page_title: Frank J. Canova
hierarchical_section_title: Frank J. Canova
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Frank J Canova, Jr., inventor of the first Smartphone.
context_page_description: Francis James Canova Jr. is an American electronics designer who originated the idea for the IBM Simon and has thus been described as the inventor of the smartphone.
context_section_description: Francis James Canova Jr. (born 23 December 1956) is an American electronics designer who originated the idea for the IBM Simon and has thus been described as the inventor of the smartphone.
caption: Frank J. Canova Jr., inventor of the first smartphone
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