Introducing the iPad — Wait, the What?!

I am sure anyone reading this now has read or heard about Apple’s new iPad, either through Ross’s great review or by some other means. So I am not going to just write another review.  I am going to discuss another part of the new iPad—its name.

To be honest with all of you, when I first saw the name of the iPad (while reading Engadget’s and Gizmodo’s live blogs simultaneously), my heart sank a little bit.

Maybe we didn’t start out on the right foot.  The device? It looks great.  Now I have my pro’s and con’s, but that is for another time.  I just can’t bring myself to accept the name “iPad.”

You could be thinking, oh GadgetGuy (James) do you actually have a reason for not liking the name or are you just rambling?  Answer: I do have my reasons. Here they are:

1.  Cool Factor.  Over the years, Apple’s product names have become less creative and more blunt.  For example, the last tablet-like device created (almost 2 decades ago) by Apple was called “Newton.”  Now that’s cool! I want something mysterious, something interesting.  I want someone to ask me what I am using and I want my response to sound cool.

2.  Clarity/Accuracy.  This brings me to my second reason.  If the blunt names must continue, the name should be something a little more….clear.  For example, the iPhone. Simple name. Apple’s signature “i” followed by what the device is supposed to be a “Phone.”  So let’s try this method with the iPad. Signature “i”?  Check. But here is where we run into trouble.  “Pad”?  Really?  This is definitely not a pad.   Another rumored name was the iSlate.  Even “Slate” I understand more that “Pad.”  The actual object is a Slate. So that is fitting.  The iPad, however, is in no shape or form a Pad. (Besides, doesn’t “Slate” sound so much cooler than “Pad”?  I guess that brings us back to reason 1.)

3.  It could be much better.  I won’t lie, these people at Apple are among the most creative people I have ever read about.  The things they come up with and create are beyond me.  So why couldn’t they take about 2 hours out of one day, sit together in a boardroom, and come up with a name that is not only fitting but also sounds really really cool?

Other rumored named included, Tablet, iTablet, Apple Tablet, Slate, and iSlate.

Since none of these names really fit for me, I have decided to take matters into my own hands. Here are a few examples of some decent names:

1.  TheMagicMaker

2.  The MagicTouch

3.  the iMagicTouch

4.  iEvenIfYouDon’tLikeItYouWillBuyItBecauseAppleMakesIt

5.  iBlock

6.  AppleBlock

7 . iBrick

8 . The iPhone on Steriods

9.  The iTouch (oh wait…)

10.  The Big Sexy Touch Computer

And that’s it for my suggestions.  Vote in the poll below and be sure to comment with your thoughts. In closing, though, not matter the name, I will be getting an iPad.  (It pains me even to type the name.)

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