Model numbers are a curious thing. BMW 3, 5, 7, 8 series? What the heck do they have against 4 and 6? A similar mystery surrounds Palm’s naming convention for the high-end Tungsten models T3 and T5. That is, until today:
[W]hat happened to the T4? Answer: There never was one. Turns out the word “four” sounds like the word for death in some Asian languages. (Now that would be a big seller. “New from the U.S.A.: the beautiful new Tungsten Death!”) – David Pogue (NYT)
Tungsten Death? Tungsten of Death? Who doesn’t like the sound of that? Freakin’ suits, man! Oh, and why is it whenever I hear Tungsten, I think Thurston?
image grabbed from forbes
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