The Other iPad

Giles Turnbull ()

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“Hi, can I speak to Steve please?”

Steve speaking.

“Steve, hi. Listen, we’ve just found out that someone else already has a product called iPad.”

Uh-huh.

“Yeah. Fujitsu. Looks like they’ve had it for quite some time. Since about 2002.”

Really.

“Um, yeah. What do want us to do? Call Legal?”

Do nothing.

“What? Did you say do nothing?”

That’s right. Do nothing. Our iPad is the only iPad. Our iPad is the only iPad that anyone gives a damn about. There may or may not be other iPads, but no-one cares. No-one will even notice.

“Uh – right. OK Steve.”

Goodbye now.

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“Uh, Steve? What if Fujitsu get in touch? What if their Legal calls our Legal? What shall I tell them to say?”

If Fujitsu calls, just put them through to me. I shall deal with it. Personally.

“Gotcha. You got it. OK, thanks Steve. Good work on that whole iPad thing, by the –”

Goodbye now. Goodbye.

(Via NYTimes.)

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Giles Turnbull is a freelance writer in England. He writes for the Press Association and The Morning News. He has a website you can ignore and a Twitter account you needn't follow.

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  • Ajay

    That looks remarkably similar to the PDA that the Apple store staff carry around with them. I saw one yesterday in the Cardiff (UK) store and even joked about them using Windows – based software. It was even made by Fujitsu!

  • RobL

    Apple UK used these devices to take payments remotely in their stores up until few months back, when they switched to the iPod Touch + Card Reader device.

    Coincidence?

  • http://gilest.org Giles Turnbull

    RobL: or CONSPIRACY?

  • http://www.metrokids.ca Conrad

    What is that? An article? A school project? Who wrote that?

  • Alex

    This was just one more reason for Apple to find a better name for the maxiPad.

  • MSL90

    Fujitsu’s iPad is not longer being produced. I am not sure but I am quoting an article I read recently where Fujit’s iPad has not been in production for a few years.

    So, Apple iPad it is.

    Next!

  • Galen

    Jobs; “Yeah, so umm, you remember that iPad thing i told you about a couple weeks ago? It was a joke, you dreamt it all. Now this, this is the iTablet, looks its based off iPhone os, runs almost all of the apps, has a 9.7 in screen, and is magic. Ohh, and one more thing, it has a camera”

    (Off stage)
    Ives; “You think they’ll notice?”

    Jobs; “No, the camera is totally throwing them all off… and my new diet pills are gunna sell like hotcakes.”

  • Valdez

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100128/tc_pcworld/fujitsusaysitownsrightstoipadnamenotapple

    Even Fujitsu is behind 5 or 6 other companies who already have some claim to the name iPad. So Fujitsu itself is not innocent here.

    At least PC World did their research, and found out at least 4 or 5 other companies around the world that already had products with the name “iPad”.

    PC WORLD: While Apple and Fujitsu battle it out, there are other products using the semi-trademarked name “iPad” — including a padded bra by Canadian lingerie company Coconut Grove Intimates, motors and engines by German technology company Siemens, and a tablet computer by ST Microelectronics.

    It seems like the name ‘iPad’ is already so overused, that no one really can lay any legitimate claim to it. Not even Fujitsu.