Why the 'i'?

[jslater25]

I apologize if I ask this question in the wrong forum, but I couldn't decide where to place it.

There seems to be a growing trend of using the letter 'i' in front of ANY new product. I think the trend started with the ipod, although the letter i had been used for other products before the ipod (such as the ipaq)

ipod
iMac
iGoogle (when I log onto my personal homepage, it says iGoogle)
iLife
and a slew of others

Why 'i'? And why for everything?

 

[RangerSVT]

i for internet??

 

[GJSNeptune]

I, as in me.

(Who knows. It's trendy so it sells?)

 

[RayDaddy]

doesn't it mean as in you? My life = iLife and so on? first person talk kinda

 

[upriverpaddler]

First "i" desktop = imac 1998 Advertised as the quickest way to the internet. Out of the box and onto the internet in 2 steps.
First "i" laptop = ibook 1999 One of the first mainstream notebooks with integrated wireless

i = internet

After that, it was just too damned cool to stop.

 

[KevinisGQ]

iDesktopito

 

[General Crespin]

Trendy.

 

[xenotype]

iAmAConsumerWhore

 

[AreEss]

Iamannoyingstevejobswiththis.

 

[Lethal]

I apologize if I ask this question in the wrong forum, but I couldn't decide where to place it.

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