Fail in the Microsoft product naming department

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d000hg replied

18 July 2010, 11:53
Seems Google are also ending production on their phone, Nexus One.
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Doggy Styles replied

18 July 2010, 09:45
Originally posted by gadgetman View Post

Office near where I used to work was called Wayne Kerr...

I always get a burst of nostalgia when I see that name. I used to deal with them when I was a spotty engineering apprentice.
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Clippy replied

17 July 2010, 21:14
Originally posted by Sysman View Post

I must say, when it comes to innovation, they don't actually seem to do much that's successful nowadays.

From the works canteen menu:

Tagetulip. Literal translation "Today's Hit", meaning cheapest item on the menu.

And here's why.
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Sysman replied

2 July 2010, 13:07
Originally posted by zeitghost

It's kin discontinued.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/te...ref=technology

I must say, when it comes to innovation, they don't actually seem to do much that's successful nowadays.

From the works canteen menu:

Tageshit. Literal translation "Today's Hit", meaning cheapest item on the menu.

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doodab replied

2 July 2010, 12:49
Originally posted by zeitghost

It's kin discontinued.

Because it was kin useless.
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Spacecadet replied

1 July 2010, 08:16
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

Gonna go down even worse in Asian markets...

Phu's kin phone?? I dont think so..

Have you ever been to Asia? It's impossible not to giggle at some of the brand names
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wobbegong replied

1 July 2010, 05:06
Fail in the Microsoft product naming department

Not the first time, either, remember "Microsoft Works"?
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expat replied

14 April 2010, 08:04
Ghana has a tinned hot sauce calle "tulipto".

Edit: and I claim the prize for the first one that didn't get past Nanny.
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threaded replied

14 April 2010, 06:34
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

Sweden has "Plop" chocolate bars. Bad name for something long and brown.

And there's a salty liquorice called "Spunk" in Denmark.
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doodab replied

14 April 2010, 06:00
German supermarkets have something called dickmilch in the dairy section.
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gadgetman replied

14 April 2010, 04:41
Office near where I used to work was called Wayne Kerr...
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d000hg replied

13 April 2010, 21:58
Sweden has "Plop" chocolate bars. Bad name for something long and brown.
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stek replied

13 April 2010, 21:55
Anyone remember Kenny Rogers Fried Chicken range in USA?

Kenny Rogers Chicken.....

Mind you I still have a carton of liquorice from Germany called Spunk, I take on every gig, inviting the local lasses to 'taste my spunk'. I don't get many renewals...

Still searching for the elusive Polish 'Fart Bar' chocolate comestible...
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Paddy replied

13 April 2010, 20:41
I want to buy four Kin phones.
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northernladuk replied

13 April 2010, 13:34
Gonna go down even worse in Asian markets...

Phu's kin phone?? I dont think so..
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