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That's because he's an ape.

I was about to add that I would have expected more from the IEEE, but then I looked, and they actually have an accurate title.

The word iPad doesn't appear anywhere in the article. Whomever retitled this, might want to consider reading the article first.

Isn't this whole "let's change the title" thing happening much more often?

"ipad," not "iPad." It's a generic term for a tablet.

Uh, no. "ipad" is an improperly formatted way of writing "iPad", a product by Apple. Tablet is a generic term.

Tablet is the generic name for tablet. iPad / ipad is an Apple registered trademark.

i'd better go xerox this then...

why, when you can look at it on your dynabook...

Thank you

I have this creepy feeling that this post is part of an attempt to attack the iPad trademark (trademarks can't be enforced if they come to refer to a type of product rather than a specific product produced by the trademark holder).

Of course, I have no evidence to support this theory, and I furthermore don't particularly care about the rights of IP holders. It just struck me as implausible that someone could really believe that "ipad" is a generic term for a tablet, and I wouldn't put it past corporate PR departments to engage in this sort of shenanigan.