Ready for the iSlate?

[zoom-zoom]

sounds like a FAIL!

a) They are calling it the iPad (who in their naming/advertising dept. is asleep at the wheel?)

Was NO ONE at Apple aware of this sketch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNQE_TzQNI

The naming of this device has me thinking that TPTB @ Apple are a bit clueless and did not consult with ANY women before choosing this moniker.

[OakLeaf]

They said the same thing about the Ford Probe. And yet, CW was that it was only a "chick car" without the turbo.

MacWorld's (male) livebloggers were certainly aware of the connotations, but opined that they would "drift away." "Pad" means so many other things, of course, to women as well as men, and is well established in the computing world in the form of touchpads, etc.

[tulip]

iSlate is such a great name because it connotes old slate tablets. iPad--just brings back horrid memories of kotex and those belts! Yes, young'uns, before they were sticky on the back, you had to wear a garter belt to keep them on

I started out with Apple computer way back in 1984, and used them until I went to grad school 10 years later. Then in one grad program there were only Apples, and in my other grad school program there were only PCs. It was supposed to be a joint degree program, but obviously there were many issues to overcome.

When I got to the working world, it was a PC world--AutoCAD and ArcGIS. So I've stuck with PCs, and have been quite happy with them. But Apple products are so pretty! And I use my iPhone for just about everything.

No iPad for me, though. I have enough things to plug in.

[ny biker]

iTampon is a trending topic on twitter right now. Just sayin'.

[OakLeaf]

On TE, it would have to be iDivaCup.

But I guess it does give a whole 'nother meaning to "I'm too old for an iPad."

[smilingcat]

Sent the youtube video link to a friend of mine...

She wrote back

I'm waiting for the bigger screen version. max-iPad.

ROFLOL...

Sorry

[shootingstar]

No idea if I really need something like iSlate at this time.

But I like the name --I've always liked catchy names that marry the old/historic with the new/innovative concepts. And yes, the young generation can learn how very old concepts can be transformed into new but still perform the same function: a device to communicate and get info.

[TsPoet]

When the one with 3G comes out in the next few weeks they can call it the iPad with wings.

[SlowButSteady]

It looks too big to curl up in bed with to read at night.

I may want to wait for the mini-iPad.

[KnottedYet]

It looks too big to curl up in bed with to read at night.

I may want to wait for the mini-iPad.

mini-iPad, AKA: the iPod Touch
I curl up with my iPod and read in bed. Since the screen is backlit, I don't even have to turn the bedroom light on to read. If I wake up in the night I can grab my iPod and pick up my reading again, and if I fall asleep while reading the iPod turns itself off after a couple minutes.

[Owlie]

It looks too big to curl up in bed with to read at night.

I may want to wait for the mini-iPad.

The iLiner?