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crl
23rd August 2009, 03:18 PM
iPhone, iPod, iTunes, what does the "i" stand for, intel, information?

solmanic
23rd August 2009, 03:27 PM
When Apple re-branded the Mac as "iMac" in the late 90s it was to focus on the home user market and they coined their whole "iLife" experience. At that stage Microsoft had all but expelled Apple from the business market so they needed a whole new approach. Windows biggest downfall was that it always required users to have some sort of IT degree to just make their products run properly, so it was clear that the home user market was really open to Apple's whole user-friendly, one button, true plug-and-play OS.

So it is meant to be "i" as in "me" - to personalise all their consumer products. It could arguably also stand for "interconnected" as this was also a key element of their product strategy but I think it is simply to make us all feel special when we purchase one of their products.

crl
25th August 2009, 07:10 AM
i thank you for that.

crl

d@rk51d3
27th August 2009, 05:51 PM
Considering the recent Apple debacles, I'd say "Igneous" or "Incendiary". :firedevil:


:D

Blknight.aus
27th August 2009, 06:30 PM
Impressive

loanrangie
27th August 2009, 06:45 PM
Idiotic.
I can count the $$$$$ rolling in.

crl
28th August 2009, 01:46 PM
Considering the recent Apple debacles, I'd say "Igneous" or "Incendiary". :firedevil:


:D

You may be right. :lol2:

George130
29th August 2009, 03:56 PM
I was going to say when you say "I" it means you but when I say "I" it menas me:D.

crl
1st September 2009, 06:09 PM
I was going to say when you say "I" it means you but when I say "I" it menas me:D.

Yes I'm with you there, I refer to my wife's iphone as her "you" phone.