“A couple of years ago, a company called Axiotron announced an aftermarket modification for the MacBook that converted the Apple laptop into a tablet. The modification remains for sale at $699 and takes a stock MacBook, removes the keyboard and screen, and adds a Wacom pen-based screen to give the device a tablet form factor,” Arnold Kim reports for Mac Rumors.
“Axiotron originally began marketing the devices as a ‘TabletMac’ as referenced in this 2007 press release and filed a trademark for the term. Sometime in the past year, however, the trademark was transferred from Axiotron to Apple, and Apple is now listed as the owner of the trademark,” Kim reports.
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“MacBook Touch” is the best.
I like TabletMac, actually.
It’s either that or MacTablet.
I don’t think they’d name it anything that clumsy sounding. More likely to dispel any possible confusion for the forthcoming iSlate.
Zune Tang, you pathetic misguided fool: The fact that you would use Microsoft’s outright theft of Apple’s nomenclature to trick the public into thinking that one of their poorly-designed, malware-ridden devices is vaguely Apple like just shows how desperate you losers are to get your mojo back now that even IT guys are coming around to the platform.
Steve Ballmer’s been playing with his prototype, the Flab Slablet.
It’s 120 lbs. of fat with an OLED screen. And it breast feeds.
So-o-o..
Apple ® gains the rights to the name“..TabletMac..”
Cool.. but what’s in a name ?
For Zunie and the rest who haven’t yet heard ..
guess where you go when you click on this link ?? –>>
http://www.mammals.org