"Harry Santamäki vows to take a sip of cod liver oil from the bottle on his desk if he ever utters the word phone.
That's odd, considering Santamäki works at Nokia, the largest mobile phone maker in the world."
"We are forbidden to call them phones," said the vice president of multimedia strategy and business development. Instead, they're "multimedia computers."
"The decree reveals Nokia's vision of the cellphone future, one in which one device will manage your information, communication and entertainment needs — a single remote control of sorts for your electronic life." Via The Seattle Times.
Multimedia Computer just doesn't roll off the tongue as well as phone. Can you imagine the look you'd get if you asked someone to borrow their "Multimedia Computer"? More power to Nokia if they can swing this.