MyOrigo MyDevice Prototype - Lab Unit - Ultra RARE - Pre Apple iPhone

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The prototype of the MyOrigo MyDevice was designed by Johannes Väänänen and Jukka-Pekka Metsävainio in Finland. Widely considered the first smartphone to incorporate all the innovations that define a modern smartphone today. Designed in 2002 and featured technologies that Apple would later adopt in its first iPhone, released five years later in 2007. This may even be the very unit that was shown directly to Steve Jobs by the R&D team.

In the photo showing the back of the MyOrigo MyDevice, the IMEI number and barcodes have been obscured for privacy reasons. However, they are fully visible on the actual label.

This is a functional prototype, possibly the only one of its kind in the world, and has never been available on the market. It is a piece worthy of display in a technology museum, a tangible relic from the birth of the modern smartphone. Its value is technical, historical and cultural. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a significant legacy item that is likely to appreciate over time.

With provenance from one of the world's most prominent mobile phone collections (GWR).

Unlike the commercial model, the MyOrigo MyDevice prototype is incomplete, and comes without original packaging, manuals or accessories, as it was a lab unit used for testing and early presentations prior to mass production. Some functions may not work or may not operate properly, as this is a pre-production version of the final retail product.

The IMEI has been blurred out for privacy reasons.

MyOrigo MyDevice prototype is featured in the 2017 documentary "Nokia: We Were Connecting People", where inventor Johannes Väänänen discusses its development and presentation to Apple:

- The MyOrigo MyDevice is featured in PCPlus magazine, October 2003 edition. - First segment (56m 47s - 57m 38s)

- Johannes Väänänen shares his experience presenting the MyOrigo MyDevice prototype to Steve Jobs at Apple’s headquarters in the United States. - Second segment (1h 03m 25s - 1h 04m 08s)

- Johannes Väänänen recounts how two senior marketing professionals from the U.S. team, who had direct connections with Apple, delivered the final prototypes, data, and documentation to the company. Apple later acquired MyDevice key patents in 2005, following the company’s bankruptcy. - Third segment (1h 08m 01s - 1h 09m 12s)

In 2007 Steve Jobs introduces the first iPhone to the world.

For more background on this prototype, see the 2017 documentary excerpt on YouTube:

“Nokia We Were Connecting People | Documentary about the former market leader in mobile phones” (wocomoDOCS)

The complete history of the MyOrigo MyDevice is documented in the book “The Smart Device” by Johannes Väänänen.

Due to copyright reasons, I have not included pictures from the book I mentioned, but I have added a brief summary of the content discussed in the book about the MyOrigo MyDevice prototype and its relationship with Apple and Steve Jobs:

On pages 128–129, Väänänen recounts how Steve Jobs took the MyDevice in his hands and remarked that the swipe recognition didn’t work properly (which was true, as it was still a prototype). Among other questions, Jobs was particularly interested in why the keyboard could not rotate for use in portrait orientation.
On page 169, Johannes explains that Apple had already expressed interest in the touchscreen technology (HaptiTouch) for its upcoming generation of iPods and requested the prototypes and software development kit for further study.
On page 203, Väänänen openly states that the iPhone's development shows an obvious copy of the MyOrigo MyDevice concept.

MyOrigo MyDevice was the world’s first smartphone to introduce:

A finger-operated touchscreen (no stylus required)
Haptic feedback — feel every keystroke on the virtual keyboard
Automatic screen orientation (landscape to portrait and vice versa)
A full QWERTY keyboard on a touchscreen, fully usable with fingers
A full-featured internet browser — small tilts scrolled the page; websites appeared just like they would on a PC
The world’s first swipe gesture

MyOrigo MyDevice indicative specifications:

124mm tall, 59mm wide, and 22,5mm thick
Touch sensitive 176x320 16-bit colour TFT LCD display
VGA camera 0,08MPX
CPU: Intel StrongARM SA-1100 32-bit ARM RISC 133/190MHz
RAM: 64MB
Operating System: Java, Intent
1x Mini SIM
GSM, GPRS tri-channel
SMS
MP3 player
SD/MMC card slot
irDA
Headphones jack
USB mini