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David Pogue: "Smartphone Is Too Limited...It's An App Phone"
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David Pogue: "Smartphone Is Too Limited...It's An App Phone" |
11/05/09
Then again, just because Pogue says we need a new name for a cell phone, doesn't mean we do. #appphone
11/05/09
In the Windows Mobile community "smartphone" was used to refer to the more limited non-touchscreen version of the OS found in clamshell style phones. The version with full capabilities was either just "Windows Mobile Pocket PC" or "Windows Mobile PDA".
Let's face it, PDA's (or Pocket PCs) have been doing all these advanced capabilities long before phones did. All they did was add a phone to the list of features on the PDA.
We don't have smartphones, we have PDA phones. #appphone
11/05/09
Still, at the end of the day, I'm going to call it my cell phone, or just "phone". That's what I do most with it; even if I use it for other reasons, that's the single reason I have it in my pocket every day. I.e., if my *pocket electronic device* couldn't make calls, I wouldn't carry it or anything else. #appphone
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I dunno, but i think that kinda appropriate for modern day smartphones. Its how I think of my iPhone, its key to virtually every thing i do now. #appphone
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What about CONPhones (Connected Phones)? COMPPhones (Computer Phones). LPCPs (Light PC Phones) #appphone
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If you were quoting him you should have used quotes. No? #appphone
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Statusphone #appphone
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@Pope John Peeps II: +1 #appphone
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Smart phones have changed though. If you remember - @i.aint.think - Blackberries were originally email devices with no phone. When the phone was first integrated with the blackberry (like the 8700) it was terrible and people complained. Now, we have gotten to the point that our smartphones no longer serve a primary purpose as a calling device. The iPhone is not a great phone - the sound is less than stellar, calls are dropped frequently, voicemail is wonky - yet we don't care (as much) because the primary purpose of the device is now to connect to the internet - beyond checking email or calendars to include twitter, yelp, directions, bank information, weather, games, etc.
However, while I wish my iPhone had a moniker other than smartphone, I don't really think people will change. The smartphone is an evolutionary next step from phone to cellphone to smartphone and although the name is disingenuous for the functions of the device, it accurately portrays it's past and segment of the public conscious.
11/06/09
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I say we call it COM. ;) #appphone
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"oviparous woolmilksow" would be a the word-by-word translation of that #appphone
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