The Mac is Steve's baby. The i in iMac means internet. Back in early 2000s, the prevailing silicon valley view is that the internet is and will forever be the

The Mac is Steve's baby. The i in iMac means internet. Back in early 2000s, the prevailing silicon valley view is that the internet is and will forever be the greatest thing ever. The iPod was already a success. Adding a phone to it is merely a formality, and an annoying one at that considering how much negotiations and concessions and leverage had to be applied to Verizon and Cingular before they settled. But when writing trios, the best is always last. An internet communications device, an iDevice, is really the evolution of the iMac. The state of mind at Apple back then is that everyone absolutely knew the iPhone will be ubiquitous.