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Did Apple really check whether women would like the idea of a maxi-pad?

I see that Steve Jobs is demonstrating the new product — the iPad — with a "Star Trek" video...



... indicating the answer is no, they did not put a whole lot of thought into appealing to women. When you make something light, you should think about how important the product will be to women, who are touchy about carrying things. Anyway, for our light days, we have iPhones. For our heavy days, we have the iPad? The iMaxiPad? Come on, guys!

And hey, MadTV warned them:



(Thanks to Meade and Zachary Paul Sire for the female-friendly humor.)

২৬টি মন্তব্য:

Trooper York বলেছেন...

Female friendly humor=not funny

holdfast বলেছেন...

So apparently there will be versions with 3G....

rhhardin বলেছেন...

You could write an inspirational new age poem using the names of feminie hygiene products of the 70s.

It can't have gotten harder today.

Peter V. Bella বলেছেন...

But, can you swim, play sports, ride your bike...?

rhhardin বলেছেন...

The store brand without wings is best for bike helmet pads.

AllenS বলেছেন...

Is it ergonomically friendly? I'd hate to see you get the cramps from using the thing.

WV: damen!

Meade বলেছেন...

I predict the entire thing will end up being... flushable.

And no, I'm not (necessarily) talking about tonight's SOTUA.

NotWhoIUsedtoBe বলেছেন...


4chan is already there.

ricpic বলেছেন...

Women may be touchy about carrying things but the NY Post tells me that the average weight of the bags women schlep around NY is 7 lbs!

Dust Bunny Queen বলেছেন...

I don't get it. How is this female friendly humor?

Lem the artificially intelligent বলেছেন...

That tablet comes in handy for serving beer.. or something

Lisa বলেছেন...

I think iSlate was a better name. They obviously never talked to a single woman about the name.

But at least I don't need a contract w/ ATT to have one.

I'm Full of Soup বলেছেন...

When I heard Ipad, I asked a woman if they were targeting the female customer. Yes, I got a dirty look.

She liked the name. Ipad ..Ipod get it? is what she asked me.

I told her there are two types of people - those who love Apple brand and those who could not care less.

wv - dingete = Harry Reid's daughter

Hoosier Daddy বলেছেন...

Did Apple really check whether women would like the idea of a maxi-pad?

Oh grow up girls.

Meade বলেছেন...

"Oh grow up girls."

ha ha ha!

Me: To the moon, Althouse!

Penny বলেছেন...

Is that you, Ralph?

kjbe বলেছেন...

Will guys be want to be seen standing in line to buy pads?

Jason (the commenter) বলেছেন...

If this is for book readers, and women like to read lots of books, then someone should get fired for giving it this name.

নামহীন বলেছেন...

Coming markdown on the Kindle: Free with ANY subscription.

ControlYourCash.com বলেছেন...

Are you serious? "Pad" is a common English word with dozens of meanings, just one of which happens to be a feminine hygiene product.

If you're inclined, you can giggle at "rod" and "do" and "jack" and "come" and "finger" while you're at it.

Brandy বলেছেন...

Funny. I'm one of the most feminine women you'll ever meet, but the Star Trek picture is actually what drew me to this post, and earlier I didn't even make the connection between the iPad and feminine hygiene products until my husband mentioned it.

Meredith বলেছেন...

My favorite part of the whole thing is that "iTampon" was a Twitter trending topic pretty much all day. What was wrong with iSlate?

Rebekka বলেছেন...

They failed it on the FAILBlog:

http://failblog.org/2010/01/27/name-fail-photoshop-win/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+failblog+%28The+FAIL+Blog+-+Fail+Pictures+%26+Videos+at+Failblog.ORG%29

Unknown বলেছেন...

Who the "+*& cares what women think! Get over it...

Unknown বলেছেন...

Who the "+*& cares what women think! Get over it...

Unknown বলেছেন...

...and by the way ladies...don't underestimate the power of the Apple brand...in 3 months time when you ask for your hygiene product at your favourite store, they will probably reply that they don't sell computers..!