julias
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Apple’s one-time head of advertising Ken Segall revealed some of the names that were mooted for the iphone and they take some believing.
According to Segall, the phone was very nearly called Telepod, a name that’s more redolent of creaky 1960s Sci-Fi than kits from the cutting-edge of comms in the noughties.
Worse surely, though, is the pally-sounding ‘Mobi’, which sounds more like the name you’d give to a toy phone for kids.
But least apt, though, is ‘Tripod’. This was apparently intended to reflect the fact that it blends three major functions: a music player, an internet browser and a smartphone. But actually rather suggests you have to prop up your handset on a stand like an old-fashioned camera/daguerrotype before you use it.
Consolingly, ‘iPad’ was also mooted for the iPhone, before sense was seen and, we’re guessing here, someone thought it might be better put to work on a tablet.
http://9to5mac.com/2013/03/04[....]reveals/?utm_source=feedburner |
Posted: 2013-03-09 10:00
