InfoGear Technology Corporation, founded in 1995, was a startup technology and services company focused on the market for Internet appliances.

InfoGear had offices in California and an R&D center in Israel. InfoGear developed a line of Internet appliances, of which the best known was the iPhone

Linksys iPhone

The Linksys iPhone was a line of internet appliances from Cisco Systems. The first iPhone model, released by Infogear in 1998, combined the features of a regular phone and a web terminal. The company was later purchased by Cisco and no new products were marketed under the name between 2001 and 2006...

, an award-winning Internet screenphone. The first-generation iPhone shipped in 1997 and the second in 1999. It was ultimately distributed in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 and New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

.

The InfoGear Network provided user-relevant information and services in conjunction with e-commerce, content and service partners.

InfoGear was acquired by Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...

on March 16, 2000.

Management Team

The company was managed by a blue-ribbon management team from National Semiconductor, Apple, Sun Microsystems, Sprint, Silicon Graphics, and Cypress:

CEO, Robert Marshall, replaced in 1996 by Ed Cluss Jr.

VP of Sales, Steve Ursebach

VP of Business, Development Jeff Oscodar

VP of Marketing, Jim Greenway, replaced in 1997 by Dennis Tsu

CTO, VP Product Operations, Ike Nassi

VP of Development, Chaim Bendelec

VP of Operations, Malachi Moynihan

CFO, James Mackaness.
Company History

The company’s history can be divided into three distinct phases:

Phase 1 – 1995 – 1996 (Bob Marshall, CEO) - Partnership with CIDCO systems and the introduction of the first iPhone (CIDCO iPhone)

Phase 2 – 1997 – 2000 (Ed Cluss, CEO) - Purchase of the iPhone II intellectual property from CIDCO, InfoGear introduction of iPhone to Consumer Market, exploration of the "J-Phone" concept, and porting of InfoGear Networks to GSM mobile phones (code named Ducati).

Phase 3 - 2000 – Present – Purchase of InfoGear by Cisco Systems. Operation by Cisco until network was shut down [date unknown].