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How small will it finally be, do you think? -Some day?
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How small willit finally be, do you think?-Some day?

How small will
it finally be, do you think?
-Some day?

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- How small will it finally be, do you think? -Some day?
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:26:19
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
Right now, in the beginning, we are starting with a screen size that's probably about that big. - General Magic 00:05
Right now, in the beginning, we are starting with a screen s...
Technically it was really, really hard to build something the size of those models. - General Magic 00:06
Technically it was really, really hard to build something th...
Uh, the technology just wasn't there yet, but, hey, that was ok, - General Magic 00:13
Uh, the technology just wasn't there yet, but, hey, tha...
The touchscreen is a little funky. - General Magic 00:04
The touchscreen is a little funky.
What was this thing gonna look like? You know, we knew what size screen - General Magic 00:07
What was this thing gonna look like? You know, we knew what ...
The thing about computer programming - General Magic 00:05
The thing about computer programming
There is a creative process here that is much like - General Magic 00:06
There is a creative process here that is much like
This is very creative, which is a surprise to a lot of people. - General Magic 00:04
This is very creative, which is a surprise to a lot of peopl...
The common ground between Apple and what we did - General Magic 00:07
The common ground between Apple and what we did
Our art could make a difference in, in the lives of everyone, - General Magic 00:08
Our art could make a difference in, in the lives of everyone...
I think, uh, communications is the most fundamentally human thing that we do, - General Magic 00:10
I think, uh, communications is the most fundamentally human ...
Uh, that's what distinguishes people more than any other thing I think, the, uh, - General Magic 00:11
Uh, that's what distinguishes people more than any othe...
One of the things Bill and I do is just by word of mouth passing, passing - General Magic 00:08
One of the things Bill and I do is just by word of mouth pas...
We were always saying, wow, wouldn't it be great if we did that and Andy would do this, - General Magic 00:15
We were always saying, wow, wouldn't it be great if we ...
So we created this concept of different rooms, and Andy went off - General Magic 00:13
So we created this concept of different rooms, and Andy went...
That shouldn't have been possible for one person to do that much work in one go. - General Magic 00:06
That shouldn't have been possible for one person to do ...
Passion is the thing that breaks through logic - General Magic 00:16
Passion is the thing that breaks through logic
All you have to do is tap on this little letter creating icon - General Magic 00:10
All you have to do is tap on this little letter creating ico...
There was mail, there was calendar, everything was communicating - General Magic 00:13
There was mail, there was calendar, everything was communica...
One interesting area we-- we haven't done is-- is expressing emotions. - General Magic 00:05
One interesting area we-- we haven't done is-- is expre...