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by me_again 5547 days ago
I have to disagree. You think Apple polled Windows Mobile users what to call the iPhone?
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rbanffy 5547 days ago
No, but Apple has Steve Jobs. Microsoft has Ballmer.

There is a difference. ;-)

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kenjackson 5547 days ago
But the name of the iPod originally came from a freelance marketing guy, not Jobs himself. After the success of the iPod, the iPhone name was pretty easy. With that said they could have called it the Apple Phone and probably not lost a sale.
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stevenj 5547 days ago
"Good artists copy, great artists steal."

-Picasso

Jobs is an artist. Ballmer isn't.

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rbanffy 5547 days ago
Since the iMac is a Mac, the iPod is not a pod, it seems the name "iPhone" shares more with the iMac than the iPod.

Microsoft's product problems are not that related to naming.

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