{"id":5773,"date":"2010-01-19T18:35:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/new-candidate-for-apple-tablet-name-the-ipad-appletablet\/"},"modified":"2010-01-19T18:35:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:35:03","slug":"new-candidate-for-apple-tablet-name-the-ipad-appletablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/new-candidate-for-apple-tablet-name-the-ipad-appletablet.php","title":{"rendered":"New Candidate For Apple Tablet Name: The iPad [AppleTablet]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here's what we know, from MacRumors<\/a>: last July, Apple dummy corporation Slate Computing, LLC applied for a trademark for an \"iPad.\" Similar applications have since been filed in England, Australia and Hong Kong. Also: what a terrible name.<\/p>

We'd heard rumors of the iPad starting way back in August, when it appeared on a mysterious Border's survey<\/a>. Since then, though, iSlate has been the frontrunner<\/a>. But with some of the iPad applications being filed just this week, we may be looking at an awkwardly named tablet device indeed.<\/p>

The first reactions here at Gizmodo HQ were that it sounded like anything from a feminine hygiene product to a terrible way to nickname your apartment, but it turns out MADtv beat us to the punch:<\/p>

With all the lawsuits Apple's already facing<\/a>, can they really stand another from a defunct late-night sketch comedy show? Guess we'll find out soon enough<\/a>! [MacRumors<\/a>]<\/p>

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