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Can we please stop using the term phablet before it catches on and actually becomes a thing? It hurts my eyes just to read it. There must be better words for th
by michh 14y ago
Can we please stop using the term phablet before it catches on and actually becomes a thing? It hurts my eyes just to read it. There must be better words for this form factor.
- redDragon 14y agoTabphlet? Like a leaflet ?
- Samuel_Michon 14y agoArchos used to call them PMPs (Portable Media Players) when it sold them. I think that's a good description, distinguishing them from larger more capable devices.
- aw3c2 14y agoUnfortunately the logical pronounciation of that is "pimp".
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoThat seems to miss that most people aren't using them for media consumption but for note taking (really must get the "can't use tablet type devices for creation" memo out to them, so many people not understanding that). Phone pads? Or how about just call them what they are - smartphones. Is the half inch screen size difference between a Note and an S3 really cause for a new class of device?
- Nursie 14y agoBut it's just so phabulous!
- kristofferR 14y agoIn Kuala Lumpur Samsung had ads calling it a phablet.