DISQUS

LD · 2 years ago

Cisco doesn't own Netgear, it owns Linksys. And it bought Linksys in 2003, not 2000. And iPhone was not acquired in that purchase. It was a purchase of a different company. That's only the first half of the first paragraph. I stopped reading after that.
JF · 2 years ago

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This article was good until the lewd reference at the end, gimme a break.
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Tuffy · 2 years ago

iPod, iMac, iTunes, iLife...

At this point, i-anything is embedded in the public consciousness as an Apple product.

To me, any company using the i-prefix name for what very clearly is not an Apple product screams "knockoff." It doesn't matter if they actually own the name at this point--it just seems like coattail riding.

What's so great about the name iPhone that they'd put up such a fuss about retaining the name anyway? Unless they're doing this specifically to ensure that Apple is forced to purchase the name for an appropriate price, let it go.

That Linksys ad is awful-looking. If it didn't say amazon.com on the bottom, I'd almost think it was a Radio Shack ad from 16 years ago.