Former Apple Ad Man Says Apple Considered Calling the iPhone the 'TriPod', 'TelePod', 'Mobi', or 'iPad'

[the8thark]

It's not just internet. From Steve Jobs:

I saw that ages ago and forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder. So the i means a lot of things. All of which are pretty central to Apple products.

 

[glsillygili]

I love how companies put "i" in front of stuff for their products and they have nothing to do with the internet.

iMattress... really??

yea but the only ipod that goes on the internet is the ipod touch

 

[Primejimbo]

yea but the only ipod that goes on the internet is the ipod touch

True, but at least the iPod can get music from the internet and it has to do with computers.

 

[notjustjay]

This shows how damn important it is to name your product right. iPhone just makes complete sense, and everything you need to know is in the name: it's made by Apple and it's a phone.

vs. something meaningless like "Galaxy S III", which might as well be the name for a space telescope.

We only associate the iSomething branding due to Apple's marketing. Otherwise "i" would have just as much innate meaning as "Galaxy", which is to say, none.

I'll grant the word "phone" was sensible.

 

[Squilly]

Sounds.... weird.

 

[bergert]

iOS was licensed from CISCO

http://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco_and_apple_agreement_on_ios_trademark/

It is the name of the OS which runs the CISCO switches and routers.