Gadgetory

these are the top five dumbest tech brandings in recent history a name can mean a lot when it comes to success I mean no one wants to buy a crud book or a scum phone or an LG g5 okay that was a cheap shot anyway companies spend a lot of time coming up with branding and sometimes odd ones get through here are the dumbest at number five is the Apple iPad at this point in time hearing the iPad name does not seem as bad as it once did but when Apple introduced the iPad the name was constantly compared to hygiene products Star Trek did introduce the pad a tablet like device way back in the day or the future depending how you look at it the iPad name probably came from that Apple's reality distortion field had to work overtime to get the world's to not snicker an iPad number four is the Wii U Nintendo's Wii U is the follow-up to the Nintendo Wii console the Wiis codename was a very awesome Nintendo revolution Nintendo said that we named symbolized the controllers the two remotes are like the eyes I guess however the we name made people think of a bodily function then there's the Wii U it still reminds people of bodily functions or the sound and ambulance makes worse yet the Wii U name caused confusion some people thought it was just an accessory and not an entirely separate console from the week coming at number three is oh yeah you might be scratching your head wondering what's anuya was it a kool aid related product did have anything to do with Macho Man Randy Savage was it someone at Starbucks trying to pronounce my name nah it was an android-powered game console and to be fair the Ouya was a very interesting idea with a $99 price point unfortunately it just wasn't ready for prime time when it was released way back in the olden days of 2013 at number two is the Casio G ' lowercase e uppercase o lowercase ne I'm not sure if it's pronounced as own or G's own or gz1 it doesn't really matter it's a terrible name for a product the whatchamacallit was an Android phone that also had a commando variant if only the ghazan partnered up with Pizza Hut maybe you could get AGA's on with your pers own okay that was dumb and so was that name before we get to number one let's talk about some honorable mentions as suggested by you the viewers there was quick stir that was Netflix is branding for its DVD delivery service when Netflix decided to split its streaming and DVD services then there's Microsoft Bob this was Microsoft's attempt to make operating systems more friendly you know somewhere in an alternate universe Microsoft Bob was a hit with a professional version called Microsoft Robert and last but not least squirting this was a term used to describe sharing music between Microsoft xun's I did some research and apparently squirting may not have been an official Microsoft term however Steve Ballmer did use the term squirting to mean sharing in an interview let the dumbness continue and the number one dumb tech product name is opposed Oh face branding yeah this is new when Apple introduced the world to the Apple find X it showed off its new 3d face scanning tag Apple used to put the letter i' in front of everything Oppo has decided to put o in front of things it has emojis and for its face scanning Oh face yeah do I even have to explain this one oh no thanks to everyone for writing in ideas on Twitter it is very appreciated if you think of any dumb tech product names let me know am i as a colonel see you online wait is actor who thought that would work