1986 > Franklin launched dictionaries on handheld devices

Franklin, a company based in New Jersey (United States), launched in

1986 the first dictionary available on a handheld device. Fifteen years

later, Franklin distributed 200 reference books on handheld devices:

monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, Bibles,

textbooks, medical books, and books for entertainment.

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