> his theory for a name was to start from the generic term for something, then romanticize it. His favorite example at the time was Sony’s Trinitron. This theo

> his theory for a name was to start from the generic term for something, then romanticize it. His favorite example at the time was Sony’s Trinitron. This theory appeals to me, but the example doesn't seem to be an instance of it. Neither trinity nor electron are generic names for TV (or for a tube). Maybe the story got mixed up somewhere. > The name Trinitron was derived from trinity, meaning the union of three, and tron from electron tube, after the way that the Trinitron combined the three separate electron guns of other CRT designs into one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitron OTOH iPhone is a romanticisation of a generic term.