Apple has caught lots of flack for its simple (yet dumb) name choice for the iPad. The iPad has been the butt of lots of jokes but there are way worse tablet names that make the iPad seem not so bad. Following are the six tablet names worse than the iPad.
1. JooJoo
The JooJoo internet tablet is a slate like computer that lets you browse the internet and... well, that's just about it. The creators of the JooJoo tablet obviously ran out of names when it decided to name its one trick tablet after African black magic. Juju is an African name that means magic, luck, or karma (all of which this tablet lacks). JooJoo fails in the category of tablet names because it's completely WTF and sounds a bit anti-Semitic.
2. Ainol
If you're lying up late at night and want to browse the internet with your old lady, just roll over and ask her if she's up for some Ainol. The Chinese developers of this product need to make it out more often before it decides on names, because Ainol will be the "butt" of many jokes. I can see the ads now - "Playing with Ainol has never been this fun", "Ainol comes in three sizes." I mean, c'mon; names just don't get any worse than this... P.S. Did you know that you could watch Ainol in high definition? (OK, I stop).
3. iTablet
The iTablet doesn't seem bad as far as names go... until you realize that it's not made by Apple - and even worse; it's a Microsoft tablet. Wait... Wuh? Microsoft is entering the tablet market and with a lower cased "I" tablet like the names of every Apple product since "I" was born. Microsoft is worse than other iPad rip-offs because none of them have been so out in the open with their swagger jackin'. After all, wasn't the iPad rumored to be called the iTablet before the big announcement?
4. Nook
Nooks and crannies, baby nooks, and Tom Nook (yes, of Animal Crossing fame) are names that come to mind when I think of the name Nook; not this ebook reading tablet from Barnes & Noble. Nook is just a really bad name for an ebook reader. Reading already makes you sleepy and Barnes & Noble just made the situation worse by giving their tablet such a sleep inducing name.
5. HTC HD2
Long lost sibling of R2D2 and 3CPO; HTC HD2 is one of those gadget names that make you go hmmm.... Non tech savvy people are still struggling with simple acronym-like product names like USB (pronounced UBS) and VGA (pronounced AVG) and HTC HD2 makes the problem twice as worse than usual. This name is never going to catch on and sounds like a bad login password.
6. Skiff
If you thought Skiff was the answer to the question "Sounds farts make when your ass skims over water" you are totally wrong (and right). Skiff sounds like another name for busting an expletive, like jizz and other names. Skiff means absolutely nothing and sounds like a nut kicking caption from an old batman comic book "SKIFF!!!" Skiff is a worse name than iPad, because at least iPad has a meaning.
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