True.  On the other hand, the name make it a bit easier to protest: they can&#x27;t say those things are not computers, since can&#x27;t do anything else.<p>Alas, we often just say &quot;tablet&quot;, so it&#x27;s still possible to make an artificial distinction between them and &quot;real&quot; computers such as laptops and desktops.<p>The idea behind &quot;palmtop&quot; is to appeal to the intuitions behind laptops and desktops, and suggest it should be subjected to the same rules (when possible).