Erika Beras
speaker
1,065 appearances
7 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 9 Sep
Erika Beras’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And then it was 24 months.
And I'm like, what?
Then it was, you know, 32 months.
12 months turned into four years, and they still hadn't actually finished the product they had set out to build.
And at that point, there started to be pressure.
Sony and Panasonic and Motorola and all those companies were like, hello, where is the product that we invested in?
They had to get a product to market.
So in fall of 1994, they finally did.
And in true tech fashion, the company's leaders, the tech rock stars, held a big splashy show for its debut.
I want to talk a little bit about... The device existed.
The Sony Magic Link, powered by General Magic.
It was like a mini tablet, but chunkier.
You could choose apps from a touchscreen while holding it in your hands and almost fit it in your pocket.
General Magic played a promotional video and all.
The future was here.
The magicians, they had delivered.
You could send a fax, track your checks, read a book, play a game like solitaire.
All for the price of $800 in 1990s dollars.
And there was just one minor issue.
This magic link ended up being the biggest flop ever.
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