AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up112
arrow-up112message-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 · 3 年前message-square13fedilink
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前Our phones are more like personal digital assistants than actual PDAs ever were.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前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.
minus-squarelapingvino@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前yep, 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.