Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Infobox Information appliance The Magic Link was a Personal Intelligent Communicator marketed by Sony from 1994,<ref name ="firsts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> based on General Magic's Magic Cap operating system. The Magic Link PIC-1000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was brought to market by Jerry Fiala Sr at Sony. The "Link" part of the name refers to the device's ability to send and receive data over a modem.<ref name ="manual">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A competing product to the Magic Link was the Motorola Envoy. In 1995, the Magic Link won the PC World World Class Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Magic Link PIC-2000 was released in 1996.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ApplicationsEdit
- Messages
- Address Book
- Clock and Calendar
- Notebook
- Spreadsheet
- Datebook
- Phone
- Fax machine (Kobes Japan model only)
- Pocket Quicken
- Sony AV Remote Commander
- Calculator
- AT&T PersonaLink Services
- America Online mail client
Documentary filmEdit
The device features prominently in the documentary film General Magic about the epic rise and fall of General Magic.<ref name="Kerruish2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>