And the winner for the worst device name goes to (drum roll please) the Motorola Droid XYBOARD. Previous winner Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II, Epic 4G Touch will present the trophy.
All kidding aside, the 8.2-inch version of the Droid XYBOARD has been pictured at PocketNow, and as expected, there's a big old LTE logo on the back. Also known as the Motorola Xoom 8.2 Media Edition, the Droid XYBOARD should launch with Android 3.2, a 1.2 GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. It should prove to be a capable device, eventually get upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich, and the 8.2-inch size is sure to appeal to more than a few. Rumors say to expect an official announcement soonish.
Source: Pocketnow
20 Comments
Dear god why?
It should release with ics.
That is the worst name in the history of things being named.
Not sure if that's true, would be a toss up between the XYBOARD and ZZYZX Road in California.
Zzyzx is a cool name. XYBoard -- not so much.
How do you even pronounce it? Exy-Board? X-Y-Board?
Think of it as a horrible twist on cyborg. At least, that's my guess.
Sounds feasible, and not all that bad after all.
Hahaha this is funny cause i honestly have a friend named Zzyzx...
Imagine if your parents named you:
Heywood Jablome, Ben Dover, or Richard Hardon
I'm thinking that could be worse.
Yeah, someone got paid a shit load of money to come up with that name too. People trying to re-invent the wheel for no reason, just call if the mother f-ing Xoom 2.
Haha best post opening ever to mark a truely terrible name!
Here's to another round of awful droid commercials just to teach us how to say the name.
That being said, what took Sammy 8 words Motorola did in just one. Efficient
I must admit thats a horrible name but Samsungs Epic touch still has that spot
You, sir, have horrible judgement.
Who cares what the name is?
People had problems pronouncing Xerox, and thought Google was a goofy name. And let's not forget Verizon which comes from a Latin word for truth, veritas, and the word horizon.
My god, I'm so sick of these stupid tablets that will be a failure before they are even launched
I remember watching cnet's top-five worst named devices of all time (or something along those lines) and their number 1 still beats this: iBeat Blaxxx ...Not saying this is actually good or anything, but compared to that...
Hahahaha, iBeat Blaxxx? First time I hear of this. What were they thinking!?
Whoa! Das racist, man!
I had to Google it to believe it...
http://www.cnet.com/2300-33_1-10007438-19.html