If the order of events were different, what might we be calling smartphones?

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.

DirigibleProtein ,

Screenphones, because they only have a screen and no buttons like a normal phone.

jlow ,
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Handy (as we do in Germany).

neidu2 ,

Every time I've gotten a handy, it has been by some dude in a store. That's why I keep coming back once every year or two; he knows how to provide a good handy.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Sinclair ZX Hand-Computer.

Nemo ,

pokécon - pocket computer

wesker ,
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Bricks.

Mr_Blott ,

TinyTellies ©®™

Fuck you that's mine

Mojo ,
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This is the correct answer

mipadaitu ,

PDA - Personal Digital Assistant.

That's what they were called in the before times (Palm Pilot) before they got merged with the cell phone. Lots of old timers called a smartphone a PDA until they got really popular.

FuckyWucky ,
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PDA

criitz ,

I like this one. Smartphones are what PDAs were supposed to be.

VonReposti ,

Computer phone. I mean, it is a combination of a computer and a mobile phone so why not?

oxjox ,
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For a brief period of time, they (mostly journalists) tried calling them App Phones to differentiate from other phones with touch screens. There was also the rumor leading up to the iPhone that it would be called the iWalk.

squirrel ,

PPC: Personal Pocket Computer

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