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The turd has landed...

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by dwdino 1 view

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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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by forum surfer

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.

by jck

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

by seanferd

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.

by nicknielsen

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

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