I've never heard this, so I'd be interested to see a citation. Even if true, I don't see how this could constitute damage to Apple's brand. The fact that Apple

I've never heard this, so I'd be interested to see a citation. Even if true, I don't see how this could constitute damage to Apple's brand. The fact that Apple's name is used to help understand what a competing product is doesn't do any damage to the brand. It seems equivalent to putting on the box "compare our product to an iPad".