Apple’s rumored tablet to be named iSlate?
Some slick domain name and trademark sleuthing from MacRumors and TechCrunch uncovered information about several islate-containing domains and the companion trademark “ISLATE” that may point to Apple as the company behind this mark. It all began with MacRumors which uncovered information about the domain islate.com, a TLD that passed through several hands until 2007 where it landed with the registrar MarkMonitor, a well-known registrar that handles and hides domain registrations for large companies including Apple. Close inspection of the domain name history reveals a brief lapse in late 2007 which exposed Apple as the actual owner of the domain. A look at other TLDs reveals that MarkMonitor also registered islate.co.uk, islate.biz, islate.info, islate.jp and islate.cn in the month of November 2006. Other country designations such as, islate.de and islate.fr, don’t fit into the puzzle as they are registered to known companies with islate.de being registered to a Innovative Dynamics GmbH and islate.fr being registered to the IP property law firm of Wilson & Bertherlot. The mystery deepens when one takes a look at the “ISLATE” trademark information uncovered by TechCrunch, though. Hit the jump to read on.
Moving away from the domain information and looking at the trademark information, an unknown Delaware company called Slate Computing filed a trademark the word ISLATE on November 21, 2006 in both the US and the EU. Listed on the EU application was the legal representative Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, a law firm with a history of working with Apple. Also curious is the priority company listed on the EU application — Trinidad & Tobago, a country used by Apple in other EU trademarks applications. Slate Computing seemingly does not appear to exist online or in real life but the extensive business description provided on the trademark application fits Apple to a tee, leading TechCrunch to hypothesize that the mysterious company is a shell for Apple. Piecing everything together, Apple, either through MarkMonitor or a shell company called Slate Computing, may have registered a series of iSlate TLDs and filed a trademark for “ISLATE” in both the EU and the US. BGR readers with an opinion chime in and let us know what you think — is Apple behind all this activity surround the name “islate”? Is iSlate really destined to be the name of the rumored tablet? We’re not feeling the name one way or another.
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No you don’t. Everyone knows that the new iPhone will be realeased in the summer. Unless you can come up with real specs you are just wasting your time
Waiting for the Apple haters to come…..
Haters have arrived but the only thing I am hating on is the name “iSlate”….. uuuuggghhhh. I just backed something out an hour ago that had more depth and creativity in it’s making than that name.
Thats a pretty minor hate you got there. I too am not crazy about the name, but hopefully it’ll change before launch. I remember the hate for Windows when it dominated the PC scene early on and the few dedicated apple folks were the haters. Now, with the success of the Ipods and Iphone, Apple is on top of their game and the haters have reversed. I use both, even though I’m typing this on an Imac, I was just on my Windows 7 laptop a couple of hours ago. I do like the new Microsoft OS. I will have to wait and see with the new tablet Apple is coming out with since I have the Iphone. I do hate lugging around a laptop on short travels and maybe this will take its place. I really am not crazy on the netbook scene yet either because I tend to use a fair amount of multi-media stuff which the netbook can’t accomodate. With riding on the success of the Ipod touches and Iphone, it seems the right time to revisit this technology again.
I’m not a hater to any great degree. I don’t see the point of a tablet but then again only time will tell if this is actually useful or just a big iphone with some new input technology. Hopefully it is good, useful and spurs progress on but come on… just give it a decent name!!!!
Other phones do more than the iPhone…other tablets will do more than the islate…yet people will still buy em to look cool… ahhh u “Ifools”
I can easily imagine the suitability of the name iSlate, comparing its functionality to the “slates” students used in schools a hundred years or so ago.
Miksy, your comments ooze more than a trickle of envy… fess up! what’s your real problem with things Apple?
“I’s late” is not proper grammer. It be, “I be late”. You know, CPT.
Wait until Monday’s opening bell on the stock market. Apple stock has already gone up $10 over the holidays. islate.org
can’t wait to see what it can do. Hopefully the pricing isn’t crazy
ISlate will be the bedrock of all tablets and put the competiton in rubble. Yabba Dabba Doo!
can’t wait to see what it can do. Hopefully the pricing isn’t crazy , thanks . that good
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Apple iSlate…super exclusive:
http://reallychill.org/updates/breaking-news-new-apple-table-islate-is-so-exclusive-ceo-steve-jobs-doesnt-know-about-it/