{"id":199331,"date":"2010-01-19T13:35:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5451997"},"modified":"2010-01-19T13:35:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:35:03","slug":"new-candidate-for-apple-tablet-name-the-ipad-appletablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/199331","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>\n

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>\n

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>\n

<\/embed><\/object>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>\n



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Here’s what we know, from MacRumors: 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. We’d heard rumors of the iPad starting way back in August, when it appeared on a mysterious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}