Iinhale Changes its Name to Iolite

[macbill]

http://www.iinhale.com

 

[SpiralArchitect]

Weird. Why would they pick a gemstone for the product name rather than, well, what I thought was kinda clever.... Thanks for the headsup tho.

 

[eLiguL]

From a business point of view it makes sense. Not always a good idea to be associated with the 'scene'.

 

[macbill]

I've seen at least one discussion group about using the Iinhale as a nicotine delivery system. So maybe like eLiguL says, a more innocuous name might create a larger market.

 

[whereami]

iinhale was clever but I like iolite better

the double "ii" was weird

iolite is definitely a trendier sounding name

 

[gak hater]

could the name change be for reasons other then sales or image?
like the sale of the buisness
or a name flip for money reasons....

 

[Hennessy1414]

some day soon we shall see

 

[Acolyte of Zinglon]

i think its just because iolite sounds way cooler than iinhale

 

[max]

It wouldn't surprise me if Apple is the reason for the change. It's gonna cost 'em some big bucks to change the name on everything-the unit, manual, box. Just doesn't make sense that they decided all of a sudden, after just 6 months on the market, to change the name because they decided they like another one better. And I can't get an answer from the company rep about the name change. He's usually good about responding.

Since the name change was already reported in one of the two existing I-inhale threads, this one's going to get closed.