NFL Commentators Still Calling Microsoft's Surface Tablets "iPads"

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 17, 2015 @05:13PM from the a-rose-by-any-other-name dept.

AmiMoJo writes: Back in 2013, Microsoft inked a $400 million deal with the NFL to promote the Surface. Unfortunately for Microsoft, commentators and even players couldn't help themselves from referring to the tablets as iPads. Last year, announcers referred to the Surface as an "iPad-like tablet,", while Chicago Bears quarterback called them "knockoff iPads". It happened on more than one occasion, and while you can bet that Microsoft and the NFL have been in talks with announcers and players about the goof, little progress is being made. This year, the problem persists.

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That's okay. by buckfeta2014 · 2015-09-17 17:23 · Score: 5, Informative

My mother still calls a PC tower a modem...

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1. Re:That's okay. by Dusthead+Jr. · 2015-09-17 17:45 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  My former boss used to refer to it as a hard drive and the CRT monitor was the computer. I upgraded it to a larger size and he asked if I had gotten a new computer. Most people I know seem to call any generic mp3 player an iPod. And before Android became a household name, every smartphone was an iPhone.