Susan Estrich: 'Lack of Diversity' at Apple Caused 'iPad' Name

NewsBusters ^ | February 3, 2010 | P.J. Gladnick

[af_vet_rr]

Um, no... Must be her “brand”. This really IS a stretch. I noticed she said, “White Men” as well. Does she think if a black man were in the board room the name would’ve been different? It’s clear they called it the iPad because it’s like an electronic legal pad (OF PAPER!!!).

Perhaps because it was also close to "iPod" - iPad/iPod?

[Gene Eric]

>> Groan alert! Did anybody here think of “iKotex” when the “iPad” was revealed?

Nope. And neither do I associate Estrich with laptop.

[TXnMA]

I must really be "out of it"!

The first thing "iPad" made me think of was something like this:

Or this:

...perhaps with something like, "From the desk of..." printed cross the top...

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How utterly male, pedestrian -- and clean-minded -- of me...!

[TXnMA]

Now we know why no one here is interested in meeting either you or your “friends”...

[TXnMA]

"Not me... I suppose one must have a certain fixed mindset already to make that connection."

Same here -- and that "certain fixed mindset" is known to professionals who treat mental aberrations as "infantilism"...

[latina4dubya]

hello... has she not ever heard of the ipod? who in the world would think of a feminine hygiene product? she’s nuts...

[steve8714]

Heh heh..

[tubebender]

Did anybody here think of "iKotex" when the "iPad" was revealed?

I thought iPon yes but definitely not iKotex...