Why 'smartphone' is a dumb label

02.03.2007

How about the carriers?

-- Sprint uses: "Multimedia Phones," "Video Phones," "Picture Phones" and "PDA Phones."

-- Cingular uses: "Camera Phones," "Music Phones," "Gophone," "PDAs / Smartphones" and "Flip Phones."

-- T-Mobile uses: "Bar Phones," "Flip Phones," "Slider Phones" and "Sidekicks."

-- Verizon uses: "Cell Phones," "PDAs & Smartphones," "Blackberry Devices" and "Push-To-Talk Phones."