  1. Using only simple buttons.
  2. Having a full-size keyboard attached.
  3. A stylus-driven touchscreen. ✓
  4. Speaking commands to the device.

Answer: A stylus-driven touchscreen.

From page 5

What did the IBM Simon's green LCD touchscreen allow users to do?

Choices

  1. Play video games and watch movies.
  2. Dial, access an address book, calendar, scheduler, world clock, and send faxes and emails. ✓
  3. Only make phone calls.
  4. Take pictures and record videos.

Answer: Dial, access an address book, calendar, scheduler, world clock, and send faxes and emails.

From page 6

What was the name of the custom software that provided the user interface for the IBM Simon?

Choices

  1. Windows.
  2. Navigator. ✓
  3. SimonOS.
  4. Explorer.

Answer: Navigator.

From page 7

How much did the IBM Simon initially cost with a two-year contract?

Choices

  1. 100.
  2. 899. ✓
  3. 50.
  4. 1,500.

Answer: 899.

From page 8

What profound impact did the IBM Simon have, even though it sold only about 50,000 units?

Choices

  1. It became the most popular phone in the world.
  2. It taught people to use only faxes.
  3. It laid the foundational blueprint for every smartphone that followed. ✓
  4. It made people stop using computers.

Answer: It laid the foundational blueprint for every smartphone that followed.

From page 9

According to Dr. Anya Sharma, what has the smartphone become from its humble beginnings?

Choices

  1. A heavy burden.
  2. An unnecessary gadget.
  3. An indispensable extension of ourselves. ✓
  4. A simple toy.

Answer: An indispensable extension of ourselves.

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