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"For historical reasons, the device in your pocket or purse - the one that you use to browse the Internet and send email, is called a "phone." We need a new nam
by ludwigvan 16y ago
"For historical reasons, the device in your pocket or purse - the one that you use to browse the Internet and send email, is called a "phone." We need a new name for that thing." Scott Adams. He suggests calling them "head". http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/phone/ http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/phone/
On a side note, I really need an innovation for keys, they scratch my iPhone! So, go, that new yc company, go!
- nodata 16y agoWe don't need another name for it. Everyone knows what it is. Some people understand why it's called what it's called, the others can either read up on it, or never consider it. What we now call a phone is developing so quickly now that calling it anything related to what it does now will mean we have to give it another new name in a few years.
- parbo 16y agoIn Sweden, a mobile phone is called a "mobil". In Germany it's called "handy".