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General Magic was an American software and early smart phone electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld and Marc Porat. Based in Mountain View, California, the company developed precursors to USB, software modems, small touchscreens, touchscreen controller integrated circuits, ASICs, multimedia email, networked games, streaming TV and early e-commerce notions. The main product of the company was Magic Cap, the operating system used in 1994 by the Sony Magic Link and the Motorola Envoy PDAs. It also introduced the programming language Telescript, and it was liquidated in 2004.

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2002 1
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1990 1
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1. Wikipedia: General Magic
  • Infobox: founded
    May 1990
  • Infobox: defunct
    September 17, 2002
  • Operates In: Technology Industry, Lead
    General Magic was an American software and early smart phone electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, and Marc Porat.
  • Founded By: Bill Atkinson, Lead: founded-by
    General Magic was an American software and early smart phone electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, and Marc Porat.
  • Founded By: Andy Hertzfeld, Lead: founded-by
    General Magic was an American software and early smart phone electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, and Marc Porat.
  • Founded By: Marc Porat, Lead: founded-by
    General Magic was an American software and early smart phone electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, and Marc Porat.
  • In Group: Software, Lead section
    General Magic was an American software and early smart phone electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, and Marc Porat.
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