do you name your gadgets?

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I ran out of names for gadgets and computers long ago. My first couple of computers had names, so did my laptops .. I named most of my gadgets for the purpose of syncing - I think the last gadget I actually "named" was the Sony UMPC, can't remember the TRUE name for those. They were very small Windows machines, used a sim but never had voice. TOO BAD .. I would have kept mine if it had voice.

I almost named my Dell Streak - but didn't .. Paid a bundle to get an unlocked iphone 4s but didn't give it a name.

But I am thinking, a $1,000 phone deserves a name better than My Samsung Galaxy Note but since I am long out of names, I think I will call this My Samsung Whatever .. "Whatever for short ..

How about Biggie?

Why not Zoidberg?

Had this problem with my cats. Solution is simple: Cat #1, Cat #2 and so on...:P

Originally Posted by kunalparwani

Why not Zoidberg?

I love it !!! That is it's name !! Zoidberg ..

Once I named my dopod u 1000 "kucrut"... and it is all because I installed a voice commad for windows mobile. I must say the name (which i personally record and taged) in order to activate the program. I use it to call (record the name for example "jack" and tag it to the desired contact and activate the call by saying "kucrut..! Jack") or i can use it to open programs etc. Not like android voice recognition.. this app needed you to record and taged your voice to contacts or programs.

I'm still searching for similar app in android since I'm using sgs2... its very convinient for me since I'm not an english speaking person.

The only "gadgets" I've named are my media centre PCs. The first one I assembled from components into a Shuttle chassis so that got christened "Bob", short for "box of bits". It is much easier in conversation to refer to "Bob" than "Media Centre PC" when using phrases like "Can you turn Bob on?"; "Are your pictures on Bob yet?" and so on.

When I upgraded that model with a Dell XPS PC that got the name "Bobby", derived from "Bob B".

I do refer to my Orange San Francisco phone as "Blade", but that's only because that's what it is (ZTE Blade), and again referring to it as "Orange San Francisco" is a bit of a mouthful that I don't want to have to say/write and I'm sure nobody wants to wait for me to finish saying.

Actually I've just remembered that when we had a hire car for three weeks while driving round New Zealand we called it "Colin". That's the first and last time I've named a car and it was in memory of a friend's little car which she called Colin and which was equally underpowered, but a brave little fighter.

My Samsung Galaxy Note (arriving today) will not be named. It will simply be known as "Note" or "Phone".

I used to name my gadgets from a book of "Forgotten English." The last time I used one of those names was maybe a half dozen years ago. My desktop computer was "Gobslotch." Just sort of rolls off the tongue .. From what I remember a Gobslotch was a greedy clownish person likely to gobble his food. One of my favorite words from Forgotten English was 'blowze.' Rough, red-faced wench. I loved all my toys too much to name them Blowze ..

Blowze Zoidberg ?? haha ..

Thanks to inspiration from my wife, I give them girls names.

The Note is called Nessa (ie: That's its Bluetooth name, so it shows up on my parrot in the car).

The Galaxy S2 preceding it was called Sophie.

Lame, I know.