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wvenableyesterday at 6:25 PM4 repliesview on HN

I thought Microsoft had the market cornered on terrible product naming but "Googlebook" is extremely awful.

My suggestion, if they really want to go this route, is to shorten it to "gBook".


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zorkedyesterday at 6:40 PM

I am old enough to remember that iPad was supposed to be a product-line-dooming bad name.

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Zigurdyesterday at 6:36 PM

The first thing that came to mind is "What about all that gobbledygook in your Google-dee-book?"

nerdsniperyesterday at 6:37 PM

I'm imagining poultry running around clucking: "gBook! gBook! gBAWK!"