[Swordmaker]

HMMMMMMMM???????

iPad?

[pnh102]

iPad... sounds too much like a product that is used exclusively by women. :/

[Swordmaker]

Apple has applied to the Patents and Trade Marks office to be assigned the abandoned Trade Mark which Fujitsu had never fully been assigned for . . .

iPad

I often wondered why such an obvious name and pun was not, er, obvious... the Apple iPad...

Apple iPad Ping!

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[Ronin]

I dunno...

I think there is too much chance for low humor with that name.

iSlate would probably be better. Maybe they should just abandon the ‘i’ and call it the Mac-Tab

[AFreeBird]

I was wondering about that for a name, didn't know Fuji had a trademark on it.

Makes sense. The little data pads in StarTrek were called PADDs; Apple already has an iPod, iPhone.... iPad would maintain the iP naming convention, and it sounds better than iSlate, iGuide, or any of the other monikers being bandied about.

[TalonDJ]

Apple has a big media event to announce a new product scheduled for the 27, a week from yesterday. This filing is right in line with their usual methods of waiting until the last second to tip their hand. The rumor mills have been saying for years an apple tablet was in the works but this time around they seem pretty solid.