Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone (Full Documentary)

A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring tried to make the future before it was ready. This is the story of the Treo. Read more: Subscribe:  Like The Verge on Facebook:  Follow on Twitter:  Follow on Instagram:  The Vergecast Podcast:  Decoder with Nilay Patel:   More about our podcasts:  Read More:  Community guidelines:  Wallpapers from The Verge:  Subscribe to Verge Science on YouTube, a new home base for our explorations into the future of science: