There’s so much ‘news’ (more like rumours) about the tablet that I can barely keep up. We all know that the name ‘iTablet’ was a name that seemed very likely for such a device. Later it started to look like ‘iSlate’ would be the likely name. Everybody started to adopt that name as the true name of the mythical device. However, new information led us to believe that ‘iSlate’ is also not the correct name. It seems MacRumors has discovered a new possible name for the Apple Tablet device: iPad. How did they discover this?
“A search in the Canadian trademark database reveals that Apple’s dummy corporation Slate Computing, LLC also applied for a trademark for “iPad” under the categories of handheld mobile digital electronic devices with a broad range of applications. This application was filed in July 2009 — much more recently than the original iSlate trademarks which date back to 2006-2007. Slate Computing, LLC did not apply for a similar trademark in the U.S. due to the fact that Fujitsu appears to control the U.S. trademark as it relates to handheld computing. Of course, this didn’t stop Apple from using the iPhone name despite it being owned by Cisco in the U.S. at the time of the iPhone’s launch.”
Another ‘confirmation’ comes from a new blog called “The Jesus Tablet”. They discovered that Apple’s lawyers have filed three requests with the USPTO over the past few months asking for extensions to the allowed time for parties to oppose the trademark application filed by Fujitsu.
The name is nothing new according to the video below. The iPad showed up in MadTv’s iPod parody. Funny clip.
P.S. January 27th is only 6 days from now and I will be working together with the people from iPhoneFreakz.com to deliver a live blog on that day. You can follow that live coverage here on this page as well as on iPhoneFreakz.com. Hope to see you then.
