It’s not a “cellphone” – it’s a “cellphone COMPUTER”

Cathie: We have to get people to stop calling them cellphones - and call them what they really are: cellphone computers.
Elliot: Better explain yourself lest readers think you are quibbling about the number of angels on the head of a pin.
Cathie: Listen to you! As a philosophy major I am sure you did your share of angel counting.
Elliot: Hey, hey. It was a strategic decision. I knew I would fail math so I found a major that didn't require any math classes.
Cathie: How did you get a PhD in computer science without taking math?
Elliot: I plead the fifth.
Cathie: Slippery, Professor Soloway, veeeeery slippery.
Elliot: Like I said, I plead the fifth. But enlighten us. Why cellphone computer?
Cathie: The smartphones that we use in our K12 classroom rollouts...
Elliot: …Such as the 600 or so used in grades 3 through 5 in St Mary's OH
Cathie: ...Yes ... are really computers with radios that enable those computers to place voice calls and send text messages. But first and foremost, the smarphones are computers. And, in those K12 classrooms, we have the telco provider not activate voice calling and texting.
Elliot: The proper term is "provision."
Cathie: You are insufferable.
Elliot: Sticks and stones....
Cathie:  …So the students can't make or receive voice calls or send or receive text messages. By not provisioning voice and texting, 95% of the problems educators have with cellphone computers are eliminated!
Elliot: Yes, the students use the smartphones only as computers. There are desktop computers, laptop computers, and now we have cellphone computers.
Cathie: If you want to see cellphone computers in a classroom, blog readers, go to http://cellphonecomputer.pbworks.com/ download the 30-40 megabyte Keller Video. This film was made by the Pearson Foundation to illustrate “best practices in the use of mobile learning.”
Elliot: You will see in the film how 5th grade students use cellphone computers – with their small screens and small keyboards – as powerful computers. This 6.5 minute film will make a believer of you. Trust me – this is a compelling video.
Cathie: Uh oh.  Normally when Elliot says “trust me” I would counsel: run for the hills. But I have seen this film – it’s more than a video. In this particular case, you can trust him: this is one compelling film.