What about the name - iPhone?

[berylrb]

Hey what about the name? Did apple buy it from Linksys' iPhone?

EDIT: clearly that's what Apple calls it - iPhone? Unless they are going to put the "open apple" in front of the i like (open apple)TV, hmmm?

[dogbarber]

I'm thinking about suggesting to our furniture manufacturer here to rename an entire suite to the isuite...........A bed will be isleep, a recliner will be iveg-out, our chairs will be the isit. Our dining tables will be ieat and our mirrors will be ilook.....I think I'm onta sumthin here..........we can make the suite all white with a real user friendly interface.......hmmmmmmmm.

We can rename skunks istink!!!!

APPLE IS TAKING OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Think Apple will ever trump Windoze? 10, 15, 50 years from now?

[jigwashere]

uSilly aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[dogbarber]

uright!!!!

[berylrb]

APPLE IS TAKING OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Think Apple will ever trump Windoze? 10, 15, 50 years from now?

Nay, I think the desktop computer will disappear and internet "iSuites" or "iOffice" will be the next frontier for personal computing, the only OSes will reside on smartphones and smart folding portable monitors.

This is computing in 15 years: with your 5th generation iPhone you stay connected 365/24/7, with access to terabytes of memory on "Macoogle's" website, since that's what you'll need to stream live concerts 365/24/7. When you need to talk to your accountant you unfold your 19 inch bluray-plasma portable monitor, which fits into your old Treo case, at the local Starbucks, editing your spreadsheets which reside on Macoogle's servers using iOffice on the same, with Graffiti 10, or simply speak into your bluetooth 4.0 noise-cancelling microphone/headset.

but back on topic ... wouldn't that be wierd if Apple pulled a M$oft number and just up and took over Linksys branding?

[Curious Cat]

Last I read is that Apple bought the rights to the name from Linksys.

[Hook]

Think Apple will ever trump Windoze? 10, 15, 50 years from now?

30 years ago, who would have predicted that Toyota would have surpassed Crysler in US sales and would be moving up to soon overtake Ford.

(Come to think of it, 30 years ago, before the bail-out, one might have predicted AMC out-selling Crysler... )

Anything can happen. Isn't it fun!

[Paul Robinson]

Latest reports are that Cisco send over some papers the night before the keynote, but that Apple hasn't signed them yet!

One even noted that a case could be made that it's a different type of device than the Cisco one and so Apple could bull its way through! (Seems unlikely.)

I'll bet they're just days away from an agreement--or weeks if Apple wants them to sweat the $$ of legal action (of course that cuts both ways). Some small licensing fee, or if Cisco is smart, small per unit fee must be in the works.

[Dick Tracy]

All I can say is that I suddenly started seeing a lot of Cisco ads on TV last night and the first phone it featured was a Treo.

[berylrb]

Cisco? Here's a like to Cisco's CEO's comment re Job's use of the iPhone name.