&gt; <i>I don&#x27;t own a smartphone, because it&#x27;s a consumption device rather than both consumption and production, is just silly. So is a photoalbum, so is a book, so is a TV, so is a music player. A smartphone is all in one</i><p>A <i>palmtop computer</i> (I insist on this more accurate name) is even more than you say.  It&#x27;s something that you use to run <i>arbitrary</i> programs.<p>Now I have a couple questions: why can&#x27;t I tether my computer to a docking station with a big screen, a keyboard, and a mouse?  Laptops can do that, why not palmtops?  Why do I have to use a <i>separate</i> desktop computer to develops software for my palmtop?  Why so many palmtop computers don&#x27;t even let me have root access?  Aren&#x27;t they supposed to be <i>mine</i>? Why can&#x27;t I use my computer as a freaking <i>computer</i>?<p>Because my computer fits in the palm of my hand?  Because my computer can talk to the phone network?  Because my computer has a camera and a GPS sensor attached?<p>The only way this is not utterly ridiculous is because we fail to call those devices properly.  No one would ever restrict your &quot;computer&quot; thus (Just imagine Microsoft trying to enforce a &quot;Windows store&quot; in 2005).  But a &quot;smartphone&quot;?  Sure!