Comments on: It’s Called A “Mobile” Phone

By: brad

brad — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:17:44 +0000

or maybe….”handimobicell”. you, know, cover all of the bases. If not that, “mobile” OR “phone”, but NOT BOTH.

By: brad

brad — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:17:00 +0000

or maybe….”handimobicell”. you, know, cover all of the bases. If not that, “mobile” OR “phone”, but NOT BOTH.

By: dylan

dylan — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:43:07 +0000

What about “mobicell”?

By: dylan

dylan — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:43:00 +0000

What about “mobicell”?

By: Zhasper

Zhasper — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:38:35 +0000

here in .au, it’s always been “mobile” Not sure what you mean about europeans though – for instance, in Germany, they call it a “handi” (short for handtelefon – lets not start on what mental images that conjures up).

In .au though, everyone does know if you’re giving them a mobile or landline number – all our mobiles are in the 04 area code, with the next two digits indicating (approximately) your carrier (I say approximately, as we’ve had MNP for years now, so although my prefix indicates I’m with Telstra, I’ve actually been with Vodafone for over a year)

By: Zhasper

Zhasper — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:38:00 +0000

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:05:09 +0000

Also, I’m with Dennis. If the French do it, I’m against it.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:05:00 +0000

Also, I’m with Dennis. If the French do it, I’m against it.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:04:03 +0000

Bah. I'm going with the ideology behind one of Jason's recent blog posts. A quote:

"I don't necessarily think it'd be a great idea to expose all the 'guts' of these things, but I think the mechanics of how something is achieved can be aesthetically appealing."

I think the term "cell" somewhat exposes the mechanics behind how the device works.

Maybe I'm stretching a bit, but I still think the term "cell" is cooler (despite the fact that supermodels don't think so). I've always called it a cell phone, and it trips me up to no end that the voice recognition software on my phone uses "mobile" and not "cell".

Just my $0.02

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:04:00 +0000

Bah. I'm going with the ideology behind one of Jason's recent blog posts. A quote:

"I don't necessarily think it'd be a great idea to expose all the 'guts' of these things, but I think the mechanics of how something is achieved can be aesthetically appealing."

I think the term "cell" somewhat exposes the mechanics behind how the device works.

Just my $0.02

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:20:11 +0000

If the French do it, I’m against it.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:20:00 +0000

If the French do it, I’m against it.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:36:12 +0000

I was waiting for you to show up, Jason. :)

I agree that "phone" would be good enough for most, but I think if we're going to call this thing by a single name it should probably be "mobile". Again, that's what the Europeans do.

"Hit me up on my mobile.", they say. Or maybe I made that up.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:36:00 +0000

I was waiting for you to show up, Jason. :)

I agree that "phone" would be good enough for most, but I think if we're going to call this thing by a single name it should probably be "mobile". Again, that's what the Europeans do.

"Hit me up on my mobile.", they say. Or maybe I made that up.

By: Kapil Verma

Kapil Verma — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:26:40 +0000

Yes i agree with him..

By: Kapil Verma

Kapil Verma — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:26:00 +0000

Yes i agree with him..

By: Carl M

Carl M — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:33:51 +0000

Wait .. so we’re not calling it a car phone any more?

By: Carl M

Carl M — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:33:00 +0000

Wait .. so we’re not calling it a car phone any more?

By: Jason Powell

Jason Powell — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:26:02 +0000

Actually, I propose calling it a “phone.” It’s rare that anyone needs to know whether it’s your home phone or mobile–I’m still considering dropping the pretense altogether along with my land-line.

By: Jason Powell

Jason Powell — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:26:00 +0000