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.

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago
    • Touchphone
    • Voicetransmitter
    • Walky-Talky
    • Mini-PC

    The alternatives are endless

    Fun fact: In Germany, mobile phones are called “Handy” instead of “mobile phone”

    • PlexSheep@feddit.de
      3·
      9 months ago

      And phone plans are flats. Iirc that is also unique to German. It’s always interesting when languages steal from other languages and butcher the words.

      • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        And phone plans are flats.

        You must mean Flatrate? A term for a flat/fixed price with unrestricted volume (the default for home internet; mobile phone plans have variance).

        I’m not aware of anything being called “flats” in German. Could be an abbreviation in circles though.

    • whatsgoingdom@rollenspiel.forum
      1·
      9 months ago

      And if I remember correctly that only was the name of one company’s model of mobile phones but it stuck like e.g. Tempo for tissues in general.