Comments on: What is a mobile phone called?

By: Elsa Gentry

Elsa Gentry — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:17:29 +0000

In Sweden: “Mobil telefon” or just “mobil”

By: Stephen Holmes

Stephen Holmes — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:51:29 +0000

Hi Peter, thanks for this - I was the original poster on the IxDA forum, so you are saving me the task of reporting back!

I’ve worked for mobile phone carriers in Australia and Asia and mostly Australia uses “mobile phone”, “text message” or “SMS” are used and recognised. In Singapore it is “mobile” and in most of indochina it is “Handyphone” but that started as a brand and has become generic.

By: Michael Kay

Michael Kay — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:10:18 +0000

In the US, everything gets shortened, so the word “text” functions as both a noun or verb:
“I’ll send a text” or “text me your cel”