Comments on: What’s In A Name, Indeed. Apple Now Calling It The “iPhone 3GS”, No Space

By: Samuel Lavoie

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:57:07 +0000

what? Techcrunch doind SEO bait? no really impossible

By: MAXIS, It's iPhone 3GS (without space), Not 3G S | popia.my

MAXIS, It's iPhone 3GS (without space), Not 3G S | popia.my — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:55:23 +0000

[...] used iPhone 3G S to mention the new iphone when it was first launched to the public [read the story here]. But later they changed it to iPhone 3GS. Maxis should follow suit. Anyway, I think they have to [...]

By: Michael Gury

Michael Gury — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:23:02 +0000

Years ago at IBM we had various naming families and we went nuts when the press didn’t get it right. “Systems” had to have a slash and a number, such as “System/390″. We allowed spaces for things like the “PC XP” (Extended Performance), or “PC AP” (Advanced Performance). While we naming people went crazy when people got it wrong, all of our thrashing was for naught. At the end of the day, the law was based on what was stamped on the product. My personal favorite was the “PC Jr” which followed the architecture but then lower-cased the last letter. The product itself was a complete disaster, and partly because the name was so diminutive or misunderstood, the product was only released in the U.S. That however was enough to tarnish IBM’s image in the PC business for quite sometime, until we came up with the brilliant retrofit name “Thinkpad”. A Thinkpad was a standard issue 3×4″ leather notebook we all carried around in our suits.

By: led panel

led panel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:43:47 +0000

wow…

By: MrViklund

MrViklund — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:36:33 +0000

It’s still the iPhone 3G [S] no matter what! That is how it was written first and it does not matter what Apple refers to it as now it stays iPhone 3G [S]. END OF DISCUSSION!

By: Travis Heinstrom

Travis Heinstrom — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:29:55 +0000

A little harsh.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:23:20 +0000

” I’m still not sure they shouldn’t have called it the iPhone 3G V — for Video.”

Here’s one reason, because 3G V sounds like crap. Seriously, it does.

By: Steven Marlin

Steven Marlin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:14:15 +0000

Say what you want but MG gets the clicks for TC!

Since MG came on board, TC has started getting more traffic.

I like MGs posts as long as he doesn’t write about Twitter. Twitter’s just an inane fad.

By: Roundup: Flash player for mobiles; Stephen King promo texts may draw $90M fine | Stoth

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:24:09 +0000

[...] fans are pondering the respelling of the new iPhone model as “iPhone 3GS” rather than “iPhone 3G S.” Yeah, I’m having trouble, too, caring enough to [...]

By: Roundup: Stephen King promo texts may draw $90M fine | GeekStream

Roundup: Stephen King promo texts may draw $90M fine | GeekStream — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:57:13 +0000

[...] fans are pondering the respelling of the new iPhone model as “iPhone 3GS” rather than “iPhone 3G S.” Yeah, I’m having trouble, too, caring enough to [...]

By: Roundup: Stephen King promo texts may draw $90M fine | Stoth

Roundup: Stephen King promo texts may draw $90M fine | Stoth — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:22:52 +0000

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By: Techeroid » Roundup: Stephen King promo texts may draw $90M fine

Techeroid » Roundup: Stephen King promo texts may draw $90M fine — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:09:48 +0000

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By: Tech-Freak Stuff

Tech-Freak Stuff — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:32:45 +0000

I think it stands for iPhone 3G for Smart people! Hence, the “S” for Smart!

By: phob

phob — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:21:21 +0000

TC was a better place without this guy; I know for sure it’s all about $$ x posts… but somebody must moderate this dude asap.

By: R.Freitas

R.Freitas — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:11:57 +0000

This is one of those “who cares?” articles… It’s not like they changed the S to and R or Z or whatever! A space between 2 letters!? Is this really “newsworthy”?

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:10:50 +0000

You seriously think he writes what he wants and doesn’t need to check with the powers before an article makes it?

By: Jack Meoff

Jack Meoff — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:39:49 +0000

Awesome.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:30:58 +0000

Am I the only one who had an issue with this?

I was telling everyone “They called it the ‘3G S’”!

So glad to see it changed, as 3GS is much better.

By: fb7601913

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:46:16 +0000

Between the awkward naming convention and the fact that no clear guidance has been given on whether the S (and 2X faster processor) in the iPhone 3GS constitutes a new development platform (akin to the PS3 vs PS2), it’s hard to imagine that Jobs oversaw this rollout…

By: Dheeraj Sultanian

Dheeraj Sultanian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:38:33 +0000

should be iPhone IIIgs

By: JB

JB — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:08:28 +0000

waste of space on this article, next time write about some twitter app or better yet a new short URL service

By: Joshua Johnson

Joshua Johnson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:56:32 +0000

Yes, 3G = “Third generation” of wireless networks that it runs

By: Joshua Johnson

Joshua Johnson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:54:00 +0000

So your response has to be 379 characters?

By: Robert Swier

Robert Swier — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:53:53 +0000

…and the network that it works on is called “third-generation”, which is what “3G” means.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:52:14 +0000

That’s the funniest comment I’ve ever read! Thank you