Will Apple's Tablet Actually Be Called the iPad? New Trademarks Filed This Week

[deconstruct60]

.... It'll be something entirely new. ...

only in size. Revolutionary ... please.

Now the clues are all there: the invitation, the word "creation", the event taking place in a center of arts(!).

It is a theater in SF that is not highly oversubscribed. It is also in the same complex as the convention center so has access to some media pre-production stuff. Nevermind they have done stuff like AppleTV and other events where would been too big for their on campus theater.

As for creation:
"Come see our latest creation."

If it was come see your latest creation you might have a point (or unleash your creativity , think different , etc. ) This is about what APPLE created, not what the users can/will create. Little in the invitation that contradicts that this is primarily a consumption device. Should be able to create more than using a Touch/Phone but still weighted on the consumer side.

 

[joueboy]

foreigner!

You'll get confuse you if you are talking to a foreigner with an accent like me hehe! "I thought you have an iPod you mean iPad! "Yes iPod (iPad)".

 

[Enuratique]

Originality, thy name is MacRumors

I can already tell you they won't use it, Macs iPad would surely come into trademark dispute with MaxiPad

-Randy

MaxiPad would actually be a better name.

iPad sounds like it could be a electronic Maxi Pad ......... just saying

They could make a really big one and call it a MaxiPad.

Max iPad


gross.

I'm sorry, but it does sound like a tampon. Waaayyyy to close to MaxiPad...

Would a larger version of the iPad be know as a MAXiPad?

D'oh! I see I was beaten to it by ONE!!!

Sounds like some sort of sanitary device...

maxipad.

If they make a larger screen version I hope they don't call it Max-iPad.

Wow, do you guys even bother to read before posting?

 

[kingofgames]

Wow, do you guys even bother to read before posting?

Mac Tab and Mac Tab Pro, you heard it here first

 

[b1wils1]

Horrible, sounds like an Apple branded feminine hygine product.

+1

 

[TouchMeHere]

Someone here already mentioned “Apple Touch.” That sounds great! It also reads as “Apple touch” like in “Apple style.”

 

[sphoenix]

You'll get confuse you if you are talking to a foreigner with an accent like me hehe! "I thought you have an iPod you mean iPad! "Yes iPod (iPad)".

Hahahaha! you are so right.

Personally, iSlate sounds awful. I mean, Apple dedicate themselves to their products' appeal. When an Apple Genius asks you at the desk, "what's wrong with your iMac?" or "what's wrong with your iPhone?", it sounds... Apple-like. But if you get asked, "what's wrong with your iSlate?", it's like some unused piece of hardware you keep behind your Mac.

I say bring on iPad but that's way too similar to iPod. Though it'll probably be 4-6 letter and definitely no more than 2 syllables!

 

[cvaldes]

Wow, do you guys even bother to read before posting?

With thirteen pages of comments, I don't blame them for not reading prior responses. After all, no one is claiming to be posting a unique perspective on the matter.

 

[TheCoffeeBoy]

I'd have thought a forum full of tech geeks would realize what you call a product often means bugger all. If the product is good, the name becomes your perception of it regardless of what that name is.

Cases in point: Google, Yahoo, Hotmail, Motorola - a porn film called "Micro Soft"

Lots of names have crossover meanings but due to our perception of the products they represent and the context in which the word is used there's rarely any confusion. As most people here are fans of a tech company named after a fruit you'd get that already.

Clearly I underestimated the level of sexual frustration here as every 2nd poster can't help but jump on the vag joke bandwagon...

 

[m85476585]

The only names I like are iBook and iTouch. The part word after the i has to be one syllable or it is too much to say, so iTablet is out. iSlate sounds alright, but slate has negative connotations (to criticize; something that is heavy or outdated). iPad just sounds awful. It is too much like iPod, and it makes me think of this
http://xkcd.com/148/
"I used my new iPad to write my blag."

iTab makes me think of Tab soda, which I see occasionally but I've never tried. Kind of like Mr. Pibb, I don't really know what it is.

Whatever it is called, I don't see why I should buy one. If it doesn't fit in my pocket and it isn't a full laptop, what's the point? I'm sure Apple will have some clever applications that take advantage of the touchscreen feature, but I don't see it being necessary or revolutionary. If it is just an eBook reader, why would I want one at all? Websites are good enough for digital news and magazines in my opinion, and I don't read too many books. If it is meant to be a computer, it would need handwriting recognition and a stylus input to be really useful (note taking and annotations).

I use my iPod Touch when I'm on the go and I want to surf the web or play games. It fits in my pocket, and I can take it everywhere. I use my laptop when I want to get work done or if I'm at my desk. I use my desktop for anything that needs lots of power or anything that's windows-only. I wouldn't want to use a tablet all the time (at my desk), so I would still need a desktop or laptop. A 8-11 inch tablet won't fit in my pocket, so I still need an iPod Touch or smartphone.

I'm sure people out there will buy it, but I can't see myself buying one.

 

[kernkraft]

The best solution... the only solution.

I think that the new Apple device should be called...


John.




This is the only solution.

 

[deconstruct60]

I'm no trademark expert, but it seems to me that if Apple really went with this name, they would not trademark it only one week before the product's unveiling. I'm sure that they've prepared their Keynote, designed a webpage, etc. and settled on the name a long time ago. If the trademark wasn't successfully awarded to them, they'd have to start all over with this, right?

Since Apple needs to get multinational coverage, unless they are going with some synthesized name that is highly uncommon, they'd probably will have to buy off several folks to get worldwide rights to the name anyway.

What they only need to avoid is an established product with a large customer base (that will be too expensive to buy up). Otherwise, stop being cheap and just pony up the money. If going to pay, need to establish that you have some hold on the name. Control it in several places and that it is now somewhat doubtful for the other party to hold onto it. Once every media outlet in the world broadcasts this constantly for several days ... unless you have some footing, the idea will be that Apple "owns" it.

Negotiating beforehand runs the risk of leaks and bargaining from a position of weakness. If the company has no relationship with Apple they can just run sell off the information about the attempt ( once media outlets starting offering $40-60K for Tiger stories every hoochie with some bills to pay was on the phone. ) . If Apple can wrestle iPhone away from Cisco, really think one of these name squatters are really not going to settle up at a reasonable price? [ Even more so if they really don't have any products on the market. ]


Similarly you can tell if the name is unused. You can acquire a trademark if first to use it in commerce ( and then perhaps file just to double down. ) If dribble "tablet" and "slate" as misdirections ahead of time no substantive player likely will jump in there in the mean time.



Keynotes and materials could have code names in them up until very close to the end. It isn't like the name will appear on 10 slides in the presentation. Similarly with any web material it is a query-replace change (if it is a text name). Besides Apple keeps all that stuff inside the cone of silence anyway up until shortly before launch. The fewer folks that know the easier to change.

To some extent if it is a really good product they could call it the Apple Gobstopper or Apple fun box. They already own Newton and iBook anyway would also work. It isn't like the name is the most critical feature.

 

[theBB]

How about Z-100 or IS-V237U or FG-5300? It works for most every other company.

 

[jaison13]

Horrible, sounds like an Apple branded feminine hygine product.

my thoughts exactly. islate is much better.

 

[bndoarn]

it should definitely not be called iPad because that sounds like it's gonna be covered in period blood.

 

[gigadigit]

Don't like iPad. Got used to the idea of iSlate now.

 

[huntercr]

No cookie

The name iPad has been speculated as the name of an Apple PDA/Tablet dating back to 2002 or earlier.

In fact, the name iPad was first used (as far as I can tell) in a prank.


And it was passed around in several MacRumors posts back in 2002, here, here, here, here, or here.

Holy cow! I had no idea. I mean I knew when I mentioned it back in August that I probably wasn't very original, but I never realized I was bested by 7-8 years!

Thanks for humbling me

 

[mtgilbert]

I can't believe nobody liked my iSlab!

It fits the definition of slab perfectly (flat and rectangular). It rolls off the tongue. It isn't harsh like iSlate, or awkward like iTablet. It isn't too close to iPod like iPad, and isn't too much like a keystroke like iTab.

The Apple iSlab. Coming soon from a quarry near you!

 

[albusseverus]

Sadly, this is the name Borders mentioned in their online survey back in August last year.

https://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/14/borders-online-survey-cites-apple-ipad-device/

I really hope this is misdirection or at least a way to get everyone to beg for the name iSlate.

Frankly, I don't like any of the names floated so far. I hope they have a new idea for the new decade. And the coolest device of all… Ice

 

[charlituna]

iPad sounds very close to iPod.

which is why Apple might be doing this. for a limited time they can keep others from releasing products that sound similar.

as for the iphone jab, Cisco bought but failed to use the mark to the point of forfeit. or rather near forfeit. when they were told Apple was going to use the mark, they announced a product with only days left in the grace period and released it several months later (after Apple released the phone) and claimed that they had met the requirement for active use. the court didn't agree.

 

[Steve686]

I didn't read before this page.

Me personally, I think it should be called the LaunchPad.

LaunchPad just gives it a resounding boom and wow factor like putting a shuttle or rocket into space around the globe.

 

[imacdaddy]

they will name it...

"it"

But seriously, the "i" need to be dropped from their brand like yesterday. It's really getting old!

 

[KnightWRX]

LaunchPad just gives it a resounding boom and wow factor like putting a shuttle or rocket into space around the globe.

Or makes it sound like a very stupid duck :

 

[cvaldes]

I can't believe nobody liked my iSlab!

It fits the definition of slab perfectly (flat and rectangular). It rolls off the tongue. It isn't harsh like iSlate, or awkward like iTablet. It isn't too close to iPod like iPad, and isn't too much like a keystroke like iTab.

The Apple iSlab. Coming soon from a quarry near you!

Thank God you don't work for Apple's marketing department.

 

[LagunaSol]

iPad??? iHope not. iTire of iStuff.

Whatever they call it, I'm putting a Newton sticker over the name.