Neofonie, the German company manufacturing the Android tablet formerly known as WePad, has abruptly changed the device’s name to “WeTab”.

Despite rumors that Apple is the reason of this change, the company does not imply that they are behind this.

The official statement says:

“To clearly differentiate our products within the international market for tablet computers, as of today we have changed the product name of our tablet computer from WePad to WeTab. Similarly, the company formerly known as WePad GmbH will now trade under WeTab GmbH. This change only concerns the name of the product and company. All other particulars and pre-orders are not affected.”

So far, Apple seems not own the trademark for ‘pad’, but chief executive Steve Jobs has in the past already claimed that it is.