Stupid Stupid Stupid

[relativelylucid]

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/the-ipads-name-makes-some-women-cringe/

Quote from the above article:

Mr. Roth said that whatever its drawbacks, the iPad name was effective. “The minute you heard the name, did you know exactly

Comments

[frausensei]

Amen to that!

[caoilfhionn]

Not that it makes their final choice any better, but I gather that their expected major competitor is the HP Slate. But "iTab(let)" wouldn't have been bad.

[ego_id_non_feci]

iSlate for the win. I'd never be able to talk about how effective my iPad was without snerk and rolling my eyes. :)

[lostvirtue]

I guess I don't care much either way... I actually didn't think of the "pad = pad" thing right away - maybe it was just a way to get a lot of free discussion of their product?

I do not find it particularly appealing - but so far I don't find the iphone very appealing either so I'm not currently their target market (though I love my ipod and couldn't live without one... well, I could but I would less happy).

[baron_berwyn]

I was amused by an NPR commentator's comment Weds morning before the release. "There hasn't been this much excitement about a tablet since Moses."