On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > Maybe like 'iPhone' where they settled outside court with Cisco > Systems. your referring to the origin of those names? important to note that before Jobs unveiled the iMac, there was no i- anything... not only did it spawn oceans full of lookalike products, but suddenly other manufacturers grasped the cool of the "i-naming" convention. I must say, this iPad thing is pretty compelling, even for a first generation product...from my view, it spanks all other similar products silly in both elegance and ease of use... I wonder whether or to what extent iPad will cannibalize iPod sales...why have "just" iPod functions when for about the same amount of dough you can have that plus far more? nice work, jobs! zc