Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls

Re:Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls by da_murvel on Friday August 31, 2018 @07:58AM (#17884783)

Since when is 'iPad' the generic word for tablets?

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Re:Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls by hfdgiutdryg on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:14AM (#17885271)

Since at least 2015...

https://www.cultofmac.com/388625/the-nfl-cant-stop-calling-m...

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Re:Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls by de_Selby on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:02AM (#17885176)

Literally since the iPad first came out for most non-tech people.

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Re:Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls by arteez on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:44AM (#17885052)

That's the video's fault, the article refers to it properly. Also I think it's fair to say that for some time iPad was pretty much the only usable tablet, so it just became synonymous

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Re:Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls by da_murvel on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:32AM (#17885409)

Yeah, I should have been more clear in my previous comment about that. But I just think it's strange logic. Like, no one is using 'Android' referring to any smartphone, or 'Toyota' when talking about cars, just because they have the largest shares within their fields.

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Re:Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls by arteez on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:41AM (#17885473)

I don't know enough about tablet sale history, but I am under the impression that a few years back iPad was really the only tablet device embracing the format strengths you could get, and the sales hugely reflected that. Android equivalents were just larger smartphones.

As for the logic part, I think it's not as uncommon -> q-tips are just a brand of cotton swabs, hoovers are just vacuum cleaners etc.

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