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Apple has a dud every once in a while, and Ping makes our list.

January 3, 2012 10:38 AM PST

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| Caption by: David Carnoy

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Where's the iPad gone?

Posted by camoxide (302 comments )

November 1, 2011 6:47 PM (PDT) Like (9) Reply Link Flag

: As many people mentioned, I'm a little dismayed by the iPad omission, especially for the flak it got for its name. Were you making a point of badly named products that failed, or just badly named products as a whole? Maybe some people are right in saying that most of CNET is biased towards Apple products.
Posted by thebogusman (136 comments ): November 3, 2011 6:16 AM (PDT) Like (7) Link Flag

: @thebogusman

Maybe, CNET should just shut down and let you guys be the writers. You guys complain about every article that doesn't cater to your Apple-hating fantasies and still at the end of the day, nobody cares. Notice how crowded Apple Stores are all the time? That's not going to change because you whine all day on the internet.
Posted by PaulChapel (141 comments ): January 3, 2012 11:42 AM (PST) Like (5) Link Flag

: Yep, just like all the analysts who thought it would never sell because it was just an iPhone with a bigger screen.

Meanwhile: Frozen Yogurt, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich could have all made the list. FroYo?
Posted by irondog1970 (508 comments ): January 5, 2012 10:40 AM (PST) Like (1) Link Flag

: Obviously, TrekStor doesn't have any Blaxx people in employment in their marketing division.
Posted by jaboonday (5 comments ): November 2, 2011 8:08 AM (PDT) Like (6) Reply Link Flag

: wow i guess the iBeat Blaxx will be one name apple wont sue for
Posted by ljheat10 (1098 comments ): November 2, 2011 8:45 AM (PDT) Like (9) Reply Link Flag

It would have been funny if the iYiYi had an -O at the end (Read E-Yi-E-Yi-O)

Posted by justdaven (234 comments )

November 2, 2011 9:01 AM (PDT) Like (1) Reply Link Flag

: No that should be "i Yi Yi_Yi, I am the Fritto Bandito".
Posted by skooterfd (8 comments ): January 5, 2012 7:55 PM (PST) Like Link Flag

TrekStor iBeat Blaxx - Funny as he ll. I laughed hard on this one. Did they really not say out loud what the title was before it launched?

Posted by nmwheele (809 comments )

November 2, 2011 9:02 AM (PDT) Like (6) Reply Link Flag

: It was a German company... it just never occurred to them what that product name meant in the US. Its a cultural thing I guess.
Posted by svincent71 (169 comments ): November 3, 2011 2:04 PM (PDT) Like (1) Link Flag

: would be even funnier if they had appareal to go w/ it at booths, can see it now, shirts w/ TrekStor on the back and on the front "iBeat Blaxx" and they were giving some away...lol
Posted by retroblu (41 comments ): November 4, 2011 1:04 PM (PDT) Like (1) Link Flag

I can't believe you have an article titled 20 worst named tech products and the iPad is not on this list. The iBeat Blaxx is the worst named but the iPad is for sure the second worst name for a tech product I have EVER heard.

Posted by Steamin (7 comments )

November 2, 2011 9:46 AM (PDT) Like (5) Reply Link Flag

: I think Frogurt is equally, if not more, lame.
Posted by irondog1970 (508 comments ): January 5, 2012 10:45 AM (PST) Like Link Flag

: @irondog1970: Dude, how can you compare a mildly strange portmanteau to THE worst case of Engrish known to man? It's both funny and cringe-inducing at exactly the same time! There was obviously not even ONE American in the development and/or marketing departments at TrekStor.
Posted by DarkHawke (866 comments ): January 6, 2012 5:08 AM (PST) Like Link Flag

: Very appropriate.
Posted by keveri (10 comments ): November 2, 2011 10:37 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

: In Finnish "rapea" is crispy, and "naekkileipae" is crispbread. Some decades ago a Finnish bakery tried to introduce a crispbread named "Rapea" into the American market, as it sold well in Finland. No success, what went wrong?
Posted by RonOfFinland (1 comment ): November 2, 2011 10:59 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

OMG. Cringe-making. I am glad Quikster gets a mention. I hated it before I found out what it was. I don't do video rental. But I CERTAINLY wouldn't use Quikster, just based on the name.

Posted by Dulcimer172 (38 comments )

November 2, 2011 2:27 PM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

: A DVD rental transaction would be called "quickie"
Posted by alegr (1373 comments ): January 5, 2012 10:55 AM (PST) Like Link Flag

: Where's iPad in the list?
Posted by mick2k4 (1 comment ): November 2, 2011 4:24 PM (PDT) Like (5) Reply Link Flag

What about the iPad and the Wii ??

Posted by Tech_Trooper (208 comments )

November 2, 2011 5:41 PM (PDT) Like (4) Reply Link Flag

: Wii is out taking a Wiz! I just couldn't resist that one...LMAO!
Posted by skooterfd (8 comments ): January 5, 2012 8:01 PM (PST) Like Link Flag

: Am i the only one who thinks that for its time the Olympus mRobe actually looks pretty cool?
Posted by androidruleeees (2 comments ): November 2, 2011 7:49 PM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

: ok mr so called popular ( i hate you the writer in this comment )......who are you to say what go any whats bad.....
Posted by UsagiJapan (667 comments ): November 2, 2011 9:04 PM (PDT) Like (1) Reply Link Flag

: OK I am black! And let me just say before the overly sensitive start commenting...That is funny as hell!! I'm imagining the face on the German marketing exec who named the thing when he first got word.
Posted by Faacue2 (3 comments ): November 4, 2011 8:57 PM (PDT) Like (3) Reply Link Flag

: iPad HAS to be one of the worst. Just say that to someone and they start to giggle. Is the upgrade going to be the iMaxiPad??
Posted by rrmram (3 comments ): November 6, 2011 9:10 AM (PST) Like (2) Reply Link Flag

: I quite like the name Que, actually. I can almost see Basil Faulty asking Manuel to fetch the Que.
Posted by DrDoppio (3 comments ): November 19, 2011 1:56 AM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

: Is anyone else asking, "Por que?" about "that"?

P.S. there should be an accent over the "e" in "Por que" but submissions can only use character on a standard English keyboard.
Posted by aka_tripleB (1156 comments ): January 3, 2012 11:22 AM (PST) Like (1) Reply Link Flag

: Tivoli iYiYi has to be the most hilarious one here -- pronounced "ay-yai-yai"!?
Posted by morrislevy (10 comments ): January 4, 2012 6:32 AM (PST) Like (2) Reply Link Flag

: Obviously, the point of this article is to only make fun of the names of products that have failed or aren't taking off. Otherwise, iPad, and its obvious comparisons to feminine hygiene products would put it on the list.
Posted by Applerocks1963_ (673 comments ): January 4, 2012 10:45 AM (PST) Like (1) Reply Link Flag

: Is the iPad really that bad of a name? A pad can be a drawing tablet, which is basically what the iPad is, so why is it REALLY such a bad name that you all think it should be on a list like this..
Posted by DesZac (1 comment ): January 4, 2012 10:59 AM (PST) Like (2) Reply Link Flag

: the Trekstor I beat blacks was the funniest by far LOL
Posted by kuraimauri (37 comments ): January 4, 2012 11:10 AM (PST) Like (1) Reply Link Flag

i really like my i.beat emo (i like 'elmo' the fuzzy red doll cartoon character.
Glad he didn't get the negative fame in a name. lol :)

Posted by eggirard (3 comments )

January 5, 2012 10:07 AM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

: Addendum: ( ... just noticed I left it out of the name: 'TrekStor i.beat emo' ... great little radio, music, video, picture(s) device.
Posted by eggirard (3 comments ): January 5, 2012 10:32 AM (PST) Like Link Flag

disturbance?

Posted by Habibi2012 (1 comment )

January 5, 2012 1:18 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

: Yes, young Skywalker I felt it too! There was a shudder in the Force. I feel no good can come of this mockery!
Posted by skooterfd (8 comments ): January 5, 2012 8:08 PM (PST) Like Link Flag

Apparently only unsucessful products with weird names count. Wii? iPad? SAMSUNG GALAXY SII EPIC 4G TOUCH?

Posted by linkgx1 (63 comments )

January 5, 2012 5:21 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

: The Samsung Galaxy S II 4G is one of two (as far as I know up to date: 1/06/2012) that has the largest/strongest dual core/cpu at 1.5Ghz and the other I think is an Android and also dual core/cpu at 1.5Ghz. I don't know of any stronger in phone/multi-use products.
Posted by eggirard (3 comments ): January 6, 2012 6:22 PM (PST) Like Link Flag

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