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coologuy1957 September 21, 2009

fix the device name!

Can you fix the name so it reads "Apple TV" instead of "Apple Apple TV" - I can't stand that!!!

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coologuy1957 2009-09-21 17:20:13

this is how it appears on the "product page":

"Apple Apple TV (iTV)"

also, it is not called "iTV" - not even on its own website!! it has an apple symbol next to TV, but no iTV.

If you google iTV you find a british broadcasting network!!!

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EricC 2009-11-19 02:28:21

Who can we contact to change the iTv ... its kind of a clusterfuck

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coologuy1957 2009-11-19 15:18:28

Its all up to the mods as far as I know.....

brett 2009-11-19 16:16:10

i think the reason it is there is because sometimes people search for that name even though its not called that. there are other devices that i have seen with 'unofficial' names so that people find what they are looking for. also, i seem to remember reading somewhere that Apple was toying with the iTv name. on gdgt, sometimes early codenames are listed as well.

im just glad they dont have the iPod Touch labeled as the iTouch. that one is one of my bigger annoyances. that isnt what it's called, people.

coologuy1957 2009-11-19 16:53:58

if you don't know its NOT called Apple TV, I don't want you to find it!! :P

also, iTouch used to annoy me as well until I realized it wasn't because people were ignorant, they are just lazy... i - Pod - Touch is 3 syllables whereas i - Touch is just 2 and it just flows out easier in conversation. so now I use it too and just forgive people this....

its the same as "blog".... the same kind of people made that word up to make web - log easier to say as well... they changed it from 2 syllables to 1 and made all of our lives easier.....

sam 2009-11-19 17:45:24

I can't agree with that. iTouch is just purely lazy. Blog has become part of the accepted vernacular, iTouch has not, and I hope that it never does. Actually I would love for Apple to name their possible upcoming tablet the iTouch just so people will stop referring to the iPod Touch as the iTouch. Ugh that irks me.

coologuy1957 2009-11-19 19:41:42

accept it or not, it is part of the vernacular already..... besides, when they say iTouch, you know exactly what they mean....

sam 2009-11-19 20:24:59

Yes but when they say iTouch they run the risk of meeting their doom in the form of my fist to their face. Just saying.

brett 2009-11-19 21:31:30

Make that two fists to the face.

coologuy1957 2009-11-19 21:37:19

I'm really sorry it affects you so much. It must be doubly hard working on here!! Its also makes sense now why you got a zune!! :P

I wonder how Apple feels about it being referred to as "iTouch". Has anyone ever read about this phenomenon?

coologuy1957 2009-11-19 17:04:39

If I put iTV in google right now, the first result is www.itv.com. The "About ITV" link says "ITV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK, broadcasting the most talked about television and making a major contribution to the UK’s culture, economy and communities."

The next two results are about the ITV player, from the first result, and the ITV wiki site about the first result. Then there is a bunch of news results about the first result.

Finally, there is a link to the actual Apple TV product page, which supposedly was included because google realized a small amount of people are still confused about this.

Out of 20 results, there are exactly three related to the Apple TV. The first one I already mentioned, and the other two are the original engadget post about its first announcement and the appleinsider article about the same. From September 12th, 2006.... good times......

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sam 2009-11-19 17:49:49

iTV was included in the name here as a meta name. This was done because originally there were rumors Apple was considering this as the name, and it generated a lot of buzz. Thus, t is included in the meta fields for the Apple TV in case a user desired to find the Apple TV but only knew it as the iTV.

For right now the page will have to remain as Apple Apple TV because in our system we have the Company as Apple (which is correct), and we have the product name as "Apple TV" (since there is no other text replacement for the Apple logo, among other reasons). In theory we could rename the device to just be the Company: Apple, Model: TV, but I am not sure that would do the device name justice on all of the different pages around the site.

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coologuy1957 2009-11-19 19:42:57

no easy solution........

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MrChris 2009-11-23 08:39:57

We'll be completely screwed when/if Apple actually releases a TV.

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