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by macnewton

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by macnewton

Dedicated to: @thoiness

What's a good Product Name?
Why did Apple use the name "iPad" and why are people so upset the name. I must say, It really brings out the 12 year old in most people (immature boys)

Have a look as some of the "Pad" names that some companies are using.
Lenovo Vice President Liu Jun @ Lenovo launched Le Pad
Olivetti call's theres OilPad
Asus is using "PadFone"
then theres Eee Pad from AsusTek

I guess everyone likes the Name "Pad". Question, will "Hitching a ride" on Apples brand name help sell products? Well maybe.

The name "Pad" all started with the TV/Movie SiFi show Star Trek, the name they used was" PADD".

The Fact that Apple has used the " I" in their product line as far back as 2000 and the Name PADD was already used on Star Trek shows. People understood the concept , so why should Apple NOT continue with that theme?

by ansugisalas

And notepads? You know, the pen-and-paper kind, are they post-Star Trek too?
Pull the other one, hard!

by charliespencer

"The name "Pad" all started with the TV/Movie SiFi show Star Trek, the name they used was" PADD"."

References, please. I didn't see the last couple of seasons of Voyager, and only the first season of Enterprise, but no previous series uses the term 'pad' or 'padd'. Are you referring to a tricorder?

Maybe the recent 'reboot' movie used the term, but most assuredly none of its big-screen predecessors did.

Oh, and Spock's blood type is T-negative and the phaser rifle was seen in only one episode. Majel Barrett was the only cast member to play the same role on all TV series (and no, it wasn't Nurse Chapel).

by jck

DeForrest Kelley played Dr. McCoy (later Admiral) on ST:TOS and ST:TNG, which were all the ones he appeared on.

For Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, it was the voice of the computer...but, Nichelle Nichols did do the voice of the computer on one episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series...which was a single season series ;)

As for the phaser rifle, was it on the episode with Sally Kellerman?

by thoiness

That you think your max iPad is a cool name for Apple's device. Between that, and the slim design to match your girlish figure, your milkshake is bringin' all the boys to the yard.

On another note, is this like the 5th time you've mentioned 12 year old boys in the past few days? I think you might want to see someone about that.

On yet another note, I appreciate the depth of love, that you would become so enamored with me, you would dedicate an entire thread in my honor :)

And oddly enough, I'm also ok with not knowing that the word PADD was used in Star Trek shows ;)

by charliespencer

feminine protection products have also been using the term 'pad' for years. I haven't met a woman yet who didn't question Apple's decision to include that syllable.

by gsg

Pad as in:
"Man, come on over to my pad."
"I think we need more padding on this couch, because I just got goosed by a spring."
"What you do mean it has to be 11 characters long? I guess I'll have to pad it with zero's."
"The cat pads lightly until it pounces on the mouse."

by jck

Stayfree mini-
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by boxfiddler Hot topic

had pads long before Star Trek, Apple, notepads.... :|

[i]Didn't beatniks have pads? Or was that 'cribs'. Or wait, maybe Krebbs.[/i] :^0

by charliespencer

the second pilot that also guest-starred Gary Lockwood (before he didn't make it to Jupiter. Sucks to be him in an SF role).

Damn, I didn't know that about Nichelle on the animated series!

by ansugisalas

Let's just say, probably not where the iPad got its name :)

And that was my associative replacement, too, fignewton, that is.

by nicknielsen

Using the iPhone and iPod as precedent, iPad was pretty much a given.

Pity, Fujitsu used it first.

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