Let's be honest; Microsoft has little concept of unification and consistensy of names and brands. Apple and Google do it a lot better:
iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, iOS, OSX...
Google Play, Google Nexus, Google Play Music, Google Glass, Google Chrome, Google Fiber...
And then there's Microsoft:
Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Surface, Bing, Microsoft Office, Nokia Lumia (soon to be rebranded, I know), XBOX, XBOX Live, XBOX Music.
So, can you guys come up with any way Microsoft could "unify" all their products into one, or maybe two names? I think they tried with "Windows" a while back, you know, with Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Mail, Windows Mobile... but almost every one of those services got rebranded or died, so now we're stuck with a lot of seemingly random names for different products.
One approach that I can come up with is to keep it random. That way, the randomness becomes the consistensy.
Another way, I guess, is the XBOX brand:
Microsoft Windows X (Windows)
Microsoft XPHONE (Windows Phone)
Microsoft XTAB (Surface)
Microsoft XBOX
Microsoft XSEARCH (Bing)
Microsoft XBOX Music
Microsoft XBOX Video
et cetera.
The last one I can come up with is the "material" approach, like they did with "windows" and a "surface" and a "box". That way, only Bing should get a new name.
This isn't meant to seriously, Microsoft will never change all their product's names at once, but it's fun to think about!
iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, iOS, OSX...
Google Play, Google Nexus, Google Play Music, Google Glass, Google Chrome, Google Fiber...
And then there's Microsoft:
Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Surface, Bing, Microsoft Office, Nokia Lumia (soon to be rebranded, I know), XBOX, XBOX Live, XBOX Music.
So, can you guys come up with any way Microsoft could "unify" all their products into one, or maybe two names? I think they tried with "Windows" a while back, you know, with Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Mail, Windows Mobile... but almost every one of those services got rebranded or died, so now we're stuck with a lot of seemingly random names for different products.
One approach that I can come up with is to keep it random. That way, the randomness becomes the consistensy.
Another way, I guess, is the XBOX brand:
Microsoft Windows X (Windows)
Microsoft XPHONE (Windows Phone)
Microsoft XTAB (Surface)
Microsoft XBOX
Microsoft XSEARCH (Bing)
Microsoft XBOX Music
Microsoft XBOX Video
et cetera.
The last one I can come up with is the "material" approach, like they did with "windows" and a "surface" and a "box". That way, only Bing should get a new name.
This isn't meant to seriously, Microsoft will never change all their product's names at once, but it's fun to think about!