paintdrinkingpete
Well-known member
Not me. There is a solution that is simple I wish sites would use: Nexus 10.1 Nexus 10.2 or Nexus 10-1 Nexus 10-2. I am not going to put a stupid YEAR on the model.
That works fine when either (a) Google uses that nomenclature themselves or (b) everyone knows what you're talking about. In this case, the latter probably will be true...but that's really doesn't make it any better than appending the year of the device's release to it either in my opinion.
I mean, it's worked for cars all these years...I'm certainly not going to put an add in Craigslist trying to sell my Honda Civic.33. (EDIT: I guess a 2005 Civic would actually be the Civic 8.5, since it was the fifth year of the 8th generation).
Obviously my previous post was a bit "tongue-in-cheek", but honestly I actually prefer the more simple naming convention that doesn't need to require a number or other demarcation after it.
I mean, it can work fine for a while, but then it can start to get pretty messy...for example:
iPad --> iPad 2 --> the new iPad w/ Retina display (what?) --> 4th generation iPad --> iPad Air
And don't even get me started on Widows...
Windows 3.1 --> Windows 95 --> Windows98 --> Windows ME (anyone remember this???) --> Windows XP --> Windows Vista --> Windows 7 (which is actually Windows version 6.1) --> Windows 8 (actually 6.2) --> Windows 8.1 (actually 6.3).
WTF do these numbers even mean? I mean, the year version were one thing, then they went with the code-names, then they decided to go with version numbers, even though the names don't actually reflect the internal version recorded by Microsoft?!?
Anyway, I kinda like the way it's done with cars. The model is Nexus 10, which stays permanent, and then the year can denote which generation it is.