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Originally Posted by moz
Yeah, when I say "oh, that's my iPod" people just stand there drooling blankly at me until I say "portable music player",
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iPod is a brand with a huge market awareness based on millions of advertising dollars. It is a specific instance of an mp3 player. Everyone knows what an mp3 player is, but if me and handful of mp3 player enthusiasts decided that the generic term for mp3 players will henceforth be known as "gimboo", it wouldn't make it so, and referring to my mp3 player publicly as a gimboo, while perhaps fun, wouldn't be helpful.
So when Apple comes out with their eBook display, names it the "lisuse", and spends millions informing the world of it, I'll use the term.