iPad? Or Something Else? iPad.com Not Related to Apple Tablet

The Twitterverse is already abuzz with mocking the name of the latest Apple creation.

But did the secretive folks at Apple waited until the last minute to name their tablet iPad? Typing ipad.com leads you to a cancer-oriented site dedicated partly to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.



Interestingly, typing imac.com, ipod.com, itunes.com and iphone.com all lead to the main Apple site.

What happened?

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[MrVee]

11:15 PM on 01/28/2010

This is no tablet. It's a Big A Ipod touch. It does all the same things the ipod touch but Apple called it the I-pad. Which would make the smaller Ipod touch, you guessed it. the I-tampon.

[rtgmath]

07:07 PM on 01/27/2010

I think the iPad name is just fine. A pad is what you use, up close, to work on, take notes, etc. A pad is a part of every workdesk.

And the iPad will provide the user with the ability to get a lot of work done. The entertainment part is cool and attractive, but Apple has retooled iWork -- its word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tools -- to work on the iPad. No more need to sit at a desk or hold a cumbersome laptop to do something significant! You can do it where you are, whenever. Engineers will love this tool. Not only will they be able to carry with them an abundance of information wherever they go, they can interact with it. So the engineer at the plant can bring the specs for the equipment with him, look at what needs fixed, describe the problem, and order the parts all on the spot.

Students will be able to carry all their books -- on the iPad. Wow, what a way to get rid of a backbreaking backpack! Notetaking will get better in classes. Education can become even more *personal* now.

And for those of us who grew up with Star Trek, those engineers and officers carried their pads with them everywhere for data input and retrieval. They called them "pads", too.

I like what I see and hear. This thing is going to take off. I want one. Oh, boy! does this teacher ever want one!

[DESGIV]

05:22 PM on 01/27/2010

I am an Apple user. Two iPhones, MacPro, I am your customer. I drank the Kool-Aid and want more.
The name iPad is horrible. People think about feminine products saying it. And what will people in New England do? No one will know if they just bought an iPod or an iPad.
Answer: change the name to iBoard. Chalkboard, clipboard, iBoard. Just as easy to say as iPhone. Associate it with surfing. Cuz now there's two types of boards you can surf with. Surfing is sexy. Periods are not. No payment necessary, Apple, just keep me in mind for any marketing jobs that may open up.

[wilray]

11:11 PM on 01/27/2010

I have a Motorola surfboard.

[Craig Kanalley]

05:16 PM on 01/27/2010

I'm sure they'll acquire it soon.