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If the order of events were different, what might we be calling smartphones? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 5 months ago by SuperSaiyanSwag to c/[email protected]

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I had this shower thought earlier and I actually wanted to post it in that community. The name I came up with was SmartWalkman, but later I realized that Walkman is Sony specific, so I doubt other companies would’ve gone for that name, but I didn’t want to let this shower thought slip so here I am now asking you guys.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

PDA was probably the most common during the 90s and I think until iPhones and android, black berry phones were considered PDAs.

A lot of stuff in the 80s/90s used the suffix "dex" (after rolodex) so I could also picture something like "mobidex" or "pocket dex". Or there was netbooks so we might just call them netdex...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"pocket dex"

Nintendo would sue so quickly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the timing but Pokedex is clearly itself derivative of rolodex so im not sure that would actually work in Nintendo's favor

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a Pokemon Index.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Pocket monster index

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Duuuude, mobidex has such a cool sound to it. Real star trek vibes. I wish.