Female Issue: The iTampon vs Apple's iPad

Whilst the long awaited unveiling of the new Apple tablet has caused quite the buzz since this morning, it didn't all really go as planned -- mostly because the techies at Apple working on the tablet's development failed to look at things from a non-Apple employee concerned with 'i[Product]' naming person's perspective .

This morning during the unveiling of the iPad, the Twitter Trending Topics were Apple, #nowplaying, iTampon, Kindle, iPhone, Steve Jobs, Haiti, iWork, #twit and iBook. Notice any key topic missing?

Droves of women on Twitter, among all other social networking sites, were wondering if perhaps there weren't a major shortage of females in Apple's marketing department. Steve Job's newest lust object is called the iPad. Put quite perfectly in a LA Times blog: "The moniker comes uncomfortably close to those cheesy commercials touting the light 'n breezy features of feminine hygiene products."

One thing about women: they are creative when marketing and research and development teams are not. One example being "Yes, the iPad is small, lightweight and slim. But can you swim with it?" Because, frankly, that is one of the best features of the iTampon, so why go with the iPad? 

There is a 2006 MadTV spoof that asks "Why use the Maxi Pad when you can use the new iPad from Apple?" Watch the clip here:

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