Company · mentioned 15 times
Silicon Valley technology company founded in 1990 that developed early handheld communicator and mobile software concepts, anticipating the smartphone.
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast· 4 Nov
General Magic tried to build that kind of touchscreen smartphone and failed.Y Combinator Startup Podcast· 28 Aug
Susan Kare says General Magic's desktop metaphor was more literal, with hallways and doors, and its worst element was jars of text.Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth· 7 Jun
Tony Fadell says General Magic was too early for the iPhone, and he kept building toward it.