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by Erica Sadun Jan 18th 2010 at 7:02PM

Speaking of thin support & quite amusing -- It's not much to go on with respect to a name, but as suggested by reader Nicholas, we did take a closer look at Apple's invitation copy. "Apple's latest creation," without the spaces, becomes "Appleslatestcreation," which of course does contain the phrase "Apple Slate." Yes, well, it seems pretty silly and inelegant to me too, and not something Apple would do... and yet. [Editor's note: OK, we went and looked again -- the exact phrase "Apple's latest creation" isn't there, it says "our latest creation," so this bit of pipe-dreaming goes from silly to ludicrous... don't blame Erica, blame the editing.]

What will Apple name its new tablet device?
The Apple Tablet914 (10.2%)
iSlate2936 (32.6%)
Slate898 (10.0%)
Mac touch1421 (15.8%)
Surface173 (1.9%)
The Apple Palette206 (2.3%)
Flatmac79 (0.9%)
I shall hug him and squeeze him and squeeze him and squeeze him and call him George1122 (12.5%)
Geez, you got me. Kindle and Nook were so out of left field...230 (2.6%)
I don't know what they'll call it -- just don't call me late for dinner!387 (4.3%)
Something else. I'll tell you in the comments.630 (7.0%)


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Netflix

Thanks for this announcement. It's really informative.
netflix

March 04 2010 at 12:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
fixnfly

Looking at the invitation, my guess is "Apple Canvas" or "Mac Canvas" but PLEASE not iCanvas!!

January 24 2010 at 10:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brent

The FlatMac

January 21 2010 at 2:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mr. toast

iFolio? iShingle? iTile? Apple Pie?

Actually, either MacTablet or MacBook Touch sound more like it.

January 20 2010 at 8:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jhagedon

The Apple "Knook" with a Verizon network. Better than a Kindle or a Nook! http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knook?wasRedirected=true

January 20 2010 at 6:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon

I think its gonna be called the Newton.

January 20 2010 at 1:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Don O'Shea

42

January 19 2010 at 11:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
othernet

iPad is too close to "ThinkPad". MacBook Touch means it should run MacOS X at least, and it isn't planned to. iSlate/iTablet is too much out there already with the wannabes.

My vote?

iBook or iBook Touch

It's already in the Apple stable, brand managed and fits within the genealogy of Apple's product names.

January 19 2010 at 9:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Shaun

Its going to be called the iPad!

January 19 2010 at 8:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Unruly Human

iNewton

January 19 2010 at 6:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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