Got a better name for the iPhone?
Posted by admin on January 15, 2007 – 7:28 am

It's no secret Cisco is not happy about Apple using the word "iPhone" to describe their new device. Rob Hof of BusinessWeek asks us to come up with a better name.
In the comments on Hof's post, Phillip Sellers shares the word Slice, which has a nice ring to it, especially if you make it iSlice. You Mon Tsang shared iConnect, another name I like. I personally think iGotcha would be a great name.
Seriously though, I like the name iPresent, as you could use this new device to save your presentations on it and take you from the past to the present. Or maybe iFuture would work, as this is the device of the future.
Gotta great name for this new iDevice? Don't be shy, leave me a comment.
January 15th, 2007 at 10:40 am
The KILLER APP for Apple’s phone, which has severe defects including (1) high price, (2) limited memory for music, and (3) awkward text entry method, will be DICTATIONS SOFTWARE . . . that will enable a user to dictate Email and also text material (perhaps into a simplified word processor, like TEXTEDIT) that can later be sent, any one of several ways, to a printer . . .
in which case, a better name for the device will be POCKET MAC !
January 15th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
iSsac (as in Newton).
January 15th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
My name of choice would be the iCan. We’ve got a Pod for music, now a Can for lotas of stuff. Like iCan make calls, iCan dance.
January 15th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
podphone
January 15th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Ruerogers – interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Ernst – iCan dance, but iCan’t sing. iCan take a hint though.
JayZee – that would be an interesting choice, given how short lived the Newton was. Would be cheeky though. I like it!
January 24th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Interesting suggestion Al. I hadn’t thought of that. Thanks for weighing in!