Yep. Their full name is the PokeGear, but some people just called them 'Gear for short.

[Someone who's unfamiliar with this kind of technology and the context when he mentioned games. It's been a while since he explain things to someone like that.]

That's right. The games I'm talking about works a little different from what you're familiar with. They're games you can play on these 'Gears.