Why is there an i in iPhone?

Why is there an "i" in "iPhone"? Or in "iMac"?
Did they mean to do it or was it a typo?

Someone explain to me please.

It's to set the name apart and make it distinctive.

I believe the first device they used it with was the ipod and it's been used for many Apple products since then. Yeah its a typo. Thats how businesses work. It's all about typos.

Jeez people are stupid… It is part of Apple's branding campaign. They place the 'i' to stand aside from the rest. It had to be a name, they just came up with it. That's apple's slogan.
the 'i' is what they use to signify that the product is theirs.
just like 'galaxy s' is what Samsung uses Ordinary words can't be trademarked, as a general rule. Putting an I in front makes it a unique word that can become a trademark. "I" in iPhone means intelligent. You should also show some intelligence install Leo Privacy Guard to make your iPhone entirely secure, you should also be aware of the fact that this is the 2nd ranked app of US charts.

Yeah its a typo. Thats how businesses work. It's all about typos.

Jeez people are stupid…

It is part of Apple's branding campaign. They place the 'i' to stand aside from the rest.

It had to be a name, they just came up with it.

That's apple's slogan.
the 'i' is what they use to signify that the product is theirs.
just like 'galaxy s' is what Samsung uses

Ordinary words can't be trademarked, as a general rule. Putting an I in front makes it a unique word that can become a trademark.

"I" in iPhone means intelligent. You should also show some intelligence install Leo Privacy Guard to make your iPhone entirely secure, you should also be aware of the fact that this is the 2nd ranked app of US charts.

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