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sneakernets on Jan 7, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple AirPods: iPhone accessory or the next big th...

They've always named things this way. It was once cool to have stuff like "WF-100MX3" because it reflected the kitsch of the space age.

robotresearcher on Jan 8, 2020 [–]

This is the company that made ‘Walkman’ and ‘PlayStation’. They sometimes use terrific names.

alfonsodev on Jan 9, 2020 | [–]

VAIO name/logo was genius, when I learned the VA form a wave represeting the analogical world and IO part is the digital world, I was like ...wow!

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