On 10 Jan 2007 14:29:03 -0800, "Bucky" <uw_badgers@email.com> wrote:
: RobbieB wrote:
: > I don't think apple will win this one.
:
: they're not trying to "win" it in court. They have simply negotiated an
: agreement with Cisco to allow Apple to use the iPhone trademark.
:
: Personally, I think the i-Product naming convention is a little passe,
: it seems so 90s. Apple was definitely not the first to come out with
: that naming convention. Although I can't recall specific products, I
: remember when iMac first came out, I felt that they had borrowed the
: naming convention from somewhere else. Anyways, it's time for Apple to
: come up with the next cool naming convention, as I'm sure many
: imitators will be naming all kinds of i-products.

When they come out with the Macintosh, we all thought they were going to name
the rest of their products after apples. They could revert to that notion and
call the phone "Winesap" or "Granny Smith" or whatever.

Bob