Re: [apple-iphone] How did the name IPhone come to be

Sunday, August 29, 2010 12:29 PM By Livemail

 

Below is a direct quote from Apple re: the original "I". Thank you to all who made suggestions and did research.

"Apple declared the 'i' in iMac to stand for "Internet"; it also represented the product's focus as a personal device ('i' for "individual").[4

So now we know !

Calle

On Aug 29, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com> wrote:

> The iMac was the very first "i" product.
>
> It was so-called because it was an all-in-one computer ready to go on the
> internet with minimal effort and connections. The "i" stood for internet,
> which might make less sense with an iPod, but it became part of Apple's
> branding.
> <1 History <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imac#History>>
>
> Otto
>

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