closed TabletComputer.com

[garyted51]

Please appraise.

Thanks, Gary T

 

[morel]

excellent domain...

Do you own this?

May be worth as much as LaptopComputer.com someday.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021107/tc_nm/tech_microsoft_tabletpc_dc_4

 

[Ed30]

Nice one. Microsoft own tabletpc.com

 

[garyted51]

No my brother is IdahoSlim. I am in Michigan!

Gary T

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by garyted51
No my brother is IdahoSlim. I am in Michigan!

Gary T

Well he has a great name there Gary!

I appreciate Microsoft leaving a few scraps for us little guys, I just registered TabletComputer.us, TabletComputers.us and TabletComputers.biz. Those were the last of the commercial TabletComputer, TabletPC singular and plural domains left.

TabletComputers.org is still available. I left it due to the non-profit extension but it could be good for a club or a technical group that works on the new computers. With Microsoft behind branding the TabletPC name, these should catch on. Already drawing thousands of searches in Google and Overture.

My .US domains will take a while to ripen, but hopefully they will come of age about the same time tablet computers are completely mainstream.

 

[morel]

Smart move Duke

I can really see TabletComputers.us as the domain for a future American tablet computer store. It'll be a while until it becomes valuable though.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by morel
Smart move Duke

I can really see TabletComputers.us as the domain for a future American tablet computer store. It'll be a while until it becomes valuable though.

I totally agree. I buy .US with an eye on the calendar five years or more from now. Best path today (if you want to make a bet on the future of the American country code) is to pick some good names, develop them and then see if fate is kind to you down the line.

 

[jag5311]

just registered tabletcpu.com

Probably isn't worth as much s the ones you guys registered, but its probably worth $50

 

[jag5311]

Might want to read. May not turn out to be such a hot item afterall

http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/07/technology/comdex_tablet/index.htm

 

[jag5311]

Im sure curious. Since microsoft bought tabletpc.com, does that mean that any name bought with the idea of like

tabletpcsale.com or tabletpcchoice.com or somethign of that nature is trademark infringement?

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by jag5311
Might want to read. May not turn out to be such a hot item afterall

http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/07/technology/comdex_tablet/index.htm

And it might also turn out to be the hottest PC on the market as Bill gates predicts it will in that article!

Of course there are questions about whether ANY new product will be accepted by the market. The things were just introduced 3 DAYS ago!! There is nothing negative in that article but there are some great positives.

Gates says Microsoft will spend tens of millions of dollar promoting Tablet PC'S. Microsoft has already spent $400 million developing them. It looks like a winner to me - I want one already!

 

[jag5311]

yea, it sounds real hot. I would like to see one in person.

what do you guys think of tabletcpu.com??

thanks
bryan

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by jag5311
Im sure curious. Since microsoft bought tabletpc.com, does that mean that any name bought with the idea of like

tabletpcsale.com or tabletpcchoice.com or somethign of that nature is trademark infringement?

I would definitely stay away from the term TabletPC. Microsoft has trademarked that term so saying TabletPCSales.com would be the same as saying SonySales.com for instance.

Tablet computers is a generic term, just like notebook computers and desktop computers. It is not trademarked and will be widely used to describe this class of computers (which will be made by many other major companies including Hewlett-Packard).

Morel was exactly right in saying TabletComputers.com could be as big as LaptopComputers.com (or NotebookComputers.com) one day. It all depends on how the product is accepted in the marketplace. Microsoft will spend tens of millions to let the public know about it and I think there is a nice hole in the market between PDA's and notebooks that their new TabletPC's can fill.
They will be very expensive at first like all new technology, but will likely come down quickly like everything else in consumer technology.

With the two .US domains I have, I am hoping tablet computers and .US all reach critical mass at about the same time a few years from now


P.S. Microsoft registered both TabletPC.com and TabletPC.net. They did not register .org .info .biz .us nor any of the plurals, but they did not need to. If they want any of them they can just take them based on trademark infringement if people registered those after MS registered its TM.

 

[idahoslim]

I won the name tabletcomputer.com and just got an offer for $2,000. Any idea what the real worth is at this time? Please email me at [email protected] with your appraisals.

Much Thanks

Idaho Slim

 

[idahoslim]

Please appraise tabletcomputer.com