Calling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".

[bonesince1997@lemmy.world]

To me, I've always associated the PDA with devices w/o the phone capability, pre-smartphones. Those existed. Looked similar to modern smartphones, just bulkier and with less capability. That's been the distinction for me.

Frankly, the only other word for (cell)phone or mobile has been smartphone. I don't think we have a better word for them yet (pocket computer just doesn't grab you).

[abrake@lemmy.world]

In America, a handjob is called a "Handy"

[darkstar@sh.itjust.works]

We could make that an acronym!

[jqubed@lemmy.world]

To jump on with this, sometime in TV, especially with sports broadcasts or recaps, I still hear hosts say something like, “let’s go to the videotape” even though basically no one is using tape anymore for these things.

[glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee]

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[jago@lemmy.world]

You're going to play "moreover", and "nomenclature" then fuck up a "they're/their"?
Hang your head.

[jaybone@lemmy.world]

This guy phones.

[jaybone@lemmy.world]

Germans call it a handy.

[spicehoarder@lemm.ee]

In Germany, they employ the whole person, not just the hand!

[acamon@lemmy.world]

It's worse than that, 'nomenclature' isn't just a fancy synonym of "name". It refers to a system for naming things, rather than a quality or characteristic of the thing being named. So, even if they'd written 'their' it wouldn't really make sense (and 'they're' is just gibberish).

[lordnikon@lemmy.world]

I always liked mobile it works for everything you do on the go

[fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk]

Is it worse that I still call them "telephones"?

p.s. I am British, which gives me some allowance for using strange, historical words.

[knock_knock_lemmy_in@lemmy.world]

I always liked the German "Handy" ... cos it's great for porn.

[knock_knock_lemmy_in@lemmy.world]

I called mine Marvin.

[thetetrapod@lemmy.world]

To pull terms from a couple different sci-fi book series I like, we could go for Hand Terminals or Scribs. I like both, the former when I'm being grandiose and the latter when I'm feeling cute.

[bakerbagel@midwest.social]

I call mine Left Hand Free since half the time i am using it one handed.

[chickenladyloveslife@lemmy.world]

My favorite thing about smartphones is that the "call" icon is an old-school telephone handset. I'll bet younger people have never thought about what that thing is even supposed to be. My second-favorite is the gear icon for "settings" - like, what the fuck does a gear ring have to do with a list of options you can select? That isn't even remotely close to what gears are used for in real-world mechanical devices.

[meyotch@slrpnk.net]

I have yet to be actually paid for any hand job, in the USA or Germany.

[dasus@lemmy.world]

I'll bet younger people have never thought about what that thing is even supposed to be.

Oh cmon.

Yes, this supposedly (according to some meme) happened with the save symbol, because a floppy is actually something a lot of today's people have never seen or touched.

That sort of a handset for a telephone though? Do you think they haven't seen shows or movies? Never saw a playset with a very classic model plastic phones?

[idkwhatusernametoputherelolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Hand Terminals imply you no longer have local storage, which wouldn't describe smarphones today.

Also, I hate the idea of a "Hand Terminal" where everything is on the cloud. I mean...

::: spoiler spoiler
Eros Incident, comms all dead. Screen doesnt even turn on.

With actual phones, they could've used something like Briar!
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