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“iPad” is short and unique. Easy to remember, to say, and to search for.

Compare it with the discontinued “Galaxy Note.” Although it is not a tongue twister, it is two words, neither of which is unique to Samsung on its own. “Galaxy Tab” has the same issues.

Samsung’s product names are not bad. But “iPad” definitely has the advantage of pithiness and uniqueness.

iPhone followed the name iPod. I actually think iPad is great.

All of them, of course, followed the iMac. The iPod was an extension of that, so the name makes perfect sense. The iPhone is an iPod on steroids (and it’s a web browser!), so again it makes sense. It is all very consistent.

I really dislike the pro/max/ultra qualifiers, but again it is all consistent.

iPod is bad how? It is short, looks good typographically, it is unique, easy to remember, easy to pronounce even for non native speakers. Do you mean that it is not descriptive? In that case, that does not matter.

Yes.