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General Magic

But let me just hold it up foryou, so you can see what thisthing is, you know, about

But let me just hold it up for
you, so you can see what this
thing is, you know, about

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But let me just hold it up for you, so you can see what this thing is, you know, about.
Duration
5 seconds
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56
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:17
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spellbound Productions II

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The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up named 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartp
The thing about Porat when he speaks is, everybody in the audience - General Magic 00:09
The thing about Porat when he speaks is, everybody in the au...
I can go to the roof of this building and if I jump, I will fly." - General Magic 00:18
I can go to the roof of this building and if I jump, I will ...
It will be that useful. The minute I see it in a store, I smile. - General Magic 00:05
It will be that useful. The minute I see it in a store, I sm...
It's about having fun, it's about leisure, it's about entertainment. - General Magic 00:04
It's about having fun, it's about leisure, it'...
I just recall listening to him and thinking, "Yes, yes!" - General Magic 00:10
I just recall listening to him and thinking, "Yes, yes!...
The world of personal communications, when it's fulfilled, uh, possibly - General Magic 00:09
The world of personal communications, when it's fulfill...
Reporters would leave these briefings saying, - General Magic 00:07
Reporters would leave these briefings saying,
The world that they just described to me, - General Magic 00:13
The world that they just described to me,
Sounds a bit like something from Star Trek, you can send and receive messages, - General Magic 00:09
Sounds a bit like something from Star Trek, you can send and...
It was wall to wall coverage. New York times, Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times. - General Magic 00:05
It was wall to wall coverage. New York times, Wall Street Jo...
It was front page in the Economist, - General Magic 00:06
It was front page in the Economist,
If this works the way this industry wants it to work, - General Magic 00:11
If this works the way this industry wants it to work,
IBM is conspicuously absent from the alliance. So is Microsoft, - General Magic 00:10
IBM is conspicuously absent from the alliance. So is Microso...
Some say it's revolutionary. Others simply say it's magic. - General Magic 00:06
Some say it's revolutionary. Others simply say it'...
So we got a ton of coverage, a ton of coverage, - General Magic 00:08
So we got a ton of coverage, a ton of coverage,
Are they going to be able to actually fulfill on that vision?" - General Magic 00:08
Are they going to be able to actually fulfill on that vision...
Thank you very much for being here. What do you see as your-- your startup date - General Magic 00:09
Thank you very much for being here. What do you see as your-...
We'll be talking about dates and about product features - General Magic 00:09
We'll be talking about dates and about product features
- That's correct. -OK, OK. So-- - General Magic 00:06
- That's correct. -OK, OK. So--
...written record of it. Um, but what we have, we have sort of... - General Magic 00:05
...written record of it. Um, but what we have, we have sort ...