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Will Apple's Tablet Actually Be Called the iPad? New Trademarks Filed This Week
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I think they are going to prop color up as a major breakthrough feature of the product. ( versus grayscale alternatives with some overlapping competitors. )
A palette is a secondary artifact ( to the canvas or main creation tableau ). I would expect Apple's device to be front and center; not secondary.
If Apple ships a non-clamshell device that covers many of the things can do with a more mainstream PC, it too with be a "slate pc". Large screens which aren't enclosed in a clamshell are a slate. It really isn't a trick in so far as it is still descriptive.
Slate was important, if primarily a leak, to get folks off of the "It's going to be a Mac OS X device" track. A laptop with a touch screen. I doubt it is going to be a "laptop PC" device in the classic sense. Getting people off of 'tablet' ( which didn't really break free of laptop design constraints ) was important to set expectations.
Apple is just probably reserving a mess of names so the other guys can't come out with "their" me too product with an Apple like name. 
Last thing we need is an iPad from Psystar!
Although a Psystar tablet would be called, iPander...
Last thing we need is an iPad from Psystar!
Although a Psystar tablet would be called, iPander...
I would think a Palette is primary... It holds what you need to create! Paints, brushes, tools, etc. A canvas is the real secondary artifact... One could use a canvas, one could also use paper, one could use wood, one could use a cement wall, one could use... With multiple options at the creator's dispense, a piece of canvas can be thought of as secondary...
Im going for the white i think.
Yeah, the red one with the black Apple logo reminds me of what Bono and U2 would come up with....
Like a Project RED... PERIOD! 'nuff said...
see, now someone had to put that image up there and bring out the "sick" in me!
This is not the name. From a purely marketing point of view, iPad is a terrible decision. The product differentiation between the iPod and the new product is lost in the naming scheme and if I know one thing about Apple it is that they do not have stupid or careless business personal. A name like iBook would make a lot more sense and it also conveys better Apple's idea about the device. It is a personal computer much like the MacBook but not really. But as much as I would like to have guessed the name, I highly doubt it.
They pretty much have to stick with an iName for brand recognition especially if it's a giant iPhone, but I think iPad is a disaster - too close to the iPod.
iSlate sorta sucked, but it's a start. Best bet though is iP____, to keep in line with iPhone and iPod, so it'll probably be iPad.
iSlate sorta sucked, but it's a start. Best bet though is iP____, to keep in line with iPhone and iPod, so it'll probably be iPad.
Who cares what they call it, it's just a name. They could call the iturd and people would still buy it.
sorry if this has already been said but is it a coincidence that iPad is pretty much an acronym for IP Application Development?
