What does the (i) contained by "ipod" suggest?
Answers: The name iPod be proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was call by Apple to figure out how to introduce the current player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase "Open the pod bay door, Hal!", which refers to the white EVA Pods of the Discovery One spaceship.
The tradition of "i" started near the Mac, After the intial Mac's the internet ready Mac be named, simply the iMac. This becoming fairly a brandmark was carried over to the Pod, hence it human being named the iPod.
However, Apple have never specified why.
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Honestly I don't think it vehicle anything. It's just a disorganized name.
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