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The turd has landed…

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The iPad is here! [crickets chirping]

This ranks near Y2K as the biggest non-event in a couple of decades.

“Change the computing landscape” as one poster put it. It barely keeps up with yesterdays relics. Basically an oversized iPhone.

But, one thing is clear. The iPad is Apples SOP for releasing multiple versions to maintain revenue streams. All of the missing capabilities and hardware screams that versions 2 and 3 are in the works, like the iPhone before it.

Anyway, the turd has landed and is being swept aside.

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iPad

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Isn’t that what the female skinjobs used on BSG???

?:|

Hmmm

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I thought the IPad was what you used for your IPhone’s monthly “visitor”

Dammit, I wanted to make that joke.

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and the ‘visitor’ is courtesy from AT&T. Their bill is guaranteed to give you cramps.

LMAO right now

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I’ve been maintaining iPADs for several years. If you’ve been in a store with self-checkout lanes and seen the little hand-held the cashier is running around with, you’ve seen an iPAD. http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/pr/ftxs_20060913.html

I expect Fujitsu to file the trademark infringement complaint any time in the next couple of weeks.

In seriousness, I thought it sounded awfully familiar….

In reply to LMAO right now

…now I know why.

WHOOPS! A quick Google search would have turned this up…heads gotta roll!!

Fujitsu had the name first, but a trademark was never given

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Fujitsu filed again last year, but Apple has filed objections since.

http://mashable.com/2010/01/20/apple-wants-ipad-trademark/

I find it funny that Apple released the product before the dispute is resolved. Those Apple folk seem to be going crazy over naming conventions. It appears Apple will not be happy until the own trademark rights on iAnything. Fujitsu may be too large for Apple to bully around over a silly little name.

Well, if it comes down to it

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Apple may have screwed themselves, since Fujitsu can show first use.

Truthfully, though

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Usage of the name by Apple is unlikely to cause confusion.

Going by the history of actual trademark decisions, no, Apple should not get to use it.

But it could be a repeat of the history of the company’s own name.

Second thought

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Apple may not necessarily want the rights to i”Anything”. After all, iLisa and iNewton are part of that “anything”. :p

LOL

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iDon’twanna

I’d entirely forgotten the Newton. 😀

This from CNN this morning

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/01/28/apple.ipad.fujitsu.ft/index.html

It’s already started.

The bra angle

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Should be interesting.

At least

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They are much more useful and appealing than Apple’s version

they don’t iAnything

In reply to Fujitsu had the name first, but a trademark was never given

Apple Tv
Airport Express
Airport Extreme
Macbooks
Mac mini

I think with the right add-ons

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It could make a great video telecom tool, and makes reading online newspapers fathomable.

Otherwise, it’d be cool to have on the coffee table as a cool TV controller. :^0

Logitech make one

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it is smaller, and costs less

The iPatch

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nt

iNeckBrace

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Gonna need one after staring down at it for so long

icowpad

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did you mean the cowpad?oh dear i used a naughty word.

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