Talk:ITouch

Is iTouch an incorrect name or not?
People keep removing the fact that iTouch is an incorrect name from this page. Personally I think that it should be included on this page. Can we reach a consensus on if it should be included or not, so we can stop changing it back and forth? Please state your position on this issue below.Photographerguy (talk) 00:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I agree. The term iTouch refers to a number of different things, all of which are not the iPod touch. Moreover, "iTouch" is not a shortened form of "iPod Touch." The correct way to make abbreviations is by omitting words or omitting word endings, not by omitting parts and squashing words together. Just because "some people" say "nuke-u-lar" (even a large number of people) instead of "nuclear," and that "I still know what they meant by it" does not make it correct. --Iddr (talk) 02:50, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

It seems to be a nickname to me; that is, "a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity" (dictionary.com). It certainly is a shortened form; I'd say derivation is irrelevant, but either way I would dispute the unproven idea of there being only one "correct" way to make abbreviations. I fail to see how the fact that other products have the same name as this alias would be relevant. "incorrect" and "nickname" are both accurate, but nickname is more specific. That was my reasoning anyway when trying to strike a compromise between Photographerguy and the IPs. --Cybercobra (talk) 06:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it's an incorrect name.
Nowhere does the term iTouch appear on Apple's Website or any iPod Touch packaging or manual. The only two products officially called iTouch are the monitor and keyboard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blenheimears (talk • contribs) 07:31, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Instead of a simple redirect this page should offer a disambiguation
As discussed the redirect to the iPod touch is highly questionable and, all things considered, wrong. In addition to the aforementioned other items using this name I would like to point to a number of Logitech products using the "iTouch" term aswell (e. g. the Cordless Freedom™ iTouch™) as a specific software for Logitech products called "iTouch". This is even more relevant as Logitech deems it a trademark. -- 134.102.132.132 (talk) 16:16, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Actual registered company name
iTouch is used by at least two companies for their mobile products, but not by Apple. I'm therefor adding these to the page and removing the advertisements for Apple from the links.Lifeboy (talk) 09:35, 26 June 2014 (UTC)