What’s in a name? iPad edition.
The snooze in the news lately has been the discussion about the name of Apple’s new tablet device: the iPad. I find this particular information very dull and will spend very little time focusing on it… But many people are questioning Apple’s choice of “iPad.”
To simplify, some people are trying to compare it to sanitary napkins. I didn’t make the connection when I first saw that “iTampon” was a trending topic on Twitter. I had to read another site’s article before I figured out what was going on.
Dear Internet, please grow up.
I’m sure there are many reasons why Apple chose iPad over other device names: they weren’t exactly the first company to tackle tablet computing… In fact, they weren’t in the first 20. My dream name of “Apple Slate” was ruined when I found out that HP already has a Slate tablet PC. Does that mean that iPad was the only option? No, but let us remind you that the name showed up in iPhone OS 3.0 early last year, so it has been on the table for a while. Do we think it’s the best name ever? No, but the iPod sounded just as weird when it was first introduced.
What’s in a name? Nothing as long as you can prove it’s awesome.
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