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A pocket-sized device for everything except answering when it rings.
means A handheld gadget that makes calls, but mostly does the other million things instead.
from Clipped from telephone, Greek tele (far) plus phone (sound) — literally a far-sound, which is exactly what it does and what you now ignore.
Original purposeVoice calls, now its least-used feature.
Greek rootsTele means distant, phone means sound.
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