It's time to stop calling these things "phones!"

[garybeck]

I do not understand why they call these "phones." It does so many things, and phone is only one of them. I am still amazed at how small this thing is and all the things it does. I would say about 5% of the time I spend using this device, it is being a phone.

It's time to stop calling these things "phones!"

Why "phone?" If we're going to call it a phone, we might as well just call it a GPS. Or an mp3 player, or a camera. Or a web browser.

I refuse to call mine a phone.... It would be better to simply call it a computer than a phone. Micro computer would fit, but that's already taken... how about nanocomputer? For now I'm calling it an "android." I refuse to call it a phone.

 

[xrae]

Communicator.



Kirk out.

 

[greyopaque]

I say PDA

 

[JerryScript]

Communicator.



Kirk out.

I would agree with that, but it fails the same logic as the OP points out. In Star Trek, you needed 3 different instruments to get the same functionality we get out of our phones, oops, androids. Should it be called a communicator, a tri-corder, or a phazer (ok, maybe our phones don't have phazers yet )

To bad google didn't go with the name orange instead of android, then we could have compared apples to oranges!

 

[garybeck]

I would agree with that, but it fails the same logic as the OP points out. In Star Trek, you needed 3 different instruments to get the same functionality we get out of our phones, oops, androids. Should it be called a communicator, a tri-corder, or a phazer (ok, maybe our phones don't have phazers yet )

correct.... "communicator" would be good, but when I'm watching a youtube video, or taking a photo, or listening to music, I'm not communicating (although I guess some could argue that if the phone is reporting to big brother everything I"m doing, I guess I am communicating). But the name should be all-encompassing.

 

[zrobot]

Palmtop computer. That's what it is.

Desktop, laptop, palmtop. Simple.

 

[AndyOpie150]

Pocket P.C.

 

[AndyOpie150]

in the future the screen will be a monogogle or some sort of eyeglass creation, and or even a headsup display in your car(all voice operated of course),something that is in the windshield so you don't have to take your eyes off the road

 

[LNMoton]

I just call it an android. I also call it a phone too.

 

[MacFett]

Datapad

 

[lornaevo]

I just call it a "Device".

 

[garybeck]

I just call it a "Device".

yeah, but that's so boring.... it's like calling Jennifer Anniston a "human."

 

[raynoldsk]

I call mine Floyd.

 

[JerryScript]

I call mine Floyd.

+1 Best Answer!

 

[soda gong]

To tell the truth, I rarely even use mine as a phone.
For me, it's more like a mini-tablet computer
plus music and radio player.

I find the smartphone form factor rather clumsy and
uncomfortable for making calls, unless it's a short call.
So my actual phone is a cheap VM flip phone that works fine
for me!

 

[dsohn1015]

I call it an Optimus V

 

[Jenny Z]

I call it my Android.

 

[weddle]

I still call it a phone...old habits die hard I guess.

 

[Thorsten]

I call mine Floyd.

Andy (not just a nickname, but also the host name in the WLAN at home)

The only problem: my heretofore-why-would-I-need-a-smart-phone wife loves Andy so much that we'll soon get a second Android phone. What are we going to call that one?

 

[weddle]

Andy (not just a nickname, but also the host name in the WLAN at home)

The only problem: my heretofore-why-would-I-need-a-smart-phone wife loves Andy so much that we'll soon get a second Android phone. What are we going to call that one?

Amos!

 

[raynoldsk]

Amos!

<snort>

 

[AndyOpie150]

LOL, good answer

 

[musick]

It's time to stop calling these things "phones!"

I will as soon as people stop saying, "www" telling me about a website.

But seriously, I still call mine a phone.

 

[OverBoard]

i call mine floyd.

hal 9001

 

[Amator]

Communicator.



Kirk out.

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