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Q: 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

Dell, Windows XP

Posted on Oct 31, 2010 5:15 AM

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  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Jun 18, 2015 8:05 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Jun 18, 2015 8:05 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Meg St._Clair wrote:

    No, it stands for "I think it would be really funny if I can make people keep guessing long after I'm dead".

    Wouldn’t put something like that past him.

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Jun 18, 2015 8:12 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Jun 18, 2015 8:12 PM in response to Chris CA

    And I always thought it was invented on "Talk like a Pirate Day."  Aye Pod, aye Phone, aye-aye captain.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Jun 18, 2015 8:37 PM in response to bobseufert
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    Jun 18, 2015 8:37 PM in response to bobseufert

    and hy can’t kids see pirate movies?

    They are rated Arrrrrrrrrrr.

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Jun 18, 2015 8:41 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Jun 18, 2015 8:41 PM in response to Chris CA

     

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Jun 18, 2015 9:41 PM in response to bobseufert
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    Jun 18, 2015 9:41 PM in response to bobseufert

    Actually, it all started one Christmas Eve back in 1997.....

     

    Steve and the gang had just put in a long day creating their first (what would be) i-Item. But they were all totally exhausted after pouring out all of their creative energy on the most cutting-edge machine that had ever been created up to that time, and they were stumped as to what to call this newest offering from Apple.

     

    That Christmas Eve, they decided to take the night off and watch a movie adaptation of that most iconic Christmas story (and the grandfather of all the best Christmas stories ever) - Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". They put the DVD in (of course they had a DVD player in 1997 - these guys were techno-geeks, after all), and all got cozy and comfortable, trying to put the niggling problem of a name for their new colorful Bondi Blue gumdrop-shaped marvel behind them. They were pretty sure that the "Macintosh" name, or some version of it would be a part of the new addition's name, but they wanted something special and catchy to go with it to celebrate their incredible and imaginative innovation with it's intuitive software and ingenious shape.

     

    The movie version of "A Christmas Carol" that they watched that night was the Alastair Sim version made in 1951 - in black & white, and called "Scrooge". While watching the travels of Scrooge with the Ghost of Christmas Past, they saw a scene that would change the history of Apple and provide a naming convention that is still used today.

     

    It's the scene where Scrooge's intended, Alice, is "releasing Scrooge" from their engagement. She tells him that he has changed. That his ambition and constant striving for wealth has made him a different man. At this, Scrooge protests: "But I, I, I, I, haven't changed toward you!" he says. The scene ends with Alice giving Scrooge back the ring he gave her, Scrooge leaving the room in a huff, and Alice breaking down in tears.

     

    But, for the team, their interest in the film ended with Scrooge's protest.

     

    "That's it", they all cried in unison, dancing a giddy, celebratory, romp around the room. "I, I, I, I....it's perfect! That's the very thing we need to make this the most incredible, innovative, interesting, introduction of what will be the most iconic machine ever imagined by i-Man!!! WE WILL CALL OUR NEW INVENTION THE iMAC!"

     

    So, that's how the "i" came into being - a gift bestowed one Christmas Eve upon the boys of Apple via an i-daptation of one of the most revered Christmas Stories of all time, written by a man as inventive, imaginative, intelligent, and idolized as Apple's own Steve Jobs.

     

    The End.

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Jun 18, 2015 10:17 PM in response to gail from maine
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    Jun 18, 2015 10:17 PM in response to gail from maine

    "The Christmas Carol." of course. Now we can mark the thread as solved.  

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Jun 18, 2015 10:32 PM in response to bobseufert
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    Jun 18, 2015 10:32 PM in response to bobseufert

     

     

    Well, one would have to be familiar with that particular movie adaptation. Although Dickens does have the same line in the actual story, it is the repeated "But I, I, I, I haven't changed toward you" that is burned in my brain, (annual tradition to watch as many versions of "A Christmas Carol" or "Scrooge" as possible, but the Alastair Sim one always gets watched), that caused me to make the connection.... It just came to me out of the i-onosphere....

     

    GB

  • by gracefrombridgewater,

    gracefrombridgewater gracefrombridgewater Sep 30, 2015 4:40 PM in response to Philly_Phan
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    Sep 30, 2015 4:40 PM in response to Philly_Phan

    As an elementary teacher and technology teacher, my students always ask me.  So I will let them know it means internet.

     

    Thank you

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Sep 30, 2015 5:46 PM in response to gracefrombridgewater
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    Sep 30, 2015 5:46 PM in response to gracefrombridgewater

    gracefrombridgewater wrote:

     

    As an elementary teacher and technology teacher, my students always ask me.  So I will let them know it means internet.

    You can tell them that. It doesn't mean it's true. It would be more interesting if you had them come up with things they thought it might mean.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Sep 30, 2015 7:28 PM in response to gracefrombridgewater
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    Sep 30, 2015 7:28 PM in response to gracefrombridgewater

    gracefrombridgewater wrote:

     

    As an elementary teacher and technology teacher, my students always ask me.  So I will let them know it means internet.

     

    Thank you

    The “i” in iPod does not mean internet as they were not internet capable.

  • by melzsuec,

    melzsuec melzsuec Jan 9, 2016 8:10 PM in response to alhoussainy
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    Jan 9, 2016 8:10 PM in response to alhoussainy

    Here's the video of Steve Jobs explaning why he used i for his products.

    https://youtu.be/0BHPtoTctDY

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Jan 10, 2016 7:41 AM in response to melzsuec
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    Jan 10, 2016 7:41 AM in response to melzsuec

    I = I can't believe people actually care about this.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Sep 12, 2016 4:52 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Sep 12, 2016 4:52 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Meg St._Clair wrote:

    I = I can't believe people actually care about this.

    There will be a iQuiz...

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