AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down128
arrow-up1190arrow-down1message-square"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoOur phones are more like personal digital assistants than actual PDAs ever were.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoI would argue that they are PDAs and smart phone is just an alternate branding. The name PDA just didn’t take off because it sounds dorky.
minus-squarelapingvino@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoyep, PDAs became more widely attractive when phone functionality got added. or you have an iPod Touch.
Our phones are more like personal digital assistants than actual PDAs ever were.
I would argue that they are PDAs and smart phone is just an alternate branding. The name PDA just didn’t take off because it sounds dorky.
yep, PDAs became more widely attractive when phone functionality got added. or you have an iPod Touch.