What ’s in a name ?
In engineering , name do n’t necessarily prescribe if a smartphone is corking , a camera is amazing , or a game cabinet is worth the investment , but human , there are some really bad ones out there .
When I inquire you allwhat were some of the more laughable monikersyou’ve ever heard , you serve up loads of examples — candidly too much for just one list . I distill some of the most popular and mixed in some of the most amusing and came up with a pretty solid list , but feel free to add together any bunglesome stragglers that were leave behind .
All I have to say on the matter is Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4 deoxyguanosine monophosphate Touch .
I will intromit that this was the first twist to ever make me question the marketing determination of Nintendo ( Virtual Boy was close ) . After some time , the name has integrated itself somewhat swimmingly into my everyday dictionary , but cheap joke always come to mind . In related to news , have you play Captain Toad : Treasure Tracker ? It ’s like … really good .
Lol , what ?
So , if we assume that all Lumias are four numbers , then the first two refers to the mob then the last two is the specific equipment in that family unit , right ? So the higher the identification number , the better the telephone set ! But look , the 1020 is n’t as good as the 930 . Oh , maybe the second Seth of numbers pool regard the first number ? Do I ask to bear a 1 or something ? Maybe , the 1020 should really be the 830 , oh await , but they have one of those now . What is an Icon ? Forget the Icon . I opine , we ’re just waiting for a new 1030 but will we have a 940 by that head ? Where am I ?
clean trivial camera with a REally dense name . It ’s suppose to stand - in for “ reimagine , ” “ reinvent , ” or whatever other re - suffix word you’re able to opine of . Not quite sure that this one is figure out out though .
Microsoft ’s Kin just does n’t get much beloved ’ round these constituent . We ’ve already include this petty guy ( true a dear idea but terribly executed ) as one oftech ’s biggest fuckup . Looks like its name was part of the problem . They also had devices named theONEm and TWOm , so I have no sympathy .
Is this a reference to some Douglas Adams ’ alien metal money ? Wait no , that ’s the Vogons . Oh , this is a bike - friendly bluetooth speaker unit . Oh . Oh my .
Many of you were not friends of the “ i ” revolution ( specially the iPad , yeesh ) . Back when the iMac was innovate , the “ i ” of class stand for “ internet . ” Now , that solitary lowercase has just fall behind its on-key meaning and is really just a substitute for “ something by Apple . ” Apple also seems to agree that the “ i ” is kind of dumb as its approaching product , the Apple Watch , ditch the “ i ” all .
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