Poll: Should cellphones be called something else now?
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yeah im english so thsi entire converstaion is lost on me. lol we haven't called a mobile a cell phone for about a decade.
interesting side note, the germans call their mobiles "handies".
that said if you were going to change the name (and why its called a cell phone is to begin with is beyond me) mobile phone would be a more logical name...
interesting side note, the germans call their mobiles "handies".
that said if you were going to change the name (and why its called a cell phone is to begin with is beyond me) mobile phone would be a more logical name...
Problem with that is that it's too generic. It doesn't tell me what it is. It tells me that it does a couple of things, but for all intensive purposes (they see me trolling...), it's just a widget. Phone, or mobile phone gives an idea of what it is. Just with tons of added features.King of the Sandbox said:
MPD would grow to have obvious connotations towards what we now know as mobile phones, but why bother when they already allude to what it is, despite the name?
Nobody outside the US call them cellphones.
Mobile phones or mobiles.
How is it logical to change an established staple word just because the product has whistles and bells?
Mobile phones or mobiles.
It seems out of place to call things that are phones with added features something completely different? If they lost the ability to call people and communicate, fair enough, but the fact is they're still phones.King of the Sandbox said:
How is it logical to change an established staple word just because the product has whistles and bells?
It's called Mobile Phones [SUB](Or in Norwegian: Mobiltelefon)[/SUB] here in Norway too, and I don't want to change it.Downfall89 said:
It just sounds weird hearing "Hey, check your com."
"Hey, check your mobile phone [SUB](Or just phone)[/SUB]" sounds waaay better.
I don't agree that they should be called something else just because they can do more. Like the car is still a car, a mobile phone is still a mobile phone, it can just do other things as well.
I feel like I should say more about it, but that's really all there is to it. It doesn't stop being a phone just because it can do more.
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I feel like I should say more about it, but that's really all there is to it. It doesn't stop being a phone just because it can do more.
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Exactly this. Guess it could be more eloquent than what I said.Joshimodo said:
I'm down with that. ^_^Danny Ocean said:
Angerwing said:
Oh, I just think we should to change things up and to be more clear on the devices function.
It just is in my mind, since it does so much more, and distinguishes itself from a normal mobile phone. Like smartphones, but with a better name than that, without specifically indicating phones. Basically, the phone part goes without saying, is the best way I can put my thinking here.Joshimodo said:
I humbly disagree. "Check your com." sounds infinitely cooler, imo.Deadlock Radium said:
Also, I FUCKING GET IT ALREADY. NOT EVERYONE CALLS THEM CELL PHONES. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. MOVE ON, PLEASE.
( BTW, The bold isn't for inflection or 'yelling', just an attempt to get people to actually get that they're called other things other places already and stop posting comments just to say it.)
That's what car is short for.. carriage :SKing of the Sandbox said:
so yes, we sortof still do call them horseless carriages, but, just carriage
Following that logic, I say stick to mobile phone, but just drop it to phone, which most people do anyway, and you arrive at the same place
Eh, that was a bad example, I said so in an earlier post. But yeah, I see your thinking there.Pilkingtube said:That's what car is short for.. carriage :SKing of the Sandbox said:
so yes, we sortof still do call them horseless carriages, but, just carriage
Following that logic, I say stick to mobile phone, but just drop it to phone, which most people do anyway, and you arrive at the same place
Nope, they're phones. Because their primary use is still the same as it was when they first came out. They tack on some stuff, but the primary reason people buy phones, is so they can call people and can be reached even if not at home. Everything else is just a bonus. See, the kicker here is, if people want a PDA-like device, they'll buy a PDA-like device. The funny thing is, while mobile phones can do emails, video games and a shitload, most people still primarily use them for what is considered their primary purpose, that is phoning others.
Sure, there are some tech-geeks that'll use their phone, download the source from your svn repository and start fixing the code, and compile it afterward (true story, not mine though), but these are still the minority. (I so want that Nokia phone, screw iPhones)
Also comms, seriously? Comms? That sounds just horrible. Mostly because it's a colloquial term for pretty much any communication line. Me thinks the OP didn't think this through.
Sure, there are some tech-geeks that'll use their phone, download the source from your svn repository and start fixing the code, and compile it afterward (true story, not mine though), but these are still the minority. (I so want that Nokia phone, screw iPhones)
Also comms, seriously? Comms? That sounds just horrible. Mostly because it's a colloquial term for pretty much any communication line. Me thinks the OP didn't think this through.
