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what does "i" stand for in apple products

first of all
i need to know what does "i" stand for in many apple products such ipad, ipod, itunes .. etc

is it true it is stand for "internet" or other

Thnak you
Back in the day when the very first iMac was introduced, it was stated that the "i" was for "internet". Back then, it was hard to set computers up for an internet connection and the iMac was supposed make it very easy ("there's no step 3", to quote the ad from way back then).

But these days, I don't think it really stands for anything any more. People have come to associate an "iAnything" with Apple.

Why is that so important?
HI and welcome.....

I was told when I bought my first iMac (1998) the "i" stood for internet.








Carolyn
*thank you for reply*
*but apple did not announce officaly if "i" stand for "internet" maybe another word such " intelligence" ?*
but apple did not announce officaly if "i" stand for "internet"


Read the 2nd paragraph here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac

or here:
https://my.safaribooksonline.com/0-201-70446-3/part03

or read this interview with the person who came up with the name "iMac":
https://www.cultofmac.com/20172/20172

maybe another word such " intelligence" ?


Probably not. You can continue guessing other words starting with "i" that it may be, or you can just accept what you've been told.
Of course you can always go for the "official" side of things like the others have posted, but a more informative approach would be that it stands for:

individual
intelligent
intuitive
inspirational
and so forth

After all, it turns out to be all of those things to those using the iMachines.

Maybe if you look back to 1996 after Steve Jobs sold his OS "next" to apple for something like 400 million dollars, I beleive. He came back as what he refered to as "iCEO" at a keynote address the "i" meaning interim CEO. Its only speculation but I would have to say it was a clever little inside joke on his behalf, seeing how since his return he took the company from the brink of falling apart to one of the most valuable tech companies in the world. so now maybe thats his way of never letting certain people forget it. Thats my guess anyways.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICEO

If you recall in the 1998 Apple Back on Track Keynote, while introducing the iMac, Steve showed a slide of what the "i" stood for; and it was,

 

internet

individual

instruct

inform

inspire

I myself am 18 now and have been around apple products: ipod, imac, iphone etc, ever since I was 8. and honestly for the last 10 years I thought the "i" stood for interactive. It makes since, "interactive phone" , "interactive macintosh" ' "interactive portable audio device" (I know a is not in ipod but i dont know what the o stands for) I may be right but im probably not im just throwing my oppinion out there.

How about injoyable

The answer is "internet" ... Steve Jobs declared that on May 6, 1998 Keynote.

i in iPod stands for some thing personal, like it gives you a Sense that you own it or it make's the iPad, iPod, iMac, etc stand out in the market, How many people do you hear say "I will call them on my iPhone" instead of saying "I will call them on my phone" Apple has very cleverly branded there product name!!

Don't you just love those posts when they just keep going on and on? =)

 

Yes, the 'i' May stand for any word that begins with the letter 'i'. so, Nobody is really sure.

Thanks for asking this question. It certainly prompted some fun answers especially towards the end of this thread. For my two sense may I suggest that the lower case is used for I as in "my". Works for me but no so much for earlier Macs.

What does the "S" in "Harry S Truman" stand for?

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