Roundup of predicted names for the Apple iTV

Posted Dec 23rd 2006 6:49AM by Chris Tew
Filed under: Apple

This time last month I asked people to predict the name of the Apple iTV. Not surprisingly sticking "i" in front of a word seems like the popular thing to do when it comes to naming an Apple product.

I personally have a hunch that whatever they call it won't have an "i" in front of it and Apple will come up with something quite unique.

Here is a roundup of the suggestions for names of the codenamed Apple iTV:

iTheatre
Apple Obal
iPlace
iVision
iV
iPodcast
Front Row Seat
AppleVision
iShow
Apple TiVo
iVeg
iTube
iCast
iStream
iShare
Amphitheater
Applebox
Apple TV
MacTV
Showtime
iCinema
MacVision
MacHD
iBeam
iHD
iWatch
iHome
iBelieve
i2eye
iToEye

Reader Comments

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1. How about:

iCanSee

or

iMedia

or

Jobvo

Posted at 12:45PM on Dec 23rd 2006 by MorpheousNeo

2. Good lord. Maybe marketing is an art form, because most of those suggested names above are about as appealing as a stale doughnut.

Though one name suggestion posted elsewhere seems more Apple-esque: Airport AV.

But would that name really stand out in the way that Jobs would require today?

The last few years shows that Apple is rapidly moving away from the "i" names with new products outside of the iPod brand. Look at products like GarageBand, Aperture, Mac Mini, Macbook (over iBook) and so on.

Posted at 11:37AM on Dec 23rd 2006 by deepkid

3. I think it will be something in conjunction with it's Front Row experience... Possibly something like "Apple Frontrow Theater" or "Apple Frontrow Adapter". Possibly even something like the "Apple Theater" or even just "AppleTV"... But what it all boils down to is that we won't know for sure until Steve tells us for sure. ;) (I already am working on converting a 1.25G4 Mac Mini into a DVR and I'd MUCH rather have the "iTV" as my extra mini doesn't have remote capabilities at this point. )

Posted at 10:05PM on Dec 23rd 2006 by J242

4. I prefer "TelePort".

Posted at 6:01AM on Dec 24th 2006 by Preston

5. how about
I-V
Mac V
Mac-ITV

Posted at 2:36PM on Dec 24th 2006 by Kieran Wollacott

6. I think Steve will want to get away from techie names and will choose something off the wall like "Sylvester" or "Reginald" but, nothing like "iVanhoe".

Posted at 3:16PM on Dec 24th 2006 by Extra Character

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