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FredPuli
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We call it a 'mobile' here in Britain but Americans call it a 'cellphone'. The origin of 'mobile' is plain enough: it is short for "mobile 'phone". Why a 'cell phone ' ? What 'cell' was involved ?
 
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The term is short for cellular:

cellular network article on wikipedia.org
 
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In Korea and Japan, it's a 'handy phone'.
 
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Originally posted by FredPuli:
We call it a 'mobile' here in Britain but Americans call it a 'cellphone'. The origin of 'mobile' is plain enough: it is short for "mobile 'phone". Why a 'cell phone ' ? What 'cell' was involved ?


Mystery writer Lisa Scottoline claimed it was because you could make a call from your jail cell...

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(Her stories are both exciting and funny. Start with her first: Everywhere that Mary Went.)
 
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