How Apple iPhone got its name; it could have also been named the iPad

New Delhi: What we today know as 'iPhone' could have been named 'iPad'. According to a latest revelation by Apple advertising lead Ken Segall, Apple had mulled over many names before it adjudicated and ended up calling its smartphone 'iPhone', reports 9to5mac.

According to the report, Ken Segall, at an event at the University of Arizona's Department of Marketing, divulged details regarding the naming behind Apple's popular smartphone iPhone.

Before Apple resolved to call it 'iPhone', it had considered a few other names 'iPad', 'Telepod', 'Mobi', 'Tripod'. While the iPad ended up being the name for Apple's tablet PC, the name was considered to be used for the smartphone. Imagine had the 'iPhone' been named iPad, what name the 'iPad', Apple's tablet PC, would have been given? iTab?

According to Segall, "Apple considered calling the device 'Telepod' because it sounded like a futuristic twist to the word 'telephone'." Apple had also thought of naming its smartphone 'Mobi' - a shortened version of the word 'mobile'.

The report says, The name 'Tripod' "did not win out, it did make a big impact on Apple's original presentation and marketing for the iPhone. 'Tripod' stems from the iPhone being a combination phone + iPod + Internet communications device."