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You name the iPhone
According to the Inquirer, Comwave, a Canadian company, has been using the name iPhone in the US and Canada for the last two years. This could be a slight problem for Apple, given that in nearly all the coverage its unannounced, and still speculative, mobile communications device has been deemed "the iPhone".
The Inquirer even popped over to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and searched the online trademarks database for iPhone. It found three documents there: an opposition, a search and an abandonment by Cisco. Their search of the United States Patent and Trademark office turned up two applications as well, one of which the Inquirer thinks was an unsuccessful application from Apple (by "Ocean Telecom Services").
So we're throwing the question out to you readers. What would you name the iPhone if you weren't allowed to call it the iPhone? Let us know in the comments.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
iSalva said 9:10AM on 12-07-2006
iPod mobile
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Bultie said 9:11AM on 12-07-2006
iChat Mobile
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Brian St. John said 9:14AM on 12-07-2006
Doubting that Apple would want to give up its popular "i" prefix -- here's a few obvious possibilities: "iTalk," "iCom," "iChat Mobile" (this has been rumored already), "iRing" (just kidding), "iCell," "iSet" (from hand set), or, how about simply "iFone?"
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Christiaan W. Lustig said 9:15AM on 12-07-2006
iTel
iTell
iSpeak
iHear
iFone
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J3K4 said 9:15AM on 12-07-2006
"iBitch" - it's gonna sell like HOT CAKES
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eldt said 9:16AM on 12-07-2006
how about iMobile
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eldt said 9:17AM on 12-07-2006
Vanilla by Apple
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Dan Uricoli said 9:19AM on 12-07-2006
iTele
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JJ said 9:19AM on 12-07-2006
iDontCare
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Audun (NO) said 9:20AM on 12-07-2006
Consumer version:
iPod Talk
iPod Speak
iPod Mobile
iPod Chat
iPod Phone
If the rumors are true, its not very different from an iPod. Just with the ability to communicate.
PhonePod, but unlikely..
Smartphone:
MacPhone?
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maarten said 9:21AM on 12-07-2006
Suggestion 1 :
Mac Mini
Mac Pro
MacBook
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MacPhone
Suggestion 2 :(depending its size)
Nano Phone
Suggestion 3 : (depending web possibilties)
Macommunicator
Suggestion 4 : (depending charing possibilties)
.Mac / your life. On the internet
.Phone / your phone. On the road
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Jon said 9:23AM on 12-07-2006
Surely it's ok to call it the iPhone everywhere apart from Canada?
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Zeke Zander said 9:31AM on 12-07-2006
lol #5, anyway: either fon-appular or cell-lisa Im glad my job isnt to name things.
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El Segundo said 9:39AM on 12-07-2006
iTalkLoudlyLikeAnIdiotInPublic
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Ulrich said 9:40AM on 12-07-2006
How about very plain and simple:
"Phone"
No i's or a's... No dots n' other... Just Phone.
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Joe Alien said 9:40AM on 12-07-2006
iRumor
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bloodthirstyrobot said 9:41AM on 12-07-2006
If the rumours of a clickwheel are true, Apple's not going to compromise the iPod brand by saddling this device with an unimaginative name like "iPhone."
My bet is that it'll be called iPod mobile in which they'll integrate a mini iSight cam, enabling users to video conference via iChat.
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Kraig said 9:41AM on 12-07-2006
I can pretty much guarantee you that the name won't have "Mac" in the title, as they won't want to have people thinking it's a Mac only product. If they can't use iPhone, than I wouldn't be surprised if it were something like iChat, but they may come up with something completely different like iPortal (iPort) and sell it as an all in one PDA, phone, iPod device that is your "portal" for data/communications/music/etc. on the go.
Yeah, it's a stretch, but you never know! :)
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Richard said 9:42AM on 12-07-2006
To the people suggesting "MacPhone":
It's not a Mac, it's a phone. Why would Apple call it a Mac when it's not?
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Tim said 9:44AM on 12-07-2006
MacMobile
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