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Apple Renames iPhone!

associatedpress.newsvine.com — In a surprise move on Friday, Apple, Inc. announced that it was renaming its newly released "iPhone" product as the "iTouch Mobile" after a lawsuit was filed by Cisco Systems, Inc. earlier in the week.

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  • Sphonix, on 10/12/2007, -11/+70...
    I don't want anybody else
    When I think about you
    iTouch Mobile.

    What a weird name...
  • glasgowm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41In case anyone didn't know

    THIS STORY IS INACCURATE. NONE OF IT IS TRUE.

    burried as inaccurate
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30why not just "Apple Phone"
    like what they did with the "Apple TV" instead of iTV
  • gargantuosity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20This is a spoof. See http://www.nowpublic.com/ap_denies_story_that_apple_has_folded_on_the_iphone_name
  • lonewalker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19
    / ASSOCIATED PRESS /
    Add To Watchlist
    Articles Posted: 0; Links Seeded: 0
    Member Since: 1/2007

    Hey this is a newly created account? sound's fishy, AP has been around on newsvine for quite some time
  • lonelycanuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18MacMobile
    or iChat Mobile
    or a thousand other names


    it doesnt matter...article is a farce
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14buried, inaccurate
  • rebz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10don't you think apple would have updated their website before publishing their news? buried - fake
  • pyrotix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Um, this is totally fake.

    DO NOT PUBLISH UNTIL 01-12-2007 GMT 20:00:00

    Yeah, we got the "scoop".

    Hoax. Bury it.
  • sv650touring, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Maybe someone should let Apple know about the new name.

    http://www.apple.com/
  • rauz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7iTouch is already used by Logitech. Marked as inaccurate.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Check apple's front page.

    iPhone.


    Inaccurate.
  • flashboy131, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10somewhere Hammer is pissed.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I'm sorry but when I think of "iTouch" it's not any type of phone.

    There is no need to go into any naughty visuals that run through my head.
  • Schmerz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7itouch.com doesn't exist either... you'd think that Apple would snap that up pretty quickly considering they're planning a product line around the name.

    Just goes to show that this is utter *****.
  • danisse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This is fake. Among other issues, they spelled Cupertino wrong.
  • answr42, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7sounds like mobile molestation to me!
  • JohnClay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Burried as inaccurate.
  • darksheer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6inaccurate / spoof / diggbait
  • danielrh9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Inaccurate. Marked as such. Mostly because there already is a company in the UK called "iTouch".

    http://www.itouch.co.uk

    I think if Apple was afraid enough to rename a product they've already marketed because of Cisco, they'd avoid using the name of another company as well.
  • arkowi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I think this story is a fake.

    But even if they are forced to change it at some point, everyone will just call it the iPhone anyway. WTF does it matter?
  • KibibyteBrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Until the tab on www.apple.com says anything other than "iPhone"...its iPhone. Buried as Inaccurate.
  • ryanmm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6buried as inaccurate
  • Zaeyde, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7It's obviously a fake. Apple would not have folded so quickly. Nor would they have chosen a name so easy to ridicule and so stupid. Honestly, if they want to name it as they are marketing it, they'd simply name it iMobile.
  • geewhittakers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4NewsVine's already taken the article down. Now can we?
  • dono169, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3this is completely uncorroborated. i think this is innacurate
  • tdhurst, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Outright lie. Check your sources next time.
  • aresef, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If you're going to do a hoax, be aware of the facts necessary to do so. Cisco and Apple were already playing nice.
  • subindie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Phone
  • l4wl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Ugh, I absolutely hate that name, why didn't they just go with iMobile?
  • Lunchbox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So far, it is still the iPhone. Apple hasn't changed anything on their site. Me thinks something isn't right about this story.
  • Sphonix, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7http://www.imobile.com/
    Not owned by Apple? I am not sure if this is accurate...
  • InsomniaSlim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, this is fishy... the AP wouldn't have something on newsvine.

    How little of a life do you have if you live for perpetuating fake ***** on the Internet?
  • 1021, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2how is the iPhone newly released? It hasn't hit the market yet. The whole article has a wrong feel to it, I'd wait for official confirmation before making any conclusions on the phone.
  • Jyuu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2buried back to the sone age! good riddance.
  • hockey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2like that actually matters anymore. . .
  • StandardsDT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2buried as inaccurate
  • koregaonpark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Buried, spam.
  • sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Courtesy translation: Horse *****.
  • zenmouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The only change I've seen is that Apple is now putting their symbol right before the iPhone. They may call it the [applesymbol]iPhone. This story is a bunch of balogna though. Buried. Inaccurate.
  • 10001110101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I dugg your comment, even though you didn't add anything to the conversation.
  • sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Special Michael Jackson edition: iTouch[boys]
  • miguel077, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Fake. Buried as inaccurate.
  • Dharmamooch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you are going to try to fake an Apple news release at least spell Cupertino correctly.
  • andrewgreene, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Buried as inaccurate. I won't believe it until I see it on http://www.apple.com/
  • bobonot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Trash... buried
  • marinist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If true, this would be front page news on tech sites.
  • michaelchyles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yeah..this article is full of it. I'll beleive it when i see it.
  • OmniMe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i can't believe how may people are saying "good, apple had it coming to them", "it's what they deserved", "apple isn't as powerful as it thinks it is" kind of remarks without actually see if it's true or not let alone clicking on the link to read the article.
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