Comments on: Save The Netbooks campaign launched (semantics)

By: nick54321

nick54321 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:20:28 +0000

I'll call them whatever the F I like. Psion can rim me.

By: nick54321

nick54321 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:20:28 +0000

I'll call them whatever the F I like. Psion can rim me.

By: Chad78

Chad78 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:54:55 +0000

Of course they can!

Windows? Apple? Macintosh (it's a last name, and a type of apple – like the fruit)? How about American Broadcast Company – all three normal English words – or Fox – or General Electric – or Game Boy – or American Telephone & Telegraph – or International Business Machines – or Guitar Hero…. Good night, dude! You couldn't be more wrong!

That said, Psion does *not* own the phrase “net book” – but I wouldn't surprised if someone didn't at least to own it.

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Campaña para salvar el término “Netbook” « elblogdeponja — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:19:57 +0000

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By: Devin

Devin — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:29:22 +0000

As simple solution would be to call it a “net book”. No company can own or trademark words that are already in the english language. Just add a space between the words and go on, business as usual.

By: Marcus Newton

Marcus Newton — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:57:25 +0000

So obviously they(Psion) are going to target companies like my start up called ThinkNetbook as it is a infringement on the trademark right?

Or could I get away with never using the term “netbook” on my site and just use ThinkNetbook as my company name?

I will be a retailer selling Netbooks (I refuse to call them anything else — the term is cool)

Much cooler than mini-notebook — what a mouthful!
-Marcus

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:12:08 +0000

Agree totally!!!

We are now seeing netbooks for over AU$800 regularly. Yes, our currency has gone down the toilet lately but it's rediculous you can buy a 14" screen, DVD burner and 80g hard drive for $300 less than a netbook.

They need to stay cheap to qualify for this term/usage.

By: savethenetbooks

savethenetbooks — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:52:41 +0000

Plus a pair of individuals (the Kells, probably husband & wife) already applied for the trademark back in November last year: 77616571.

By: domino

domino — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:49:02 +0000

It is what it is and there is no renaming.

I produce a podcast yet I own no Ipod or Apple products.
No, its not a netcast because barely enough peoople know what a podcast is.

A webbook explains as well as a netbook what it is but double B, double O... yuck!

By: rhaag71

rhaag71 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:28:28 +0000

Exactly what I've been saying since Psion started bitching…Thank You!

By: tomascl

tomascl — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:47:23 +0000

I think that a good name is minibooks

By: Linc (MonkeyKing)

Linc (MonkeyKing) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:59:45 +0000

Oh, how about a Nit-book, as in lice or crabs. That would help, right?

By: Linc (MonkeyKing)

Linc (MonkeyKing) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:53:28 +0000

Not-book and Motebook are not taken.

By: DG

DG — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:07:24 +0000

Oh, and my point?

“Save the netbooks” – not bothered about the name, but save the concept!

By: DG

DG — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:05:59 +0000

I really don't care what they're called, so long as they remember where they came from. That means staying small, and staying cheap.

Almost all the latest models lose sight of both of those factors, and I'm beginning to sympathise with the once-tedious detractors who question what the point is compared with a “real” laptop – now that the differences are becoming so minimal.