Casio IF-8000 Digital Diary (1986) Pop Culture Built for all-day comfort

Built for all-day comfort

released in 1990 as the professional-grade successor to the world's first commercial handheld GPS

was heralded by Steve Jobs as a complete reinvention of the smartphone

To handle the extra data

To mitigate early company concerns that personal listening was "anti-social

Casio IF-8000 Digital Diary (1986) Pop Culture Built for all-day comfortCasio IF 8000 First Electronic Organizer to Feature a Touchscreen The Casio IF 8000, released in 1986, was a radical departure for the "Digital Diary" organizer line and stands as an early portable device to feature a true touchscreen interface. While its predecessors relied on tiny plastic keyboards, the IF 8000 utilized a touch sensitive glass panel that allowed users to input data via a primitive form of handwriting recognition or by tapping an on