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i hate little i 's

ok time to rant,

why do so many manufacturers think that something is cool just because they put a little i infront of its name, Apple 100% guilty for this :lol:
 
iDon't know but iLike them.............
 
iBlame Steve Jobs.
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Blame Steve Jobs.
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Is that Steve "iHave many $m" Jobs?

Can't knock the bloke!
 
Ford did it the other way round in the 80's by putting the i behind the model name of its cars to impress people! and it worked!
 
Tirpitz said:
Ford did it the other way round in the 80's by putting the i behind the model name of its cars to impress people! and it worked!
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wasn't that "ad-speak" for "injection"...?
 
Just to get a bit of history correct, Compaq were first to get this weird naming phenomena going with the iPaq in the year 2000; iPod was released in 2001!

So, I think we owe it to Carly Fiorina (Compaq CEO at the time) for this irritating bit of use of an "eye"!
 
Wail said:
Just to get a bit of history correct, Compaq were first to get this weird naming phenomena going with the iPaq in the year 2000; iPod was released in 2001!

So, I think we owe it to Carly Fiorina (Compaq CEO at the time) for this irritating bit of use of an "eye"!
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Bah, I still blame Steve Jobs as the Apple 'i' is a lot more well known.
But it seems like he stole the idea from Compaq.
Shock horror! - A computer company stealing an idea from another :D
 
Rob 80386 said:
i hate little i 's

ok time to rant,

why do so many manufacturers think that something is cool just because they put a little i infront of its name, Apple 100% guilty for this :lol:
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I hate little i's too......

.........cos it bleedin show's you were dragged up...........

.................rather than properly edumacketed..........

.............................like what I was!:razz:
 
eye eye seems like a little rant :lol: iCant understand it either :bonk:

And look to the left and there really is an eye :lol:
 
i thought this was going to be an igrammar nazi rant......
 
Wail said:
Just to get a bit of history correct, Compaq were first to get this weird naming phenomena going with the iPaq in the year 2000; iPod was released in 2001!

So, I think we owe it to Carly Fiorina (Compaq CEO at the time) for this irritating bit of use of an "eye"!
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Actually, to further correct history, Apple's iMac was first introduced in 1998. :) This was followed by the iBook and then the iPod.
 
Xenoxide said:
Actually, to further correct history, Apple's iMac was first introduced in 1998. :) This was followed by the iBook and then the iPod.
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So it was Steve 'bloody' Jobs all along then!
 
Xenoxide said:
Actually, to further correct history, Apple's iMac was first introduced in 1998. :) This was followed by the iBook and then the iPod.
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Didn't see that far, unfortunately ...iStand corrected :p


hashcake said:
So it was Steve 'bloody' Jobs all along then!
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Guess, SJ gets all the credit then :thumbs: ... Doesn't stop me from wanting an iPad, iMac, iPhone (stupid me selling mine), iDesk and iCar (the two latter are in the R&D phase, in idreams).
 
Let's face it... none of these quite sound right anyhow:

aPod
bPod
cPod
dPod
ePod
fPod
gPod
hPod
jPod
lPod
mPod
nPod
oPod
pPod
qPod
rPod
sPod
tPod
uPod
vPod
wPod
xPod
yPod
zPod

:D :lol:
 
D_Ninety said:
Let's face it... none of these quite sound right anyhow:

aPod
bPod
cPod
dPod
ePod
fPod
gPod
hPod
jPod
lPod
mPod
nPod
oPod
pPod
qPod
rPod
sPod
tPod
uPod
vPod
wPod
xPod
yPod
zPod

:D :lol:
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I dunno, I kinda think uPod has a nice ring to it...
 
pooPod anyone?
 
"aye, aye", i see this is going to be a very i-nteresting thread. :D

I thought the "i" thing was derived from the word "interactivitiy" as various manufacturers use it to sell media-related products. Packard Bell did it with their iMedia PCs, and our dear ol' Aunty Been is doing it with their (admittingly very good) iPlayer.

Mind you, I may have to admit in being guilty of doing the same thing myself as I tag my photos, cartoons and weather forecasts with my own trademark label; "IDJ media" (even though the I is the first letter of my Christian name, but it's got that slight hint of an apple-related product!).
 
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