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2011-03-23 , 10:29
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
I do think he made the right call at this stage of market maturity.

Having a single product (with a ridiculously simple product name to boot) enables them to bombard the market with a single marketing message for that single product.

Unless it's a mature market where people already want tablets in sufficiently large quantity so the vendors can spread out their effort to more form factors.
I have always thought that the name could be a bit of a mouthful -- eg. Samsung Galaxy Tab. Now with the number designation (complete with decimal points), this is too much for a lay consumer to juggle -- eg. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8 point 9.

I always liked the 'NetPad' name I came up with as a user-friendly name for the N900 before it was released (this was part of a TMO thread to dream up names, before the iPad as well). Of course, this trademark was owned by Psion (IIRC), although it could have been bought.

I *do* like Galaxy Tab more than NetPad, though. Perhaps a simple removal of the size designations, for something more like S, M, L, XL (similar to clothing sizes). That way, the size would be an afterthought and not part of the name outright. Thus the Galaxy Tab would be the Galaxy Tab, it's just that in the end you'd get the Galaxy Tab medium (or some such).

Ok, it's early, go easy on me
 

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