> Note that the word “smartphone” is already a major misnomer, because a pocket device that can run apps is not primarily a phone at all. It’s primarily a gener

> Note that the word “smartphone” is already a major misnomer, because a pocket device that can run apps is not primarily a phone at all. It’s primarily a general-purpose personal computer that happens to have a couple of built-in radios for cell and WiFi service […] I love this. It explains both why locking down your customers' iPhones is evil (assuming it is Wrong™ to sever freedom 0 from a computer), and why people accept it (somehow they act as if it is not a "real" computer).