Post 15 made on Friday July 21, 2000 at 13:05 |
David B. Historic Forum Post |
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Why even call it a pronto?
URCal? SmURCal (Smart URCal)? hURCules? gIRcon (great IR controller)? wIRcon (wonderful...)?
OK, they all sound awful. I just imagine how the Pronto got it's name... Philips CEO said to his design team "We need a great remote to ship with our great systems!". The team leader asked "name it?". The slightly deaf CEO thought he'd asked "Need it?", and he replied "Pronto!".
Following that naming strategy we should note that philips doesn't seem so desperate to bring out an update to the hardware. The key word might be "eventually". Does anyone know a nice short word for "eventually" in spanish or any other language?
Dave ;-)
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