Does that mean the iPhone really is a "smartphone"? Who cares?

The word "smartphone" itself is the problem. The term is misleading, inexact, confusing, practically useless and totally obsolete. Here are three reasons why everyone should stop using the S word:

1. The industry avoids the word 'smartphone'

The pundits, experts and enthusiasts, including us in the press, love to use the word "smartphone." We love it so much we're blind to the fact that vendors in the industry we cover aggressively avoid the term. Here's how the major handset manufacturers categorize their products:

-- Nokia uses: "Camera Phones," "Bluetooth Capable Phones" and "Video Recording Phones."