20 Worst-Named Phones and Tablets
Jun 28, 2012 12:34 PM EDT by These days it’s just not good enough to give your phone or tablet an unassuming name like the RX-5050 or M3420e. Instead, mobile device makers spend their days masterminding memorable monikers that are supposed to generate buzz. More often, though, they cause static or confusion. Here are the very worst of the lot.
Ainovo Novo7 Swordman
Like a knock-off breakfast cereal made by "Keylogs," the Ainovo brand sounds like it was designed to fool shoppers into thinking they're getting a Lenovo. But because one "novo" in the name is one too few, the Chinese OEM that makes this cheap tablet added another one for good measure. Don't ask us what the Swordman part means. Though we haven’t crossed blades with this slate, the more boring Ainovo Novo7 Basic's creaky plastic casing and slow speeds didn't impress.
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July 6th, 2012 at 11:40 am
This list seems to be compiled from a random collection of gadgets. How can you fault the Galaxy Tab 2 for using the number “2″ and then also fault Apple for *not* using a number for the 3rd gen iPad? Likewise, your rationale that people would have confused HP’s TouchPad with a PC peripheral is laughable. The flat, touch-sensitive surface on your laptop is generically referred to as a “trackpad” not a “touchpad” so I doubt anyone would have been put off.
July 9th, 2012 at 3:05 am
Forgot one ….Surface by Microsoft. When I
First saw that name I had to triple check that
I was reading it correctly , because it was ” that dumb”
July 22nd, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Nokia Lumia is probably the dumbest of them all !!
August 7th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Surprised y’all didn’t catch the Samsung Smiley (literally branded as the ‘Samsung
’ in some ads).
October 2nd, 2012 at 10:04 am
Simon, in my experience people where I’m from often refer to the touch-sensitive surface on a laptop as touchpads.
How about the HTC ChaCha?
October 6th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
How could you leave out Nook?
January 3rd, 2013 at 8:13 am
this article is pants – for most devices you haven’t even discussed their naming!