WhoIs Records Indicate That Apple Tablet Will Be Dubbed the “iSlate”
Following up on a tip, MacRumors has unearthed a WhoIs record showing that the domain name “islate.com” is registered to Apple, thus giving credence to the notion that the rumored Apple tablet — expected to be announced next month — will be called the “iSlate.”
“The iSlate.com domain was originally registered in October 2004 by a company called Eurobox Ltd,” reports MacRumors. “It later changed hands to Data Docket, Inc. in 2006. In 2007, however, the domain was transferred to registrar MarkMonitor.com. MarkMonitor handles domain name registrations and trademark protections for many companies, including Apple. As is typical, however, the name of the actual registrant was initially hidden to obscure the identify of the actual owner. Up until this point, one could still easily dismiss all this as a simple coincidence.”
“However, after further investigation of the domain name registrant history,” writes the website, “it seems Apple’s name was temporarily exposed as the actual owner of “iSlate.com” for several weeks in late 2007. It was changed back within a few weeks, but MacRumors has found the historic record proving Apple ownership of the iSlate.com domain:”
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