From: Jolly Roger on
In article <fmoore-56C0D4.11034929012010(a)mail.eternal-september.org>,
Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote:

> In article <timmcn-A93D65.18192028012010(a)news-1.mpls.iphouse.net>,
> Tim McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <fmoore-1E67F3.13381428012010(a)mail.eternal-september.org>,
> > Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote:
> >
> > > IPad? That�s So 2002, Fujitsu Says
> > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/technology/companies/29name.html>
> >
> > Since the name doesn't sizzle- unlike, apparently, the product itself
> > which looks way nifty- and has problems, great excuse to get out of it
> > and call it something else.
>
> Yeh, I find iPad underwhelming for various reasons. Tom Stiller in a
> different thread in this forum suggested 'Slice'. After I thought about
> it for a minute, I REALLY like that. 'Give me a Slice of Apple!'

Meh. I think time will tell the name isn't what really matters.

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