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tomc1985

I wonder if this is going to be the OS of choice for flea-market iPad counterfeits/knockoffs... the Files screen even says "On my Pad" in the shown screenshot. Everything looks close enough to be able to possibly fool an untrained eye.

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And the makers of JingOS, Jingling, are a China-based company working on the JingPad, an ARM tablet designed to run Linux OOTB. I'm sure we'll see a lot of variants of that quite soon after their release in July, and many people having fun hacking them.

Aah, that explains the name! I was banging my head trying to understand what was “jingoistic” about this OS...

Haha my mind thought the same thing!

Pad is also a star trek throw back, and a word. I don't see why apple should have dominion on that word. Short and succinct.

They have dominion of the word “Apple” in the context of consumer electronics, and “Pad” is easy to misread in context as “iPad”, leaving open the reasonable possibility of customer confusion. That’s basically what trademarks are both for and there to prevent.

This Pad thing only relevant because they copycat all up/ux

It would be totally justified to call new/innovative tablet/OS a Pad

It would be Apple's obligation as a trademark holder to try and stop it, however.

The word may be too generic, but the intent seems specifically to confuse.

What, have we forgotten all the maxipad jokes from when iPad was introduced??

I don’t think the OP is suggesting Apple have dominion over the word. But the word in combination with this UI would be difficult to defend in court.

PADD is the start trek term, not the word pad. It’s an acronym.

Very different from iPad.

I would think an Android skin would still be preferable. Much bigger ecosystem of touch optimized apps.

> Much bigger ecosystem of touch optimized apps.

What?? Hell NO!

Most Android "tablet" apps are upscaled phone apps, if even that. The last time I checked, apps specifically developed for Android tablets were far fewer (and worse) than apps specifically made for iPads.

The parent comment was comparing Android with JingOS, not iOS.

My bad then, I read it as wanting to Android apps instead of iOS apps on a tablet.

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