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Frank J. Canova is a 64-year-old American electronics designer from Wilmington, Delaware. He is best known for his work in the development of the first personal computer, the Apple II. He has also worked on the development of the IBM PC, the Apple Macintosh, and the Apple Newton. Canova graduated from the University of Delaware in 1978 with a degree in electrical engineering. He then went on to work for Apple Computer, where he was part of the team that developed the Apple II. He also worked on the development of the IBM PC, the Apple Macintosh, and the Apple Newton. Canova is currently the CEO of Canova Technologies, a company he founded in 2002. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Canova has been married to his wife, Mary, since 1982. They have two children, a son and a daughter.

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Canova joined Palm in January 1997 where he was head of engineering for the PalmPilot, Palm III, V, and VII series of PDAs and successor devices.

Merckel pitched the idea to Mugge of "the phone of the future" that would use cards inserted into the phone to run services, and the development of a prototype was approved by Mugge. It was decided by IBM to show the device, code named "Angler", at the November 1992 COMDEX technology trade show in Las Vegas, necessitating a rush to complete the prototype by Canova and his team that saw them working 80-hour weeks in order to have it ready.

The device was an immediate success at the show and Canova found himself on the front of the money section of USA Today, pictured holding the phone. It was released under the name Simon in August 1994 and patented by Canova and other team members in 1995 with a priority date of 13 November 1992. As the originator of the idea for the IBM Simon, Canova has been described as the inventor of the smartphone.

Frank Canova was born in Wilmington, Delaware, raised in Green Cove Springs, Florida, and attended Clay High School, graduating in 1974. He received his advanced education at the Florida Institute of Technology, graduating with a BSc in electrical engineering in 1978.

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.