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Will Apple's Tablet Actually Be Called the iPad? New Trademarks Filed This Week
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...probably because that never happens.
I hope that's not a bad sign for Apple's pad
wrong wrong wrong.....
Since this is basically a complete victory over Balmer and the clowns at Microfail...the new name will be....
iWin
Since this is basically a complete victory over Balmer and the clowns at Microfail...the new name will be....
iWin
I think it goers without saying the the "i" moniker is going to be in the name. iMac, iPod, iPhone....it goes with the scheme.
iPad? blech. I sincerely hope this isn't the name chosen. iSlate and iTablet just sound too blah... Since this is a device meant for media consumption, and -most likely - games, how about (repeating myself from another thread here):
iPlay ?
iPad? blech. I sincerely hope this isn't the name chosen. iSlate and iTablet just sound too blah... Since this is a device meant for media consumption, and -most likely - games, how about (repeating myself from another thread here):
iPlay ?
I have a feeling that Apple is trademarking this name to distract us from what they are actually naming it. Why would they just trademark the name a few weeks before launch? It's probably going to be iSlate.
Name quest
I think its not weak iPad or terrible iSlate
May be (Think different!):
1) iMeme (do you know what meme is?)
2) weTouch (hello multitouch technology and all collaborative tools)
3) May be iNow (why not)
Please Apple do not name it "iPad"!!!
I think its not weak iPad or terrible iSlate
May be (Think different!):
1) iMeme (do you know what meme is?)
2) weTouch (hello multitouch technology and all collaborative tools)
3) May be iNow (why not)
Please Apple do not name it "iPad"!!!
The iBook became the MacBook.
The iMac will stay the same. So will the iPhone.
Calling everything i-something is repetetive, which is a killer in creative advertising and marketing.
Why not call it "The Touch". There is an iPod touch, but it's larger and more expensive. So it gets the shorter, more concise name.
The iMac will stay the same. So will the iPhone.
Calling everything i-something is repetetive, which is a killer in creative advertising and marketing.
Why not call it "The Touch". There is an iPod touch, but it's larger and more expensive. So it gets the shorter, more concise name.
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
I didn't either. I didn't even consider the name iPad until it was mentioned in this OP. So you sure as heck beat me
. I just happened to search around and came across those. Pretty cool.
Why Can't It Multitask?
I still cannot believe this hot new chip cannot run multiple programs at the same time. The original Macintosh could do this!
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Get the latest iPad news at http://ipadsupersite.com
I still cannot believe this hot new chip cannot run multiple programs at the same time. The original Macintosh could do this!
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Get the latest iPad news at http://ipadsupersite.com
Apple needs to read this thread. Or any of the thousands of articles written about (making fun of) the iPad.
Or is this all a marketing gimmick? iPad = bloody tampons = kid's jokes = advertisement?
Or is this all a marketing gimmick? iPad = bloody tampons = kid's jokes = advertisement?
I don't like the name iPad, but not because of the imagined "bloody tampon" reference. I doubt Apple cares one bit about the halfwits who immediately associate the name iPad with a tampon when the word "pad" has many other, more obvious meanings. Grow up people.
Seriously, the Mac community used to be full of intelligent, rational folks who had intelligent, rational discussions. Now it's full of delinquents talking about bloody tampons? What the heck happened? Is this the price we pay for the Switcher phenomenon?
I don't like the name iPad, but not because of the imagined "bloody tampon" reference. I doubt Apple cares one bit about the halfwits who immediately associate the name iPad with a tampon when the word "pad" has many other, more obvious meanings. Grow up people.
Seriously, the Mac community used to be full of intelligent, rational folks who had intelligent, rational discussions. Now it's full of delinquents talking about bloody tampons? What the heck happened? Is this the price we pay for the Switcher phenomenon?
If only it had been named iPenis (iPud) instead, it would have been more familiar for most, and therefore somewhat less intriguing.
Considering the 60/90 day lead time before release, compounded with personal expectations not being met, we're likely to be hearing more of it, in place of discussions and speculation about app development, new implementations of the Cocoa interface, new hardware possibilities, etc.
I suppose we'll have to go with the flow, for now... (pun intended)
I feel like I'm trapped in a bad Xbox Live chat room, where Bevis and Butthead-types fill the tubes with dim bulb chatter.
Xbox. Box. Heh. Get it people? Box! Heh heh. Heh. I can't believe they named it that. Heh heh. Heh.
*facepalm*
He said ASSus... ASS....sus heheheheheheheh..heheheheheheheh...heheheh..
...what were they thinking? Heheheheheheheh....heheheheheheh...hehehehehehe
(we won't mention squirting)
...Is this the price we pay for the Switcher phenomenon?
sadly, yes.
I often look fondly back on the days of system 7. But then I remember the reality of being "the mac guy". "oh no, I can't open that. "
You take the good with the slag.
Come on Zune Phone...take some of them back!
Just kidding...we love you like you are real family...really...really.
not really
You know they could have really saved themselves a lot of time and trouble with all this trademark stuff, and done something totally radical and unexpected at the same time and called it the .....ibook..... I mean think about it really. First they already own the name (no copyright issues), and what do you think this thing is really going to replace. Most people can't afford an iPhone, iPad, MBP, and a desktop computer. Something has to get left out somewhere. Since it is mobile, I have to guess that it will most likely be the laptops. And what is the coolest thing about it, what did they build an entire new store for, what other product is Apple trying to take over now. You guessed it eBooks. This thing will kill the Kindle, and all the other eReaders. So take a great name from your past Apple and call it the iBook. But what do I know I am just one of the minions that will be there in line for hours on release day to buy the iSlate, iPad, iTab, iTablet, iDontknow, or my favorite the iBook; no matter what it is called.