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January 10th, 2007

If not an Apple iPhone, then what name

Posted by Dan Farber @ 4:26 pm

Categories: Apple, Cingular, Cisco, General, Legal, Personal Technology, Web Technology, Wired & Wireless, iPhone

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Now that Apple's is now in litigation with Cisco over use of the iPhone name, Steve Jobs might have to come up with an alternative. For some reason, Jobs was ok with changing the name of iTV to AppleTV, so he must have an alternate name ready to go if he can't get back on track with Cisco. Sharing the brand and having Apple and Cisco products interoperate, which was the apparent plan, seems like a confusing way to make everyone happy, and you can be sure that Jobs didn't find it compelling.

In an earlier post I suggested a few names. I have added a few more and put them up for a vote…

If not iPhone, then want name should Apple use?

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Dan Farber, editor-in-chief of CNET News.com, has more than 20 years of experience as an editor and journalist covering technology. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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iSmart  bhumkars | 01/10/07
imobile  brana48 | 01/10/07
Actually yeah  shane@... | 01/11/07
Phone Does Not Have To Be Spelled Correctly  DarthTurtle | 01/10/07
iFone  funktrust@... | 01/10/07
iRoyalties  BesWizard | 01/10/07
Not Necessarily True  DarthTurtle | 01/11/07
Whoa Thats Hard To Read  shane@... | 01/11/07
New iPhone name: iDo  alagomar | 01/10/07
iDooDoo  BesWizard | 01/10/07
iP?  arodessa | 01/10/07
and  shane@... | 01/11/07
iCom/iComm  jingbugle | 01/10/07
iComm or iSmartComm  randall.jordan@... | 01/11/07
iCom  dcook5 | 01/11/07
iMistake  BesWizard | 01/10/07
iSourGrapes for you.  Cage88 | 01/10/07
or  shane@... | 01/11/07
Has no one else thought of this???  SnifferSir | 01/10/07
iPricey  BesWizard | 01/10/07
Not their decision  shane@... | 01/11/07
Actually...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/11/07
Exactly...  SnifferSir | 01/10/07
iPwn  diskreaderror@... | 01/10/07
iMobile  dbnj | 01/10/07
iPhod  diskreaderror@... | 01/10/07
No new name needed  Bryan Dale | 01/10/07
New Name  fcbuccino@... | 01/10/07
iPhony  a_eisner@... | 01/10/07
Phone name  Sharon Toji | 01/10/07
phonepod or podphone  ildo | 01/10/07
Stay with Pod  Len Rooney | 01/10/07
i-da  jmurray59@... | 01/10/07
macpod  djtomt | 01/10/07
Good one! [nt]  Len Rooney | 01/10/07
MacPhone  dcmorrow | 01/11/07
XPod  Len Rooney | 01/10/07
ENOHPI  Mingolac | 01/10/07
i own enohpi.com...  enohpi | 03/04/09
NEWTON  Cage88 | 01/10/07
telePod (n/t)  Allstar_z | 01/10/07
iCell  A.Sinic | 01/11/07
iTech  BinaryMagic | 01/11/07
pPod  teexie | 01/11/07
2 Ps in a Pod  dcmorrow | 01/11/07
Exactly my thought  csteinola | 01/11/07
iFond  poiuytr | 01/11/07
EyePhone  poiuytr | 01/11/07
WiPhone  liv4Christ | 01/11/07
Before you wrote that I was thinking...  dcmorrow | 01/11/07
Road-Apple  erm@... | 01/11/07
Road-Apple  BinaryMagic | 01/11/07
pPod?  Tall Order | 01/11/07
iTalk  cromerogar | 01/11/07
Hang on, I'm talking on my...  jannetti@... | 01/11/07
How about iDA?  wsmith@... | 01/11/07
AppPhone  formerly known as Ponce | 01/11/07
iEyephone  nabisho | 01/11/07
aPhone  Archibill | 01/11/07
I-Tel  arlesquin@... | 01/11/07
AppleTox  rsavage@... | 01/11/07
I'm with jingbugle - iCom  cadaver.vitae | 01/11/07
If not an Apple iPhone, then what name  flsimpson@... | 01/11/07
Apple Phone  hsahm | 01/11/07
A-Hol Phone  adiede@... | 01/11/07
iPodT short for iPod Telephony  flsimpson@... | 01/11/07
myPhone  glg1@... | 01/11/07
Call it what it is...  selekta1 | 01/11/07
iPfone  darren.just@... | 01/11/07
iPhone  airman_z | 01/11/07
PhoneyBaloney  swilczynski@... | 01/11/07
Getting warm... Very warm..  Wolfie2K3 | 01/11/07
iCan!  999ad@... | 01/11/07
Only ONE problem with that..  Wolfie2K3 | 01/11/07
iMobile  jiyeoh@... | 01/11/07
yeap  shane@... | 01/11/07
iPod++  rlodato | 01/11/07
Sounds like duck-speak  dcmorrow | 01/11/07
iPHONE  mft415 | 01/11/07
iTel  mft415 | 01/11/07
Some of you are funny. I say, *Phone or viPhone  dcmorrow | 01/11/07
myfunphone  mateokow@... | 01/11/07
Mi-Phone  ztrukyrelle | 01/11/07
phony  mateokow@... | 01/11/07
Little Mac  mateokow@... | 01/11/07
Telephony product briefly known as iPhone...  Tranman123 | 01/11/07
...for Make Good to Kazakhstan  dcmorrow | 01/11/07
*some weird symbol*  shane@... | 01/11/07
iConnect or iLink  Gander | 01/11/07
iPhone name  Bess | 01/11/07
MobileMac  revlon3242 | 01/11/07
iComm  alan.thomas@... | 01/11/07
Apple Phone Name  Jaytmoon | 01/11/07
iPhone Alternate name.  revt | 01/11/07
IN-Phone works for me  bob@... | 01/11/07
so does.  shane@... | 01/11/07
Instead of iPhone  llmiller@... | 01/11/07
iTouch  jsweeny | 01/11/07
JobsTalk  wordsmithhq@... | 01/11/07
iPwn  RocketEater | 01/11/07
Just call it 'The Pod'  Steve*1* | 01/11/07
Apple M1 (for Mobile, generation 1)  neutral.netizen | 01/11/07
DeadBatteryPhone or DBP  gaelicfog@... | 01/11/07
miWorld or iWorld  thedudeistoocool@... | 01/11/07
Just 'The Pod'!  Steve*1* | 01/11/07
epIphony  rharvey@... | 01/11/07
Change the Apple iphone  arworley@... | 01/11/07
iCELL  crayroyal@... | 01/11/07
iCall  Murali Bala | 01/11/07
Change iPhone Name!  twinter@... | 01/11/07
macPhone  wask | 01/11/07
If not an Apple iPhone, then what name  enola3340@... | 01/11/07
uPhone  afinegold@... | 01/11/07
iP Phone  skymacker | 01/11/07
pPod  DonaldRhinehart@... | 01/11/07
iTalk  excalibur@... | 01/11/07
Yo, Steve, it's an (awesome) AppleSeed !  MacNicholas | 01/11/07
iPhone name alternative  claysonlambert@... | 01/11/07
aPhone  colin_alexander@... | 01/11/07
POD meets Cell get juiced with apple juice  glenn.mccann@... | 01/11/07
Stick with the Tried and True...  fondy | 01/11/07
oops  fondy | 01/11/07
New Name for iPhone  davidvose65 | 01/11/07
Icom  oopsohmy | 01/11/07
iDon'tCare  jitaliano@... | 01/11/07
since so many people are so excited about it how about Icum  oopsohmy | 01/11/07
Hmm...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/11/07
Phonei  roddic | 01/11/07
psypod, spfone  megamanx | 01/11/07
iPhone Alternate Names  L3LLL1941 | 01/11/07
Appletalk  packetpusher | 01/11/07
TelePod  dhcruz@... | 01/11/07
Apple iPhone?  sujit_z | 01/11/07
I'd call it...  moi@... | 01/11/07
If not Apple iPhone -----AppleiP;Apple-iP  marianilie@... | 01/11/07
iPhone doesn't do it justice !  w0arnold | 01/11/07
iCell  roy_porras@... | 01/12/07
phone name  tina4848@... | 01/12/07
New Name  don_washington1@... | 01/12/07
iMob (as in iMobile) n/t  aaronvanderwal | 01/12/07
icell  iam4pack | 01/12/07
if not an Apple iPhone, then what name  colinhills@... | 01/12/07
iGrunt  blackjack861@... | 01/12/07
iPod Link  macdoug | 01/12/07
pPod  charley cross | 01/12/07
eyePhone- you have to take your eyes off the road to find the keypaddigits  sulak | 01/12/07
iCom  akcoyote | 01/22/07

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