Apple is not the only company to use the "i" prefix. There are thousads of websites and products that use is. I personally have always thought of the "i" as representing "internet". It gives a more techy / online feel to your product or service. Of course, there are some products and websites that use "i" as the pronoun "I", making a sentence. Example: "iFly.com" or "iFish" imply "I Fly." and "I Fish."

it doesn't really mean anything. It's just a branding exercise by the Apple computer company. There are non-Apple people using it too, but they are just using the brand recognition built by Apple to promote their own product.

really ? 愛 is called as "AI" in even Japanese :) Come to think of it , That reminds me of wo ai ni 我愛称 ku ai ? 可愛　? My classmate from Shanghai told me FYI , I of Ipod means the initial of "Internet" A certain company here uses "Network-walkman" for the similar electric appliances. But I am using Iphone. I often uses Icomic on Iphone . it's useful :)))) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_the_iPod_named_after "named after" is useful to look for these matters in Internet. 再見! :)))

I think it's a gimmick playing on how the items are compact and personal, or in other words, just for me. I = me = 我. Like another way of branding the concept of PC (personal computer).

http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2009/01/the-i-in-iphone.html italki is unrelated. I'd love to see an explanation of italki from the staff. There was a question on it a while ago.