Apple's cloud-based service to be dubbed 'iCloud', rumor suggests

By on Apr 28, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Rumor April 28, 2011

According to the latest Internet rumor, Apple’s presumed cloud-based service may be getting a familiar moniker. Blog GigaOM is reporting that the Cupertino company has purchased the domain name iCloud.com from Swedish company Xcerion. We wouldn’t be surprised if the rumor turned out to be true, Apple has had a love affair with the vowel “i” since the early 1990′s, although, as TechCrunch points out, the iPad was thought to be called the iSlate at one point. The report states that Apple paid $4.5 million for the domain name, and states that Xcerion recently re-branded its service’s name from iCloud to CloudMe. Apple did not respond to the site’s request for comment.

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  • Jroc869

    wow iShocked

  • http://twitter.com/Jamezelle James Lichtenstiger

    they should come out with a phone and call it the iphone….oh….wait….nvm

  • Anonymous

    Hmm. I woulda thought that word was too clunky or cliche for Jobs’s taste.

    You’d think he’d want to give it a name to really set it apart. I mean, they didn’t call the iPod an iPlayer or iMp3. They didn’t call the iMac the iComp, an iPad and iTab/iSlate.

    Then again, it fits the one syllable pattern and the iPhone didn’t have any unusual moniker. Could be wrong but at least it’s better than Mobile Me.

    What about iSync?

    • Joel

      They didn’t call the iPhone the iCell

      • Anonymous

        I realize that and I also realized some idiot like you would point that out even though I already put that in my original post. Learn to read fool.

  • Jayhammy

    Ridiculous. Can they show some innovation at least in their name branding?

    • http://twitter.com/ChazClout ChazClout

      iCant.

      • Yup

        iKnow

  • http://twitter.com/ChazClout ChazClout

    iDontbelieveit!

  • Bob

    Haha yeah I read this on Engadget this morning!

  • Gls54

    Who the HELL cares?

    • sirpaul

      iCare

      • Bob

        iDont

  • Drew

    Way to go all out Apple… Such brilliant minds at that place. I’m still waiting for you to name one of your products, “i”.

  • KeiFeR123

    iAMNOTSURPRISED.

  • Anonymous

    Makes sense.

  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    Wow this will iSuck. Amazon already did this. Fail Apple.

  • Anonymous

    They retain my location information. And now they want me to let them retain my personal files and whatnot. I wouldn’t even let them retain water for me.

    Cloud computing is a fad and very dangerous with all the hacks in regular computing lately. Just wait until their first hack and see if they try to blow it off like the location retention issues now. I am really surprised that Apple is even proposing this. I barely even use my iDisk. With the size of hard drives getting larger and larger who needs an iCloud?

    “A drive in the hand, is safer than one in the bush.”

  • Anonymous

    iCan’t believe it, they stole my tag line. iWorked really hard at creating something original and iDon’t think it’s fair that they just up and ‘Snatchit’. Can iSue over this violation of my Intellectual Property.

  • kn1ne

    I think it’s just apple making sure nobody else is using names it feels could be mistaken for their brand.

    This is just my opinion but I think the reason .Mac was renamed Mobile Me was a hint at what Mobile Me would eventually include and that their music and possibly video streaming service will be built into their Mobile Me service.

  • Anonymous

    iAm iSo iSick iOf iApple iPutting iIn iFront iOf iEverything i!

    • Anonymous

      iDon’t thiNk thAt iWould mock them thAt wAy. There are mAny iSheep thAt miGht find iT iNfuriAtiNg and, we certAiNly woulld not want to, at least iWouldn’t, send the wrong messAge. Let’s try to be Adult About thiS.

      • Anonymous

        iLol

    • Anonymous

      ^ iLatin

  • Anonymous

    what a twist!

  • Anonymous

    iCloud probably means iRain later.

  • Anonymous

    iCloud followed by iRain later.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4KRCOQPRS3FNRWHRCHSI5G4EME Vinny Amador

    Now they will attempt to tradmark and copyright the word “cloud” and iSue everyone else that tries to use it.

  • KCRic

    Changing everything again I see…

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