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		kenjackson on April 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft's office: Why insiders think top managem... But the name of the iPod originally came from a freelance marketing guy, not Jobs himself. After the success of the iPod, the iPhone name was pretty easy. With that said they could have called it the Apple Phone and probably not lost a sale.

stevenj on April 7, 2011 | [–]

"Good artists copy, great artists steal."

-Picasso

Jobs is an artist. Ballmer isn't.

rbanffy on April 7, 2011 | [–]

Since the iMac is a Mac, the iPod is not a pod, it seems the name "iPhone" shares more with the iMac than the iPod.

Microsoft's product problems are not that related to naming.

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