Apple seems to have bombed with its iPad

Last week, Apple launched its much-hyped tablet computer, the iPad.

First, it's an awful name, and it's hilarious - but not particularly surprising - that "iTampon" was the #2 topic on Twitter the day of the launch! In fact, way back in 2006, there was a comedy skit about an "iPad" (Remember, this was before the iPad, and even the iPhone, so it was parodying the original iPod):



It's hard to believe Apple's marketing team didn't even bother to do a five-second Google search before naming the iPad! That would have prevented the PR disaster around the name. Who do they think they are - Microsoft?

But leaving aside the issue of the disastrous name, it seems from what I've read (and that's all I can go on) that the iPad is little more than a big fat iPod Touch (the iPod Touch being an iPhone that can't make phone calls). Here's an amusing video pointing out some of its limitations (Warning: Strong language):



It's been amusing seeing Apple fanboys trying to defend the iPad on blogs and forums. But, objectively - and mind you, only from a distance - it seems to be a flop.