the touchscreen kind
The company credited with developing the first smartphone is IBM, which introduced the Simon Personal Communicator in 1992. This device combined features of a mobile phone with those of a PDA, including a touchscreen, email capability, and various applications. The Simon is widely regarded as a precursor to modern smartphones, setting the foundation for the integration of communication and computing functions.
apple company.
Mobile Phone System AMPS and it was introduced in the 1940's
Starbucks was the company that first introduced the reloadable gift card.
it was the EPSON company.
Slide scanners were introduced by Nikon.
Early 1990s
Motarola
The first touchscreen phone was the IBM Simon, launched in 1992. During this decade the popular iPaq (not made by Apple by the way) was launched with touchscreens and optional phone attachments. HTC, the leader in touchscreen phones up until the iPhone and makers of phones like the Nexus One launched their first touchscreen phone, the HTC Wallaby aka XDA in 2002. Apple did actually make a concept for a touchscreen phone (not a mobile, a regular landline phone) way back in 1984!
IIRC Grid Systems
US company EPILOG