I still dislike the Wii name. In retail, I get to deal with customers asking for the "Double-You-Eye-Eye", the "W 2", the "Wii 2", the "Wii game" ("Do you have any Wii Games in stock?" Yeah... like 30 different ones!), the "Why" ("Whi"?), et cetera. To this very day, people still ask for the system and manage to screw up the name.
The connections to the iPod name are weak at best. Sure, they're both "plain", but iPod is like Coke or Kleenex. It's become a universal term for any MP3 player for the general public. I don't think "Wii" has what it takes to be the brand the general public associates with video gaming anymore. Although, remember when you used to "Play Nintendo"?
Don't get me wrong - the Wii name isn't *hurting* (per say), but, as I said when it was first announced, the name wouldn't hurt anything. However, customers know how to say "X Box" and "PlayStation" (or PS2/PS3, if you will).
Nintendo's next system should be called the "Woo"... Then, I can alternate between the two systems on a shelf - Wii-Woo-Wii-Woo-Wii-Woo-Wii-Woo-Wii-Woo....
But then, would we have Moos?