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All iPads iPad Air? Wow someone should be fired.

SHirsch999 said:
The name actually does mean a lot. I was once in a best buy and heard someone ask to see the Samsung iPad.
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are we in the same boat as not techy people? The name has never affected me. I stay up to date on technology and could care less if somebody else calls it something wrong. It is what it is.
I dont consider myself an average consumer. I do research before buying anything.
 
iPad air, iPad whatever it doesn't matter. A name isn't going to keep me away, that's just dumb.
 
calvol said:
+1 OP.... Air dilutes the "Air" brand for the laptops and is confusing for customers. How about "iPad 5" like everybody on this forum calls it. Dumb marketing. What's the next version going to be?
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Probably iPad air. Just like the Macbook air. Then in 2014 they will probably release an iPad pro. Just like a macbook pro. apple dropped the numbering system for the ipad after the ipad 2.
 
Ladybug said:
Its just a gadget.. it really doesn't matter what they call it. There are many things in life to be upset over, but this isn't one of them.
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Not upset, just think name sucks. I sold my iPad 2, so I'm getting one. But I just think iPad Air is lame.

Employee: Hi Welcome, How may I help you?
Customer: Hi, I'm interested in the latest iPad
Employee: Were you looking at the iPad Mini with Retina Display or iPad Air?
Customer: iPad Air? Is that the same as Macbook Air? What's the difference
Employee: *sigh*

Repeat x100 :p
 
If the MacBook Air is smaller and lighter than the MacBook Pro, why is the larger and heavier iPad called the iPad Air? Just saying.

Name change was unnecessary IMO. Sure it's trivial and doesn't effect how well it will sell but just seems odd since Apple pays ultra high attention to details.
 
It's a smart choice, Air brings to mind the Macbook Air, instant association that this iPad is light. Message conveyed in 3 letters. Job done marketing dept.
 
mcdj said:
Great thread. As if one person is responsible for the name. As if it wasn't approved by like 50 people.

The day when there aren't a dozen hyperbolic dramatic comments after an Apple keynote is the day there are no more Apple keynotes.
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Agreed. This is just another pointless and ridiculous thread. The OP has no idea what he is talking about anyway if he thinks the naming of the a new product is the responsibility of just one person. Besides its just a name. Anyone would think this is another 1st world problem.
 
thedeejay said:
Not upset, just think name sucks. I sold my iPad 2, so I'm getting one. But I just think iPad Air is lame.

Employee: Hi Welcome, How may I help you?
Customer: Hi, I'm interested in the latest iPad
Employee: Were you looking at the iPad Mini with Retina Display or iPad Air?
Customer: iPad Air? Is that the same as Macbook Air? What's the difference
Employee: *sigh*

Repeat x100 :p
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You obviously don't give enough credit to the consumer if you think they are going to get confused between the iPad Air and MacBook Air.
 
Some things that get peop's knickers in a twist never cease to amaze me. Unless of course you're one of those folks who needs validation by having the latest number attached to your gadget.

Life's too short. If you're updating, just enjoy your new toy. You could always nickname it. :p
 
Mr.C said:
You obviously don't give enough credit to the consumer if you think they are going to get confused between the iPad Air and MacBook Air.
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I think you're underestimating the newcomers. There's tons of referrals, which is why people come to Apple Stores in the first place. I've personally dealt with customers (when I worked retail this summer), where they came in specificaly because mother, father, daughter...whatever recommended an Apple product. They come in saying "my daughter told me iPad something or Air something". So my response to that would have been (provided I still worked there) - "did you mean Macbook Air or iPad Air?". Then they follow by giving the "oh I don't know show me" whatever sch-peal and we end up spending a while for that transaction.

Trust me, that does happen quite often.
 
Missing the point. Betting next year we are getting a 12-14 inch ipad pro.


So we'll have the ipad mini, the ipad air, and the ipad pro.
 
Unhyper said:
I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah...the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.
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Um....what?
 
Making the full sized iPad almost half a pound lighter is a pretty impressive engineering feat considering the more powerful hardware. It's called the Air, because it made the same improvements as the Macbook Air made over the previous gen Macbook.
 
LOVE the name.

Took me by surprise, but really pushed me into wanted one on Nov 1st.

Ipad 1 is still working, but...
 
Patriot24 said:
Actually it makes a lot of sense:
  • Solves the "generation" naming issue for now
  • Solves the nomenclature issue between full size and mini variants
  • Adds a qualitative tag to the title to differeniate from competing devices (Surfact, Lumia, Tab, etc)
  • Suggests that this iPad is "all new" in comparison to previous models
  • Builds on the great brand they've started around MacBook Air
  • Pisses off people that don't understand marketing
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You forgot the fact that it lost about a third of it's weight too..
 
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