It also means just 'i', as in you. It personalizes things. Since it has the dual purpose of meaning technical things, like internet and interactive as mentioned above, yet also is the most personal word there is, 'i', it's an ideal single letter for adding to words to brand them.
- Locked down
- Built for computer illiterate people
- Shiny, but over priced
- Used by the vast majority of people just to view photos and surf Facebook, despite price and claims of "it's the best"
Not according to Citizens United, corporations are people too. :hehe:
As for iWhatever, the value probably derives exactly from that, Apple. I don't recall iAnything being popular prior to iMac? And I think Steve Jobs said that it stood for "Internet" at the time.