{"id":27,"date":"2025-07-05T20:17:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T20:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-08-02T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T21:13:10","slug":"archive-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"Archive &#038; Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This page showcases the <em>original, handwritten development notes<\/em> and authenticated materials that prove the Odin Smartphone was the <strong>first true smartphone<\/strong>, and that <strong>Rob Lowe<\/strong> invented <strong>Airplane Mode<\/strong> on <strong>27 February 2001<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It provides visitors, researchers, investors, and licensing partners with unparalleled access to the <strong>only known first-person record<\/strong> of the invention of modern smartphone technology \u2014 preserved, verified, and archived at <strong>The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <strong>What This Archive Is<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is the <strong>true origin story<\/strong> of the smartphone \u2014 recorded as it happened, by the man who built it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The <strong>Odin Archive<\/strong> consists of over <strong>115 handwritten pages<\/strong>, sketches, blueprints, and internal documentation authored by <strong>Rob Lowe<\/strong>, the <strong>Programme Director and Senior Project Engineer<\/strong> of the Odin Smartphone. Created between 2000\u20132001, this archive provides irrefutable evidence that <strong>Odin was the first true smartphone<\/strong>, and that Rob Lowe invented <strong>Airplane Mode<\/strong> \u2014 now used billions of times per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">These are <strong>primary source documents<\/strong>, not retrospective claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">They show the day-by-day development of Odin: its colour touchscreen, Symbian OS, Bluetooth, GPRS internet, media player, downloadable apps, and the now-iconic Airplane Mode toggle. Rob\u2019s notes not only show the vision \u2014 they show the execution, the feature tests, the architecture decisions, and the finished system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>&#8220;If you want to know who really built the first smartphone \u2014 look in the notebooks.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Every major smartphone innovation of the early 2000s is represented here \u2014 long before they reached the mass market. These documents now form the <strong>world\u2019s most complete, contemporaneous record<\/strong> of smartphone invention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <strong>The Notebooks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At the core of the Odin Archive are <strong>three original, hardbound navy notebooks<\/strong>, each meticulously filled by <strong>Rob Lowe<\/strong> during the Odin project\u2019s peak development period from 2000 to 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">These notebooks are not summaries or post-event reflections \u2014 they are <strong>real-time records<\/strong> created during daily design, engineering, and testing work. They document the first time anyone built what we now call a smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s Inside<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Each page offers a glimpse into the birth of mobile computing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>System architecture sketches<\/strong> showing Odin\u2019s integrated OS and hardware stack<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>UI and touchscreen interface layouts<\/strong> (with stylus-based control logic)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Bluetooth and GPRS flow diagrams<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Feature matrices<\/strong> and decision logs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Chipset configuration plans<\/strong> for Motorola\u2019s HALLA architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A full roadmap of deliverables, ownership, testing, and QA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Clear annotations of features like video streaming, cloud sync, and OTA updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Airplane Mode: The Historic Entry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The most iconic page is dated <strong>27 February 2001<\/strong>. On it, Rob Lowe writes a new term:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u201cAirplane Mode\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 to disable all radios while allowing offline use<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is the <strong>first known written use of the phrase<\/strong> \u2014 and it would go on to become one of the most widely used digital commands in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>&#8220;It was a solution to a growing aviation problem \u2014 and it became part of global device culture.\u201d \u2013 Rob Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Handwritten, Personal, Authentic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">All notes written in ballpoint pen by Rob Lowe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Show daily design decisions and in-progress thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Include corrections, feature cuts, and \u201cfinal tick-offs\u201d as development milestones were met<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now digitally scanned and indexed, preserving them for historical, academic, and licensing purposes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">These notebooks were the working intelligence of the Odin project. Today, they are a <strong>time capsule of mobile history<\/strong>, recording the moment the modern world began \u2014 one page at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong>Supporting Documents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Beyond the handwritten notebooks, the Odin Archive includes a wide range of physical and digital materials that further <strong>authenticate and contextualise<\/strong> the invention of the first smartphone \u2014 and the first use of Airplane Mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">These supporting documents provide visual, organisational, and technical proof that the Odin Smartphone was a real, working product \u2014 built ahead of its time and ready for market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blueprints and Diagrams<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The <strong>original Odin hardware blueprint<\/strong>, once pinned to Psion\u2019s internal project wall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Annotated layout of ports, buttons, speaker placement, and display interface<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Component-level mapping for co-development with Motorola\u2019s chipset team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Project Schedules and Feature Grids<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Printed <strong>deliverables matrix<\/strong> showing who was responsible for which features<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Internal memos from Psion and Motorola development streams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Task lists covering UI development, OS integration, connectivity, and app packaging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Business Cards and Team Evidence<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A full <strong>stack of 120+ business cards<\/strong> from the Odin development ecosystem, including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Psion software and UI teams (London)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motorola radio and chipset teams (Florida)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Symbian OS engineers (UK and Finland)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Demonstrates the scale and reality of Odin\u2019s globally coordinated build<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Device Screenshots and Test Images<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Real screenshots of Odin\u2019s UI, including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Custom icons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>App launchers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setup screens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Video playback demos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Photos of early Odin hardware and internal slide decks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcdc <strong>Legal and IP Documents<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Original Odin system design copyright filings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Psion-internal technology usage terms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">GPRS showcase presentations and whitepapers from Rob Lowe\u2019s Motorola work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Together, these materials <strong>corroborate the notebook entries<\/strong> with external evidence. They show that Odin wasn\u2019t theoretical \u2014 it was <strong>designed, managed, tested, and ready to ship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cThese documents prove Odin was not only real \u2014 it was ready.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong>Provenance and Authentication<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Odin Archive is not just impressive \u2014 it\u2019s <strong>verifiable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Every element of the archive, from Rob Lowe\u2019s handwritten notebooks to the blueprints, schedules, and business cards, has been <strong>authenticated<\/strong>, <strong>preserved<\/strong>, and <strong>formally recognised<\/strong> as a credible historical record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is one of the only times in modern technology history where the invention of a global feature \u2014 <strong>Airplane Mode<\/strong> \u2014 and the creation of a breakthrough product \u2014 the <strong>first true smartphone<\/strong> \u2014 have been captured in such complete and personal detail by the inventor himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Verified Authorship: Rob Lowe<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">All notebooks are written by <strong>Rob Lowe<\/strong>, Odin\u2019s <strong>Programme Director and Senior Project Engineer<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rob\u2019s identity is confirmed by:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His <strong>signature<\/strong> in the notebooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His <strong>Psion business card<\/strong>, included in the archive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Statements and acknowledgement from <strong>Psion\u2019s former Development Director<\/strong>, confirming Rob&#8217;s leadership role<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Corroborating emails, meeting logs, and assigned responsibilities in internal documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Timestamped Invention of Airplane Mode<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The term <strong>\u201cAirplane Mode\u201d<\/strong> is first documented in the notebook entry dated <strong>27 February 2001<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This exact wording, in Rob Lowe\u2019s handwriting, was used to describe disabling wireless radios while keeping device functionality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Recognised as the <strong>earliest known use<\/strong> of the phrase by <strong>Merriam-Webster<\/strong>, which updated its dictionary following verification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Housed at The National Museum of Computing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Odin Archive is <strong>digitally preserved<\/strong> at <strong>The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), Bletchley Park<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">TNMOC is one of the world\u2019s foremost computing history institutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The archive is catalogued, timestamped, and safeguarded for future generations, researchers, and licensing reviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Independent and Legal Endorsements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Includes signed <strong>Provenance Statement<\/strong> from Rob Lowe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Digital and physical materials show continuous chain-of-custody<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Legal foundation for trademark, licensing, and commercial recognition of the Odin Smartphone and Airplane Mode invention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s extremely rare to find such a complete, authenticated origin story \u2014 and even rarer that it\u2019s backed by physical proof.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. <strong>Historical Significance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Odin Archive is more than a collection of technical notes \u2014 it is a <strong>definitive record of the birth of the modern smartphone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Compiled and authored by <strong>Rob Lowe<\/strong>, Odin\u2019s Programme Director, the archive captures the moment the world changed: when voice, internet, touchscreen interaction, media, and wireless connectivity were united in a single handheld device \u2014 years before the world knew the term \u201csmartphone\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The First Real Smartphone<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Odin was <strong>fully working<\/strong>, not just a concept or prototype<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It integrated telephony, apps, internet, media, and UI design into a pocket-sized device<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It used a <strong>portrait, colour touchscreen<\/strong> form factor \u2014 the same layout used by all major smartphones today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Birth of Airplane Mode<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rob Lowe\u2019s handwritten entry on <strong>27 February 2001<\/strong> introduced the term and concept<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It is now a <strong>standard global safety and digital wellbeing feature<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Airplane Mode is activated billions of times daily<\/strong> on smartphones, tablets, wearables, and laptops \u2014 all tracing back to Odin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Forgotten British Smartphone That Changed Everything<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Odin predated the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android by <strong>years<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Its software stack and design directly powered phones released by:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Nokia<\/strong>, <strong>Sony Ericsson<\/strong>, <strong>Fujitsu<\/strong>, <strong>Sharp<\/strong>, and others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">An estimated <strong>500 million+ smartphones<\/strong> can be traced back to Odin\u2019s Symbian-based architecture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rob Lowe\u2019s Vision and Impact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rob led both the system design and the product rollout strategy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His notes show a product manager, engineer, and inventor working simultaneously<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His foresight shaped not just Odin, but the <strong>entire smartphone industry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cOdin wasn\u2019t just the first smartphone. It was the one that showed everyone else how to do it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Thanks to Rob Lowe\u2019s archive \u2014 now verified and preserved \u2014 this piece of computing history has been reclaimed and made visible again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. <strong>Where It Lives Now<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Odin Archive \u2014 including the original notebooks, supporting documents, and authenticated provenance \u2014 is <strong>safely housed and digitally preserved<\/strong> at one of the most respected institutions in computing history:<br><strong>The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), Bletchley Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This is the same historic site where the codebreakers of World War II helped usher in the modern computing era \u2014 and now, it safeguards the invention that launched the mobile one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Located at <strong>Bletchley Park<\/strong>, the birthplace of British computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Home to working rebuilds of the <strong>Colossus<\/strong> and <strong>Turing Bombe<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Holds one of the <strong>most comprehensive digital archives in Europe<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Officially preserves the <strong>Odin Smartphone archive and Rob Lowe\u2019s original notebooks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Is Stored<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The complete scan of all <strong>115+ handwritten pages<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Photos and scans of blueprints, cards, and diagrams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The <strong>Provenance Document<\/strong>, signed by Rob Lowe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Verification materials used to establish authorship and innovation timeline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">All materials catalogued for ongoing access, research, and licensing reference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For the Public, Researchers, and Industry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The archive is preserved for:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Historical researchers and journalists<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Technology historians<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Mobile industry leaders<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Educational institutions and museums<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Licensing and IP validation teams<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cThis is the most complete and authentic record of a smartphone\u2019s birth ever assembled \u2014 and it belongs in the digital Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This isn\u2019t just tech history. 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