David Rysdam <da...@rysdam.org> writes: > > An agent or agents purporting to be Tom Buskey said: > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > > > <roz...@geekspace.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than "PMP"? I keep reading > > > > "android pimps", and it just... doesn't sit right...) [...] > > MID - Mobile Internet Device. See SmartQ, CrunchTablet, even the Archos > > devices. > > > > PMP is a Portable Music Player. Most MIDs can do music. > > > > If the Palm PDAs had WiFi, they'd qualify as MIDs. > > Which kind of proves that's not the right name for the category.
Yes. > I just call them "tiny computers" or "portable computers". And one > day, that will sound as strange as "electronic computers" does > today. Looking back..., I think they were actually called "palmtops" (or "palmtop computers", if you like longhand) when they were first introduced in the late 1980s. Maybe we can try that, again. -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
