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As reported by Melly Alazraki here at BloggingStocks yesterday, the Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone was scooped by Linksys! Bloggers and rumor sites had all but resigned the world to the fact that the Apple iPod/cellphone would be called the iPhone, and yesterday's bombshell announcement that Linksys will have an iPhone that uses wireless networks to do VOIP sends everyone worrying about what will happen next from Apple.
ZDNet thinks that Apple may be gearing up for an iPhone trademark battle, as Apple rushed to file for the iPhone trademark in Eastern markets. ZDNet cites more evidence that this may be the case. A battle like that would bring a great deal of publicity to both camps and their products.
This might deter some investors who are with Apple solely for the iPod surge, but it still looks likely that some hardware will still come out. What is likely is that Apple will have to do a last minute name change. But what will that be? The iCellphone? The iCell? What do you think Apple will name it?
Apple loses iPhone name, what comes next?
Posted Dec 19th 2006 7:45PM by Tobias Buckell
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), iPhone
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
12-20-2006 @ 12:32PM
reggie said...
i2
12-20-2006 @ 2:45PM
Matt Ibrahim said...
I think Apple should go with MPHONE. It stands for MY PHONE. All future name should me MSOMETHING. It would me new revolutions.
12-20-2006 @ 3:29PM
Andrew Peterson said...
As long as we're stuck in this iRut, how about:
iFon
iCell
iVoice
iVox
iCom
iNode
iCan'tThinkOfAnyMore so
i'llCallUBack
iThanks
(i)PS
What's wrong with
iPod Phone?
12-20-2006 @ 4:06PM
Bobby said...
ITalk was the first name I thought of. Many others had the same name too!
12-20-2006 @ 5:26PM
William said...
Call me crazy, but I think it will be called the "iPod Phone."
12-20-2006 @ 4:25PM
Bobby said...
iTalk sounds the best. Maybe iMedia???
12-20-2006 @ 4:52PM
Will Parker said...
If you think Apple would choose an official name for a brand-new product and begin maufacturing said product WITHOUT LOCKING DOWN THE NAME AS A TRADEMARK MONTHS BEFOREHAND...
Well, let's just say that you're doing a heckuva job, Brownie.
12-20-2006 @ 5:18PM
George Linder said...
iCall, iConnect, iTel,
12-20-2006 @ 5:22PM
tobias said...
The iTelly is what they'll market in Britain...
12-20-2006 @ 5:23PM
Gordo said...
They should jump on the whole Johnny Depp pirate craze:
Call it the ii, matey.
12-20-2006 @ 9:44PM
bobo said...
who cares what they call it, if a hot chick was named birtha I'd still bang her...
12-21-2006 @ 3:31PM
connie Johnson said...
The Apple phone should be called HiPhone
12-22-2006 @ 5:43PM
Sambo said...
I like "ChatMac" has a ring to it doesn't it?
12-25-2006 @ 7:49AM
SeaBreeze said...
iMobile - is the best name for TM. No other choice.
1-09-2007 @ 3:37PM
R said...
So they used iPhone too... What's that mean?
1-14-2007 @ 9:16AM
Alex Horror said...
i-Con, iCon.
This name is used by small designer companies and funds mostly. Not by Cisco))
But name is good.
Long names are unacceptable for this brand, i-Com, iComm and similar - too obvious.