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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
See, I don't think it is, though (an industry term). At least not the industry that manufactures and/or sells the devices. That's why I believe it's a media term. A print-only word that consumers/manufacturer's/retailers don't really use. Which I find a bit odd. It's like the Weather Channel still insisting on naming winter storms when no one else is going for it. Oh, well.
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I googled "phablets" and this is the first thing that comes up at the top of the page:
I would think htc, Nokia and Amazon all paid for those ads. I don't think they'd ordinarily use the term in one of their glossy high-profile ads, but it's nevertheless an industry-wide term among the media, manufacturers, retailers, and industry analysts. Like it or not, it's here to stay.
--Pat