We’ve been seeing it for years. The iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad — the omnipresent “i” prefix has marked most Apple products since the release of the iMac in 1998. But why? What does it mean? The Internet has been abuzz recently with remembering exactly what Apple’s “i” stands for. At an Apple event in 1998, Steve Jobs introduced the iMac, explaining the link between “i” and “Mac.”
“iMac comes from the marriage of the excitement of the Internet with the simplicity of Macintosh,” he said. “We are targeting this for the no. 1 use that consumers tell us they want a computer for, which is to get on the Internet simply and fast.”
In 1998, the “i” in iMac stood for Internet. Jobs followed these statements with a slide that expanded upon what else the “i” means to Apple:
Besides Internet, Apple's prefix also stood for individual, instruct, inform and inspire.
Since then, the “i” has moved beyond its Internet-centric meaning; Apple probably didn’t have the Internet in mind when naming the original iPod.
When the iPhone was announced in 2007, one of its three key ingredients was Internet communication, bringing the “i” back to its original intended meaning of Internet. (The other two fundamentals were music and phone calls.)
Since then, nearly every device has had some form of Internet connectivity built in, and the “i” has lost its association with that specific meaning and has come to represent the Apple brand.
But as Apple continues to grow into other markets, including smartwatches and TV boxes, its famous prefix seems to be falling to the wayside. Instead of iWatch and iTV, we have Apple Watch and Apple TV. Perhaps this is because we no longer need to know our devices connect to the Internet — it's something we've come to expect.

if that is the case then I means anything that starts with I international Intel integrity

And c8 means camon c8 innit?

SKIPCY:
We’ve been seeing it for years. The iMac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad — the omnipresent “i” prefix has marked most Apple products since the release of the iMac in 1998. But why? What does it mean? The Internet has been abuzz recently with remembering exactly what Apple’s “i” stands for. At an Apple event in 1998, Steve Jobs introduced the iMac, explaining the link between “i” and “Mac.”
“iMac comes from the marriage of the excitement of the Internet with the simplicity of Macintosh,” he said. “We are targeting this for the no. 1 use that consumers tell us they want a computer for, which is to get on the Internet simply and fast.”
In 1998, the “i” in iMac stood for Internet. Jobs followed these statements with a slide that expanded upon what else the “i” means to Apple:
Besides Internet, Apple's prefix also stood for individual, instruct, inform and inspire.
Since then, the “i” has moved beyond its Internet-centric meaning; Apple probably didn’t have the Internet in mind when naming the original iPod.
When the iPhone was announced in 2007, one of its three key ingredients was Internet communication, bringing the “i” back to its original intended meaning of Internet. (The other two fundamentals were music and phone calls.)
Since then, nearly every device has had some form of Internet connectivity built in, and the “i” has lost its association with that specific meaning and has come to represent the Apple brand.
But as Apple continues to grow into other markets, including smartwatches and TV boxes, its famous prefix seems to be falling to the wayside. Instead of iWatch and iTV, we have Apple Watch and Apple TV. Perhaps this is because we no longer need to know our devices connect to the Internet — it's something we've come to expect.

guy, it means 'intelligent' for all apple devices. now u knw

Actually its not intelligent, its "interactive", I stumbled on it on my research on mobile phone facts.

daphid25:
And c8 means camon c8 innit?

Hian! What does camon c8 have to do with the post?

Op this your i too know will not kill you sha

Please tell us what the P in Psychology stands for and why it's standing there.

EzePromoe:
Only to tell us the meaning of the ubiquitous 'i' you wrote this epistle?

op is a talkative

JoeCutie:
Please tell us what the P in Psychology stands for and why it's standing there.

In supporting this, Op can you elaborate on the V in Vmobile, MTN??

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Internet phone, Internet pod. This ain't new. My smallest tecno phone accesses the Internet smoothly

Yes.

Stand for I... Like me, my= my phone

Electronzeez:
Op this your i too know will not kill you sha

nice one

It means interactive

i use to think the 'i' stood for illuminati

what of the one at the back of iTSF?

I see,says the blind man....

agohmamuda:
i use to think the 'i' stood for illuminati

lol

The article is based on Apple devices buh some fools still found a way to include tecno in it. I honestly don't understand lads like that.

I think it's iNNOVATION

Hmmm the same ''I'' that would make Nigerians 150k and above in a few months time for their 7th installment.

#goodpackaging

I ve an idea of that bt not really sure sha

Don't be fooled. The i there simply means "interactive"

I don't buy this "I" for intelligent or internet but when I search more to look for the meaning for the prefix "I" It means i"lluminati"....

the word for their kingdom...
only to those who believe me...

op, while you're at it, don't forget to tell us what K stand for in knowledge.

'i' dis nd 'i' dat.....I tink dis iPhone manufacturers r confused

aaronson:
Actually its not intelligent, its "interactive", I stumbled on it on my research on mobile phone facts.

Absolutely correct

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