“At an event at the University of Arizona’s Department of Marketing, former Apple advertising lead Ken Segall has shared some additional details into the naming behind Apple’s massively popular smartphone,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“While Apple ended up calling its industry-changing smartphone the ‘iPhone,’ Apple considered a few other names.,” Gurman reports. “Our own Scott Buscemi was on the ground at the event, and he has shared the details for this article. In addition to iPhone, Apple considered ‘Telepod,’ ‘Mobi,’ ‘Tripod,’ and ‘iPad.'”
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