Why does everything have an 'i' in front of it now?

OK so we got the iMac and iPod...  Sold well so Apple brought out the iPhone and iPad..

Now I see loads of items with an 'i' in front of it!

Granted most are down the sunday market but is this really a selling tool now?

Make something.... put an 'i' at the beginning and its a sure sell?!

On my computer I have iCloud, iTunes, iPlayer

Some other examples I have come across just today..

iCare.. its just a date recovery program but using the 'i' makes it special!
iCarly.. it was on Nickelodeon this morning.. Why the 'i'

Noting these are all lower case 'i's' for some reason??

Even Hyundai's latest cars are called the i10, i20 and i30!




Oh and guess what.... I even named my new blog iGrumpyYoungMen!

I have to keep up with the kids right?

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