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General Magic was the company that created the Magic Cap operating system and hand-held devices including the Sony Magic Link and Motorola Envoy. Many concepts from Magic Cap went on to new lives in later products like the Danger Hiptop, Apple iPhone, and Google Android. Before General Magic became a company in 1990, it was an internal project at Apple called “Paradigm.” One day while I was working at General Magic, the marketing department was throwing away old stuff, so as the self-appointed, unofficial General Magic historian, I dug through their trash and discovered this: a con...

Before touchscreen smartphones and Blackberry phones with full keyboards was the original flip phone: Nokia's 9000 Communicator, now celebrating its 25th birthday.

General Magic: A Company that laid the foundation for SmartPhones When you’re inventing, epic failures are unavoidable, but few are as fascinating or world-changing as General Magic. General Magic was founded over thirty years ago as a spin-off from Apple. It was far ahead of its time to have a portable device with texting, note-taking, games, and emoticons. Despite a tenacious drive to create the future of communication and a stellar team of designers and engineers at the lead, the ultimate result was insufficient. The market just wasn’t prepared. Sales never picked up once the product w...

After it was clear that finding a buyer for its set-top and modem business was not in the cards, CommScope pushed ahead last week with a plan to spin out its Home Networks division and turn it into a separately traded public company. The story of Home Networks likely is not over. Last week's announcement gives CommScope nearly a year to execute the spin-off, leaving ample time for the company and its board to explore other, possibly more lucrative options that might surface along the way. That, to me, signals that CommScope would still be game for some old-fashioned M&A.