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		jiggy2011 on Oct 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPad mini Nobody else could sell a product called iPad without getting sued.

jpxxx on Oct 23, 2012 [–]

Yeah, but customers don't know that. "iPad" is the Kleenex of tablets.

The only reason the Galaxy Note gets a pass is because it's still mentally categorized as a big telephone.

Adirael on Oct 23, 2012 | [–]

Is it? I've never head any other than some very old people which doesn't know what a tablet or a computer is calling a random tablet an 'iPad'.

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