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Evidence points to Apple's ownership of iSlate.com domain
Records show that Apple has owned the iSlate.com domain name since 2007, indicating a possible name for the company's much-rumored tablet device.Apple has owned the domain iSlate.com since at least 2007 according to records discovered by MacRumors. The domain was registered in 2007 through MarkMonitor, a domain registrar and trademark protection service that has handled domains for companies such as Google, Yahoo and Apple.
Apple's ownership of the domain was displayed for several weeks in late 2007 before being quickly changed back to MarkMonitor. Currently the domain does not point to a website.
In October, Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, made mention of an "impending Apple slate" during a presentation to the newspaper's digital staff:
"We need to figure out the right journalistic product to deliver to mobile platforms and devices. I'm hoping we can get the newsroom more actively involved in the challenge of delivering our best journalism in the form of Times Reader, iPhone apps, WAP, or the impending Apple slate, or whatever comes after that."
Rumors of Apple's forthcoming tablet device have been circulating for years but have reached a critical mass as of the end of 2009. Many expect the device to be announced early in 2010 with the tablet entering mass production as early as February.
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Sounds plausible.
The device may need a game changing name to separate it from other tablets that are soon to appear. Since someone owns, and has heavily protected, the ISLATE name since 2006 with the various worldwide trademark offices and domain registries, it could likely be Apple.
Records show that Apple has owned the iSlate.com domain name since 2007, indicating a possible name for the company's much-rumored tablet device.
In October, Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, made mention of an "impending Apple slate" during a presentation to the newspaper's digital staff:
"We need to figure out the right journalistic product to deliver to mobile platforms and devices. I'm hoping we can get the newsroom more actively involved in the challenge of delivering our best journalism in the form of Times Reader, iPhone apps, WAP, or the impending Apple slate, or whatever comes after that."
For once, it looks like the New York Times knew what it was talking about!
Happy Birthday Jesus.
So it's going to be a rock?
Really don't like the name. I think it really is a very......Microsoft......Google.....bleh, sort of name. Kind of like a technical person trying fruitlessly to make themselves relevant to the public. I'm not sure how Steve feels about reusing a product name, but iBook definitely seems like the most probable choice. Hmph, I guess we'll see on January 26. (I hope)
Really don't like the name. I think it really is a very......Microsoft......Google.....bleh, sort of name. Kind of like a technical person trying fruitlessly to make themselves relevant to the public. I'm not sure how Steve feels about reusing a product name, but iBook definitely seems like the most probable choice, and my personal favorite. Hmph, I guess we'll see on January 26. (I hope)
But the fact that www.ibook.com is owned by someone else and active would indicate you are not going to get your choice.
But the fact that www.ibook.com is owned by someone else and active would indicate you are not going to get your choice.
The website has a listing which puts its oldest patent at 2002, and the name they have is only the website. Apple evidently does not own www.macbook.com either. The name copyright for portable electronics, I would assume, is owned by Apple, who debuted the iBook laptop in 1998 and released it in 1999. I think Apple may just be covering their bases.
So it's going to be a rock?
This is exactly why I don't like this name. It suggests something primitive.
Please stop linking everything to the rumored tablet. We have been hearing about this tablet since before the iPhone and still nothing and it is getting silly and boring. Apple may or may not release a tablet and until they do it is not a really important.
"Apple believed to have bought a nuclear reactor indicating a possible use in the company's much-rumored tablet device."
I'm not keen on the name but Apple products tend to have names that let you know what the product is right away.
Aperture = something to do with a camera
Final Cut = film
iphoto = photo sorting
itunes = music
imovie = movie editor
Finder = file browser
spotlight = search
Qmaster = batch file queue
automator = programmable workflow to automate tasks
compressor = video encoding
front row = media center
expose = overview of current windows
Motion = motion graphics
iphone = a phone
ipod I guess isn't particularly descriptive but from hearing islate, you'd know right away what it was from the context. I personally prefer ipad. www.ipad.com looks like it's been privately registered too.
The Newton was called the MessagePad plus ipod, ipad, iphone, they all fit together:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ap...and_iPhone.jpg
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You can look view the history of this domain here: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.iSlate.com
Crap name for a gadget though.
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