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steltekCisco owned “iPhone” and was actively using it to sell products. Weirder things have happened.
Actually iOS, not iPhone. I think if it were iPhone itself, an actually marketed product from either Apple or Cisco, it would have ended a bit differently. But in both cases, it was just iOS, the operating system of the marketed products.
In both cases, iOS was a selling point of the product, but not the product itself.
No, it was actually iPhone:
Huh, I never heard of that one, I knew they licensed iOS.
appleinsider.com/…/cisco_licenses_ios_name_to_app…
I’m surprised Cisco let iPhone go so easily, considering the immediate popularity of the brand when Apple released theirs.
Cisco licenses iOS name to Apple, screenshot shows iWork on iPhone | AppleInsider
Before Apple announced its newly renamed iOS, the company came to an agreement with the owner of the trademark, Cisco. Also, a screenshot temporarily shown on Apple's website suggested Keynote, part of the iWork suite, could be coming to the iPhone.
Apple and Cisco settled their dispute on February 20, 2007. Both companies will be allowed to use the “iPhone” name in exchange for “exploring interoperability” between Apple’s products and Cisco’s services and other unspecified terms
Seriously, they let it go for nothing. When did Apple and Cisco ever integrate products?..
Honestly, there would probably be far more backlash against them than benefit. But it would be hilarious.
I wonder if they got some help with early app development, or something. I’ve always avoided Cisco, so I don’t know if they offered any mobile management or monitoring tools early on.