[mmmpopfanatic]

This may be a stupid question, but does anyone know what "IPod" means or stands for? I was just curious.

 

[deltawalkerl]

It's actually not an acronym, but just the word "Pod" preceded by the letter "i". I am not sure what exactly "i" stands for, probably something along the lines of internet or information. (Someone familiar with Apple can probably answer this definitively, since they use the i quite frequently) Many companies like to use "i" or "e" to denote information technology products and services. like the IBM eBusiness model. Pod just means a protective housing, container, or compartment. In this case one for digital music.

 

[philodox]

iBook
iMac
iPod
iTunes
iWhatever

i = internet

 

[blessingx]

There are those that are still hoping the "Pod" part comes true. Before when everything else was a MP3 player, Apple added limited PDA functionality (and further extended by other third parties at least on the Mac). But it really hasn't progressed much since, unless you count the "Photo". There are those that thought it was going to be a multi-use device, kinda like the Airport Express, but who knows now.

 

[tyrion]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmmpopfanatic This may be a stupid question, but does anyone know what "IPod" means or stands for? I was just curious.

Lots of cash for Apple.

 

[oreo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tyrion Lots of cash for Apple.

pod = plenty of dough/dollars

 

[CamelBackCinema]

ipod is flagship of apple's cool-lookingness-hide-the-real-crappiness-of-the-product marketing. The only difference is that it is one of the best mp3 players in production so hats off to Apple.

 

[apnk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by philodox iBook iMac iPod iTunes iWhatever i = internet

There is also the eMac. E, i know for a fact means "education"

 

[blessingx]

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamelBackCinema ipod is flagship of apple's cool-lookingness-hide-the-real-crappiness-of-the-product marketing.

Yeah, except for the far more impressive than iPod, OS X.

 

[Thisp]

inane piece of dung.

I dunno. They use 'i' for everything, and since it was shaped somewhat like a pod, I assume that's why they gave it the name iPod.

 

[kiwirugby]

Just part of the "me" generation that has modulated to I!

 

[gerG]

It is just dopi spelled backward.

Actually I always thought it was Apple's marketing department (comprised primarily of 4th graders, I suppose) answering Microsoft's brilliantly juvenile habit of tacking "My" on the front of every freaking thing to give consumers (third graders) a warm fuzzy bond with their file system.

Just my guess, of course.


g-gerG

 

[mbratrud]

How about:

individual Portable Optical Drive

 

[gerG]

btw, with the filter off, it is i[fnord]pod.


gerG

 

[philodox]

Quote:

Originally Posted by blessingx Yeah, except for the far more impressive than iPod, OS X.

Oh yes, so impressive how they made freeBSD look pretty.