| Smartphone precursors, briefly |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Mar 2026 |
| FedEx package scanning tech |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2026 |
| Kisses on kiss cams, e.g. |
The Washington Post Mini |
06 Feb 2026 |
| Hugging and kissing in a park: Abbr. |
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| Smartphone predecessors, for short |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. |
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| Shared intimacies, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Bygone organizers, for short |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Outmoded agenda savers |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Smartphone predecessors: Abbr. |
Universal |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Android forerunners |
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| Smartphone predecessors, in brief |
New York Times |
12 May 2025 |
| Smartphone predecessors |
USA Today |
11 May 2025 |
| Smartphone predecessors, in brief |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2025 |
| PalmPilots, e.g., for short |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Predecessors of iPhones, for short |
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| Old-school organizers, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. |
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| BlackBerries and the like, for short |
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| '90s handhelds |
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| Smartphone precursors, for short |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Smartphone predecessors, for short |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Dated phones, for short |
Newsday |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Hugging and kissing in a park: Abbr. |
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| PalmPilots, e.g.: Abbr. |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Some handheld organizers, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Smartphone precursors, briefly |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Devices largely displaced by smartphones, briefly |
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| Droids and the like, briefly |
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| They preceded smartphones, for short |
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| Hi-tech organizers |
Premier Sunday |
16 Jun 2024 |
| BlackBerries and such: Abbr. |
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| Smartphone precursors, for short |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2024 |
| '90s hi-tech |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Smartphone predecessors: Abbr. |
Universal |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Romantic gestures in front of others e.g. |
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| Sidewalk smooches, e.g., for short |
Premier Sunday |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. |
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| Devices such as Blackberrys |
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| Devices such as BlackBerrys |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Devices before smartphones, for short |
Universal |
02 Dec 2023 |
| '90s hi-tech |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Smartphone predecessors, for short |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Devices replaced by smartphones: Abbr. |
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| 'Get a room!' elicitors, in brief |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Sep 2023 |
| Blackberries, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Smartphone ancestors, in brief |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Android ancestors |
Newsday |
20 May 2023 |
| Smartphone precursors |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jan 2023 |
| Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. |
|
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| Organizers of yore |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Devices replaced by smartphones |
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| Hi-tech organizers |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Nov 2021 |
| Proto-smartphones, in brief |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2021 |
| Mall smooching, etc., initially |
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| Mall smooching, etc., initially |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2021 |
| Palm products, for short |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2021 |
| Palms, e.g., for short |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Once-popular organizers |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2021 |
| Kiss cam images, briefly |
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| Kiss cam images, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2021 |
| '90s hi-tech |
Newsday |
20 May 2021 |
| Smartphone predecessors, briefly |
Universal |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Devices rendered obsolescent by smartphones, in brief |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Smartphone predecessors |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Blackberrys and Palm Pilots: Abbr. |
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| Smartphone predecessors, for short |
Universal |
14 Nov 2020 |
| Smartphone precursors, for short |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Palm gadgets, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2020 |
| Palm gadgets, briefly |
|
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| iPhone ancestors: Abbr |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Hugging and kissing in a park: Abbr. |
|
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| Smartphone forerunners |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2020 |
| “Get a room!” elicitors, for short |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2020 |
| BlackBerries and Palm Pilots, e.g |
|
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| Smartphones replaced them: Abbr. |
|
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| Smartphone forerunners, for short |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2020 |
| 1990s appt. holders |
|
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| Devices made largely obsolete by smartphones |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2020 |
| Devices made largely obsolete by smartphones |
|
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| Smartphone ancestors: Abbr |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2019 |
| '90s tech |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2019 |
| Smartphone precursors |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2019 |
| iPhone ancestors |
Newsday |
30 May 2019 |
| Mobile family |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Blackberrys, e.g., for short |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Smartphone ancestors, briefly |
|
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| Smartphone ancestors, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2019 |
| Smartphone ancestors, briefly |
|
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| Blackberrys, e.g., for short |
|
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| Smartphone precursors |
|
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| Multipurpose hand held devices: Abbr. |
|
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| Smooching in a crowded park and such, briefly |
|
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| Smooching in a crowded park and such, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2018 |
| Palm Pilots and Apple Newtons, for short |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Nov 2018 |
| iPhone forerunners |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Oct 2018 |
| Palmtops, e.g., for short |
Premier Sunday |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Smartphones replaced them, for short |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Old PalmPilot products, in brief |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Acts of kissing in public, say: Abbr. |
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| BlackBerrys, e.g., in brief |
New York Times |
28 May 2018 |
| Romantic kissing at the mall and such, briefly |
|
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| Romantic kissing at the mall and such, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2018 |
| Digital organizers or public kisses: Abbr. |
|
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| Smartphone predecessors, for short |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2018 |
| Smartphone forerunners |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2018 |
| BlackBerrys, e.g., in brief |
|
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| Old PalmPilot products, in brief |
|
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| Romantic kissing at the mall and such, briefly |
|
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| iPhone forerunners |
|
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| Palm Pilots and Apple Newtons, for short |
|
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| Smartphone predecessors, for short |
|
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| Smooching in a crowded park and such, briefly |
|
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| Smartphones replaced them, for short |
|
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| Palm gadgets, briefly |
|
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| Forerunners of smartphones, for short |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2017 |
| BlackBerries, e.g |
|
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| 57 Down predecessors |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2017 |
| High-tech appt. books |
|
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| High-tech appt. books |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Modern organizers, for short |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2017 |
| High-tech appt. books |
|
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| BlackBerries, e.g. |
|
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| Forerunners of smartphones, for short |
|
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| Modern organizers, for short |
|
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| Android ancestors |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2016 |
| Some info holders |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2016 |
| BlackBerries, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Devices like PalmPilots, for short |
|
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| Smartphone preceders: Abbr |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2016 |
| '90s conveniences |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2016 |
| Outmoded organizers |
Newsday |
26 Aug 2016 |
| You can plan on them: Abbr |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jul 2016 |
| Smartphone ancestors |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2016 |
| Handheld organizers (Abbr.) |
Universal |
05 Jun 2016 |
| Handheld organizers: Abbr |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2016 |
| 'Get a room!' elicitors, for short |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jan 2016 |
| PalmPilots, e.g.: Abbr |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2016 |
| Smartphone ancestors |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Handheld organizers (Abbr.) |
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| Smartphone ancestors |
|
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| Some info holders |
|
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| Smartphone predecessors: Abbr |
Newsday |
04 Nov 2015 |
| Multipurpose hand-held devices, for short |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2015 |
| Palms in your hands |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2015 |
| Apples, sometimes |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2015 |
| Palmtop organizers, for short |
New York Times |
11 May 2015 |
| Keepers of appointments, for short |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2015 |
| iPhones, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2015 |
| Smartphone predecessors: Abbr. |
|
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| Palmtop organizers, for short |
|
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| Palms in your hands |
|
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| Apples, sometimes |
|
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| Droids, e.g. |
|
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| iPhones, e.g. |
|
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| Keepers of appointments, for short |
|
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| Smartphone ancestors (abbr.) |
|
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| Multipurpose hand-held devices, for short |
|
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| Smartphone forerunners |
|
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| They're apt to have appt. apps |
|
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| Palm Pilots and such, for short |
|
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| Droids, e.g. |
|
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| High-tech organizers (abbr.) |
|
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| Most new phones, for short |
|
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| Smartphone ancestors |
|
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| Hand-held organizers: Abbr. |
|
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| Droids, e.g., for short |
|
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| iPAQs and the like |
|
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| High-tech hand-held gadgets, briefly |
|
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| BlackBerrys and Palms, for short |
|
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| High-tech appt. books |
|
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| PalmPilots and Droids |
|
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| Modern info holders |
|
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| Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. |
|
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| Hi-tech appt. books |
|
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| iPhones, e.g. |
|
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| Droids and iPhones |
|
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| Palm Treos, e.g. (abbr.) |
|
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| P.R. agents' aids |
|
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| Droids, e.g. |
|
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| Droids, etc. |
|
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| Droids, e.g. |
|
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| Some organizers |
|
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| BlackBerrys and iPhones |
|
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| High-tech hand-held gadgets |
|
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| Smartphones, mostly |
|
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| Many hand-helds, for short |
|
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| Droids, e.g. |
|
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| Some organizers |
|
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| Outdated handhelds, for short |
|
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| BlackBerries, e.g. |
|
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| Palm Pilots and Droids |
|
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| High-tech hand-held gadgets |
|
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| Some are GPS-enabled |
|
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| Smartphones, e.g. |
|
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| Hand-held helpers, for short |
|
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| Hand-held organizers, for short |
|
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| High-tech organizers |
|
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| Palm Treos, e.g., briefly |
|
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| Electronic organizers: Abbr. |
|
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| Palmtop computers: Abbr. |
|
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| Some have GPS |
|
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| Some email receivers |
|
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| Some email receivers |
|
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| Palmtop computers: Abbr. |
|
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| Palm Treos, e.g., briefly |
|
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| Droids, iPhones, etc. |
|
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| Blackberries and such |
|
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| Pocket PCs, e.g. |
|
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| Hand-held computers |
|
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| Pocket PCs, e.g. |
|
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| Hi-tech gadgets fit for your palm |
|
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| Devices for businesspeople on the go (abbr.) |
|
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| BlackBerries and Palm Pilots |
|
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| Portable info-storing devices |
|
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| Some e-mail receivers |
|
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| Treos and iPhones, briefly |
|
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| Some are GPS-enabled |
|
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| Treos and iPhones, briefly |
|
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| BlackBerry and others, for short |
|
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| Palms and BlackBerries, in brief |
|
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| Palm products, for short |
|
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| Pre and iPhone |
|
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| Hi-tech organizers |
|
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| Palm Treos, e.g.: Abbr. |
|
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| Palmtops |
|
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| Some e-mail receivers |
|
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| Palms and BlackBerries (abbr.) |
|
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| Palm Treos, e.g.: Abbr. |
|
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| Palmtops, briefly |
|
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| Hi-tech hand-held gadgets |
|
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| Palm Treo and Sharp Zaurus |
|
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| Palms, perhaps |
|
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| Some Palms |
|
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| Some have small touchscreens |
|
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| BlackBerry and Treo, for short |
|
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| BlackBerry devices and iPhones, briefly |
|
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| Hand-held hi-tech gadgets |
|
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| Palm Treo and Sharp Zaurus |
|
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| Palms, perhaps |
|
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| Some Palms |
|
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| Some have small touchscreens |
|
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| BlackBerrys, e.g. |
|
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| Handheld devices: Abbr. |
|
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| Very small computers |
|
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| BlackBerrys, e.g., for short |
|
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| Modern info holders |
|
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| Some hand-helds |
|
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| BlackBerries, for short |
|
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| Blackberry and iPhone |
|
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| High-tech appt. books |
|
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| Treo, iPhone, etc. |
|
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| Hi-tech hand-held gadgets |
|
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| Hand-held hi-tech gadgets |
|
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| Modern organizers, briefly |
|
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| Modern electronic organizers, for short |
|
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| Some palmtops, for short |
|
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| BlackBerries, for short |
|
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| BlackBerries, e.g. |
|
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| BlackBerry, PalmOne, etc., for short |
|
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| Palm Pilots, e.g., for short |
|
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| Palm devices, for short |
|
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| They're smaller than ultramobile PCs |
|
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| Palm Pilots and BlackBerrys |
|
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| Pocket PCs and the like |
|
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| High-tech appt. books |
|
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| Modern info holders |
|
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| BlackBerry devices, e.g. |
|
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| Handheld computers: Abbr. |
|
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| Palms and such |
|
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| Handheld CPUs |
|
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| Blackberries and Palm Pilots, in brief |
|
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| Hand-held organizers, briefly |
|
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| Palms and the like |
|
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| Hand-held organizers, briefly |
|
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| Handhelds (abbr.) |
|
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| Some handhelds: Abbr. |
|
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| Modern organizers: Abbr. |
|
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| Palmtop organizers: Abbr. |
|
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| Appt. holders |
|
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| PalmPilot, et al. |
|
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| Palm Pilots, e.g., for short |
|
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| Palm Pilots, e.g., for short |
|
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| Hand-held computers: Abbr. |
|
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| Modern electronic organizers, for short |
|
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| You can plan on them |
|
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| Some Droids |
|
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| App runners, for short |
|
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| App runners |
|
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