I’m sure you already have heard that Apple’s long awaited tablet is here, except it’s not a tablet, it’s an oversized iPod Touch. But really, that’s not what I’m here to write about, I’m more surprised that Apple has exactly ZERO women working on this project. How do I know this, you wonder? I will tell you right now that no woman would ever let a product out the door with a name like iPad. I’ll also let Apple in on a little secret while I’m at it: Women don’t want to carry a product called iPad. Good move on that one.
(Update 1/28/2010)
On my way home today I was listening to NPR’s All Tech Considered and was pleasantly surprised to hear Shereen Meraji make the same joke I made when I first wrote this yesterday. Granted it is so obvious that I can’t really lay any claim to it, but it still made me feel good. The best part of the show, however, was who she was interviewing: Mad TV writers, Bruce McCoy and Tami Sagher, who spoofed an Apple ad with a product called iPad in 2005. So awesome.
