They didn't wake up 2 weeks ago and say "hey, I know, lets call the hero the g2!"
That device (and that name, or a variant thereof) has been around since at least the release of the g1, if not earlier. The fact that everyone decided every android phone was the g-something is irrelevant. (Hey, I have android on an old kaiser - is it the g0?) They tried multiple names for the touch, but you'll note that none of them was anything like 'g2'... 2009/8/4 Cédric Berger <[email protected]> > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 16:33, Disconnect<[email protected]> wrote: > > ...so if I start calling the htc touch pro "mcdonalds" that makes it > > correct, and mcdonald's is the one causing confusion? > > > > Yeah, I don't think so.. just because you decide the magic/mytouch is the > g2 > > doesn't make it so. Especially when the actual g2 has been released. (Esp > > since the trademark was filed everywhere, so it was patently obvious that > > they had a g2 coming and this wasn't it..) > > > > - It is not about me deciding anything, nor original poster, but about > a lot of people, blogs, news sites, newspapers,... (mistakenly, ok) > calling it G2. > - no I never said that it makes it the correct name. > - I said that "it" will cause confusion, I did not blame TMobile.... > though anyway I might have, not a big deal. They decided of a name > after this "G2" name was already ("incorrectly") used quite a lot. > Just confusing. > And this comes after they investigated about several names for the > myTouch 3G... can't say they did not think about the matter ! > > Good luck for users looking for help for their mobile and googling "G2" > ..... > Try to google even for "Tmobile G2"... only gets better with "TMobile G2 > Touch" > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
