The way the tech reporters are talking. Apple has used a poor choice in it's naming of the iPad (pad). If Apple would have talked to females (51 % of the population) they would have never used iPad for the tablet name.
It seems that these teck guys are reporting that women only think of the use for the word pad, only refers to "maxi pad". Well then don't take a note on that pad of paper. Let's hope you never get transported to a hospital roofs helipad marked with a circle and a letter "H". Now we know why NASA is on the chopping block for funds. It's the use of "launch pad" that did them in.
Apple used the name for branding. iPod iPhone iPad. It's a no brainer.
But the hidden fact just might be:
Think some suckers in the media will make reference to maxi pad. I'm sure of it, remember that old SNL video on uTube. Once the media gets wind of it, and the word pad in iPad, we'll get even more Free Press.
You tech reporters, just got used! Don't feel bad, you got it from the best in the business, Apple!
iPad Prankster: Jason Calacanis
iTalks About Tweets (07:18)
Here's a few definitions
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) - MayoClinic.com
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pad
- A keypad is a set of buttons which usually bear digits (numpad)
- A Gamepad or joypad for a computer or console
- A paper tablet
- Part of an animal paw
- A bachelor pad
- An abbreviation for maxi pad, sanitary napkin (US), or "towel" (UK)
- Launch pad, in rocketry, the platform from which an orbital vehicle is launched
- Helipad, for helicopters
- One of the transliterations of the fourth syllable in the Buddhist six syllable mantra Om mani padme hum
Protective gear
- Elbow pads
- Hip pads
- Knee pads
- Shoulder pads
- Pads (in baseball, cricket, and hockey)
Electronics
- In electronics manufacturing, a flat surface used to make electrical contact. A special case is bonding pads, to which components are soldered
- In audio and RF electronics, an attenuator
- Pressure pad, sensitive to pressure
- The iPad is a tablet released by Apple Inc.
Music
- Pad button, found on some mixing consoles, used for lowering input gain
- Synth pad, in electronic music, is a sound (timbre), which is a harmonic background sound
- electronic drum pad
Computing
- A graphics pad, another term for a graphics tablet.
- Word-processing programs such as Notepad and WordPad
- Mousepad, a pad/mat used in computing for a mouse
- Pad field, in networking, part of the ethernet frame that fills in the data field (if necessary) to ensure that it meets the minimum length (64 bytes)