{"id":94,"date":"2025-07-13T13:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T16:16:37","slug":"odin-smartphone-first","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/","title":{"rendered":"The world&#8217;s first smartphone, seven years ahead of the iPhone."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(24.034px, 1.502rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.247), 40px);\"><strong>The World\u2019s First Modern Smartphone<\/strong><br>In 2000, Rob Lowe \u2014 then Programme Director and Lead Engineer at Motorola\/Psion \u2014 led the development of a device called <em>Odin<\/em>. Unlike anything the world had seen before, Odin was the first smartphone designed in the form we recognise today. It featured a full-colour portrait touchscreen, apps, internet access, MP3\/MP4 playback, email \u2014 and even the first-ever Airplane Mode, invented and recorded in Rob Lowe\u2019s original notes specifically for Odin. The device quietly set the blueprint for the mobile future.<br><br><strong>Years Ahead of Its Time<\/strong><br>At a time when most phones were still monochrome and limited to calls and texts, Odin introduced the very features that would define the iPhone and Android years later. Wireless syncing, cloud-style data, location services, and voice control were all written into Rob Lowe\u2019s original design notes. These notes make it clear that Odin was the first modern smartphone \u2014 marking a pivotal moment in history and establishing the smartphone era.<br><br><strong>The Notes That Corrected Smartphone History<\/strong><br>The story of Odin has remained little-known since 2000, fully documented in 115 pages of Rob Lowe\u2019s original handwritten notes plus blueprints and plans \u2014 now preserved at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. This documentation proves Odin\u2019s pioneering status and reveals how the world came close to holding a modern smartphone years before Apple or Google. Odin established the smartphone era by meeting today\u2019s definition of a smartphone in the year 2000. This website brings Odin\u2019s history to life, ensuring its rightful place as a landmark in technology history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The First Smartphone - Part 1\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Skr-EjHR384?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(24.034px, 1.502rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.247), 40px);\"><strong>Odin vs iPhone and Android<br>Odin: Years Ahead of iPhone and Android &#8211; Proven by Comparison<\/strong><br><br><strong>Smartphone Comparison: Odin vs iPhone vs Android<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Feature<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Odin (2000)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>iPhone (2007)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Android (2008)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Full-colour portrait touchscreen<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Downloadable apps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713 (App Store 2008)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Mobile internet browsing<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Email &amp; multimedia messaging<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713 (later MMS)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>MP3\/MP4 music\/video playback<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Wireless syncing (cloud-style)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2717<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2717<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Location-based services<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2717 (until 2008)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Voice control<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2717 (added later)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2717 (added later)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Airplane Mode<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713 (first ever)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>\u2713<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(24.034px, 1.502rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.247), 40px);\"><em>Odin was years ahead. In 2000, it delivered the full template of the modern smartphone \u2014 features Apple and Google wouldn\u2019t bring to the public until almost a decade later.<\/em><br><br>According to Encyclopaedia Britannica<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The Odin Smartphone (year 2000) was the first device to meet the modern definition of a smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Innovation That Defined the Smartphone<\/strong><br>The Odin project pioneered over 80% of the technologies still found in smartphones today. Its original development notes \u2014 115 pages of detailed invention records plus blueprints and plans \u2014 have survived and are now preserved at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. These archives provide direct evidence of how Odin became <em>the first true smartphone<\/em> years before Apple or Google entered the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Seven Years Before the iPhone<\/strong><br>In 2000\/2001, Odin delivered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Full-colour portrait touchscreen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Wireless internet via GPRS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Cloud-style syncing with SyncML<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Downloadable apps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Location-based services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Bluetooth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Airplane Mode\u2122 (invented here for the first time)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">MP3\/MP4 playback<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Opera web browser<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Office-style apps (Word, Sheet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">3D gaming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Handwriting recognition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">These weren\u2019t concepts or prototypes \u2014 they were real, working features, integrated into a finished device. Odin anticipated how smartphones would look, work, and connect years before the industry caught up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Meeting Today\u2019s Smartphone Definition \u2014 in 2000<\/strong><br>Encyclopaedia Britannica defines a smartphone as <em>\u201ca mobile telephone with an LCD display screen, built-in personal information management programs, and an operating system that allows software to be installed for web browsing, email, music, video, and other applications. A smartphone may be thought of as a handheld computer integrated within a mobile telephone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Odin matched that definition fully in 2000 \u2014 long before iPhone (2007) or Android (2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Civilisational Invention<\/strong><br>The Odin Smartphone is classified as a <em>civilisational invention<\/em> \u2014 one of the rare breakthroughs that permanently changes how people live, work, and interact. It sits in the same category as the wheel, the printing press, and the internet. What makes Odin unique is that it is the <strong>only civilisational invention known to have survived with full development notes intact<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The Evidence Was Never Lost \u2014 Just Unseen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">115 pages of handwritten development notes, verified and preserved<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Authored by Rob Lowe, Programme Director and Lead Engineer for Motorola\/Psion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Internal Motorola records and Psion sign-off confirm its provenance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Core technologies licensed onwards to Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and more \u2014 appearing in over 500 million smartphones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>This Is Not a Tribute. This Is a Correction.<\/strong><br>The Odin Smartphone was real. It was operational. And it was ready in 2001. But due to corporate cost-cutting, it was never released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(24.034px, 1.502rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.247), 40px);\">The internet rarely credits Rob Lowe. From now on, it will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:892px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-376 size-full has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-08-Odin-Logo-with-First-Modern-Smartphone-Wording-008.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#fcfcfc\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><br><br><strong>Example of the 115 Pages of Handwritten Development Notes from 2000\/2001, Plus 173 Pages of Annotated Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Odin-Smartphone-Favicon-271x300.webp\" alt=\"Odin Smartphone - first modern smartphone year 2000\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Odin-Smartphone-Favicon-271x300.webp 271w, https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Odin-Smartphone-Favicon.webp 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seven years before the iPhone &#8211; the Odin Smartphone had equally advanced functionality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-12-Odin-Notes-001-Shaped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" style=\"width:211px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-12-Odin-Notes-001-Shaped.png 374w, https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-12-Odin-Notes-001-Shaped-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-12-Odin-Notes-text-001-709x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-395\" style=\"width:213px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-12-Odin-Notes-text-001-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-12-Odin-Notes-text-001-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-12-Odin-Notes-text-001.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-bd4179810c8dfbadaf37252fa5146d80\" style=\"background-color:#c0b298\"><strong>Operational in 2001. Wireless. Full-colour Portrait Touchscreen. Cloud-connected.<br>Airplane Mode\u2122. Bluetooth. GPRS. GPS. Custom Chip. Browsing. Plus much more.<br><br>Odin changed everything\u2014before the world was ready.<\/strong><br>Discover the groundbreaking first smartphone that forever transformed our world.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-12-Odin-Smartphone-Functions-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here is Rob delivering the Odin Smartphone Notes to Bletchley Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/odinsmartphone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-16-Rob-Lowe-at-The-National-Museum-at-Bletchley-Park-with-the-Odin-Smartphone-Notes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rob Lowe delivering the original Odin Smartphone development notes to The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, March 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World\u2019s First Modern SmartphoneIn 2000, Rob Lowe \u2014 then Programme Director and Lead Engineer at Motorola\/Psion \u2014 led the development of a device called Odin. 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