Friday, April 21, 2006
Has "Palm Pilot" Just Been Easier to Say Than "Pocket PC?"
Posted by Raphael Salgado in "THOUGHT" @ 10:00 AM
I remembered watching Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle on cable recently and stumbled on a scene where Cameron Diaz retreives a Pocket PC from a locker and shouts, "Palm Pilot!" (Further explanation here). Of course, true mobile device connoisseurs such as ourselves would declare blasphemy. But, over the last few years when people have asked me what gadget I'm holding in my hand, I do notice that it's harder to roll the words "Pocket PC" off my tongue than it would be to say "Palm Pilot," had it been one. Add our latest, supposed catch phrases, "Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC" and "Windows Mobile-Powered Pocket PC," and you'll probably see why the script writers will choose "Palm Pilot" instead.
Perhaps our "WMDs" ;) don't get enough (or proper) exposure in the media because they're too complicated for the average person? Imagine how the movie Little Black Book would be if she was sporting around his i-mate JASJAR instead, yet another comparatively difficult phrase to say in a film (not like the director would even allow that, nor is the device little or black). Do you give an easier name or description of your device when asked? Do you have a hard time explaining to people what device you have?
Perhaps our "WMDs" ;) don't get enough (or proper) exposure in the media because they're too complicated for the average person? Imagine how the movie Little Black Book would be if she was sporting around his i-mate JASJAR instead, yet another comparatively difficult phrase to say in a film (not like the director would even allow that, nor is the device little or black). Do you give an easier name or description of your device when asked? Do you have a hard time explaining to people what device you have?
